Roscoe, AI is unreal. Not everyone is like him. He's one of the toughest players this league has ever seen.

I don't think that's right. My notes say that the bench had 19 in the first half. They had 27 for the game, so they did score most of their pts in the first half, and it looks like Delfino didn't score at all in the second half. But JMax definitely hit a few shots in the second half.

In the press conference they noted that from the midway point of the 2nd qtr to the midway point of the 3rd we got roasted......that's the starters time, the bench was phenomenal, the 4+1 system really does work well for us. 2 things went wrong tonight
1-Sheed should never have returned in the 2nd qtr, even before they said he was sick it was obvious that we was a step slow tonight, the last few weeks for that matter, and he just absolutely killed us.

2-Mr.Big SHot/Big Head; again tried to do too much. Blalock "runs the offense", BS thinks HE is the offense. His Defense has been AWFUL as of late and his decision making is lost. It kills me how he won't look in the direction of Delfino and Maxiel when he's on the court with them.

There's no way I see Joe not breaking this group up, they're not good enough to win a championship.

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you may be right there. I just recall seeing that 25 pt stat, and thought it was posted in the first half. I get upset when they lose give out the wrong info.

The good thing is that the Lakers lost in a triple OT with Kobe scoring 58, after the local radio guys were cheering that they would come home with a 4-2 east coast swing. 3-3 is what it is without Odom.

i don't think anyone should be riding carlos. he had a fantastic game. his foul was with 0.9 SECONDS LEFT. would YOU be thinking the guy is gonna pump fake, when he's got almost no time left to shoot? i would've went up to block the shot too and taken my chances that my opponent wouldn't risk not getting a shot off in time.

carlos had a great game, tayshaun looked good early when he was driving the basket, maxiell was our best offensive weapon by far, flip shoulda played blalock at the start of the 4th rather than mid-way through to give chauncey the proper rest, and at least rip is driving to the basket trying to make plays, instead of settling for long jumpers.

as i've said before, these kind of losses need to happen. the pistons need to keep realizing they must improve. our bench has been getting more and more experience, which everyone said they'd gladly sacrifice a few wins for. and for everyone saying trade CB, if he's out for 10-14 days you're about to find out how valuable he truly is (even though i thought he sucked AGAIN tonight, despite the 12 boards).

we lost when it was 43-29 and we stopped being aggressive because indiana couldn't hit a shot to save their life and we felt safe not scoring. i'd have kept the bench in the rest of the 2nd quarter.

Chauncey looks like the best PG or one of the best when he's got energy. On the flip side he looks like one of the worst when he's tired. No joke he looks like he's not even a top 20 PG when he is tired.

I think 4-5 minutes off his playing time will do the trick. I would love for it to be more, but that would be just fine. 4-5 minutes doesn't seem to be a big deal, but the reason guys get worn out is when they play these minutes for a long time constantly. There are only a few people who don't let it effect them.

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We were playing really poorly against both NY and NJ. Worse, our guys played too many minutes only to LOSE against NY. Losing during the regular season is one thing, but then to lose AND not be ready for the better teams is not what a veteran team does.

Now, the Pacers can have some real confidence against us which bothers me. I agree with DRE that the game was lost in the 2nd and 3rd quarters where they took it to us. They controlled the game--that is what we are supposed to do.

We sure do not look ready for the Suns, another key game.


Ok. What is encouraging is that we can get some real D from Davis--he can play bigger minutes in the playoffs. And Maxiell has a jumper. League, watch out!!

I have seen other coaches leave their bench in for an entire quarter or even 8+ minutes either to rest their starters or to punish them, but Flip always brings his back in even when the bench is superb.

For the life me I just cannot fathom why he continues in everygame letting the opposition put together a double digit run before he calls a TO. It happen in NY and three times tonight when they jumped off to a 12-2 run and then closed out the second qtr on 19-4 run and started the 3rd qtr with a 12-3 run. I notice both Zeke and RC called TO's anytime the Pistons ran off a 6-0 run at minimum.

Isn't this what we have Flip Murray for? Insurance.

Again, I'm flabbergasted that Chauncey takes criticism for his play in this game. He led the team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. Then he hit a big 3-pointer at the end to give us a shot (and he did it off of 1 leg). This is not a good opportunity for anyone. This is just a chance for us to lose games. Blalock has been getting an amazing amount of PT already for a guy who takes ZERO shots per game. Acker would be nice to have right now, but he's kicking butt in Europe at the moment.

Here is my real question though:
How can Jermaine O'Neal get 25 points and 10 free throw attempts, when Nazr and Davis only had 1 foul a piece. Did Dyess do all of the fouling? If so, then he shouldn't have been guarding him.

JMax and Delfino were the positives. Delfino made a mistake by fouling at the end, but otherwise played well. He'll learn from the experience.

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TaShawn,

Oneal's play is what bothers me against the Pacers. We use to contain him well with Ben. This is one team not having Ben seems to matter. you are right--we only played so-so. We did not put the hammer down when we had the chance. Of course, Sheed wasn't really there to help.

Agree on Blalock. He hasn't shown much offense and that is a problem.

Maxiell is a big bright spot. I don't see the better teams having the personnel to contain him.