Thanks - I needed that.

Yes he definetly took a blow to the Mr Big Shot image in that game. If he would have just hit one of those 3's or made that 1st free throw or did not foul Marbury on the 3-pt shot.

Can't blame the coach though for leaving him in. He is our money player and there are plenty of games when he was able to recover and make some clutch plays for us. He did rack up quit a few assists.

Missed another game down here in the mountains.

Many thanks to everyone who summarized and recapped - really brings some life to the box score.

I'll grant you that it was mostly good offense on all the crazy shots that Crawford was hitting in the third OT, but Marbury's huge number of uncontested waltzes to the hoop and the lack of doubling on Curry until late in the game (as the prof pointed out below, it seemed to work really well once the Pistons finally got around to doing it) was simply terrible defense.

Yep.

Listening to them during a loss is tough. Too much sunshine for my taste.

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Another game that I couldn't log into the chatroom because of the cable disruption from the earthquake in Taiwan. Really wished to have watch the game and chat with my bros and sis here at the forum.

Zeke is a good coach and I wouldn't mind him as our Pistons coach anytime over Flip. He ride with whoever is hot (Curry, 7-7 at one time) and Marbury. Later in the game when Marbury fouled out and Curry almost passed out from the heavy minutes and heavy body weight, it was Crawford's turn to explode. Early in the game Crawford was the playmaker for the Knicks (11 asst as SG).

What really surprise me in this game is Curry with no fouls for the entire game with 3 OTs. WTF??? Don't our bigs know how to draw fouls???

We took 36 more shots than the Knicks for a total 123 FGA and we ended up with 22 assts. WTF??? Most forumites have already pointed out that we are a jump shooting team and jump shots would usually come from a direct pass, so where are the asst??? Too many one on one ball recently, no good. CB, start makin plays and move the ball instead of jackin up 3s when your shots are not there.

Flip Murray, 4 mins with 3 TOs when the rest of the team ended up only 7 TOs in 63 mins. WTF??? Sit him and the end of the bench for heaven's sake.

We would have lost the Nets game if the refs have a foul on the last play. So, I have no complaints on the non call on Rip. We shouldn't have come down to that play if CB play smart. Just a tough lost.

Hopefully they have enough rest for the Pacers game. Lost once to them, wouldn't wanna lose another and go on a losing streak.

GO PISTONS!!!

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It is weird that Curry didn't end up committing any fouls, but his pathetic inability to block anyone out gave the Pistons tons of second chances, and the fact that he never fouled anyone on those plays is a pretty bad indictment of his lack of hustle. Late in the 4th quarter and in the OTs, the Pistons had at least three possessions where they got a MINIMUM of 4 shots up on the same trip down the court. Their inability to finish those hurt them way more than not drawing any fouls on Curry did.

Delfino is going get confident after this game. Lots of things were good. Sheed and CB will bounce back so things are still great. I want to see Chauncey on the bench more. He always goes in a hibernation mode to save energy. He plays so much better when he's rested, he actually looks like an all defense team player when he's rested.

This team has a different philosophy now. They believe they can win the game on offense, not having to rely exclusively on defense and turnovers.

The only thing that concerns me is that Billups won't stop calling his own number if he is cold, and Tayshaun and Sheed seem unwilling to get the dirty physical baskets when it's a one point game.

A general acceptance that an open 3 is the best shot even if 1 point will tie and 2 will win. I'm trying to keep an open mind.

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If Chauncey keeps having games like that one, we won't want him back next year. lol.

Sheed certainly but I recall Tay taking a couple hard to the hole when we needed. I will give FlipS credit for the late game play he designed for Tay to penetrate and dish to a wide open baseline cutter for a dunk.

Have you noticed that this is also becomming a widely used practice in the college game. With the expectation that refs will not blow whistles in these situations I wonder why we don't see guys drive, slightly pushoff, then pullup for a mid-range J. Ref Chauncey -vs- Arenas a couple of years ago.