Delfino took the 3 coming out from a timeout if i'm not mistaken. He missed and it lead to a 3 point play by Nash and it pretty much close out the game. Did i mention timeout? Is it a play that was drawn out by the coach? From the play, it was not. There were no plays drawn out for that possession. Coming out from a timeout, it should have a better drawn play.

I put this loss on the coach.

I thought the coach was lousy JZ. He's simply too passive. D'Antoni dictated the game to him.

After re-watching the game to grab some cuts for future use, Will Blalock did a good job out there. His one missed field goal was on a layup which he seemed to rush, but to his credit he was fouled and did make both of the free throws.

The game seems a little too fast or Will is trying a little too hard when he gets an opportunity right now. One thing is not in doubt. Any unit with Max, Will and Delfino seems to win it's court time against the opponent. It might not be pretty but they seem to be consistently effective. I think it is because Blalock lets Delfino handle the ball more than Billups, Prince or Murray.

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I simply don't understand it- Flip Sr. is in the perfect position for experiments right now- he has the weakest Eastern Conference for decades, an injured PG and lots of hungry bench players.
And what is he doing? He gives Hamilton 44 mins, and also far too many minutes to all the other starters, while playing only half of the bench.
Surprisingly, Flip Jr. had a decent game- let's trade him right after one of his decent games, otherwise we stuck with him for 10 more appearances.
I'd have loved to see more of JMax and a little bit of AJ- especially against the undersized Suns. I guess Flip Sr. hasn't had the same thoughts.
Maybe I should write him an email- it seems like he listens to fans if he suggests them to coach instead of him.
Sometimes I think he's oermanently sitting in a small room, biting fingernails and thinking of nice apologies why he plays his beloved starters 40+ minutes while degrading some bench players to water boys.

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This game was dissapointing on many levels. 3rd loss in a row, 3rd close game lost in a row. Taken us from heading into elite status to just another run of the mill playoff team. Bulls have tied us for 1st place.

I agree with most of you on some of Flips choices in that game. 1st, what happened to Dale Davis? Did he do something? Injured in some way? That 2-headed center deal seemed to be working. In that game I suppose we did not need someone to play some interior D?

Lets see Blaylock was the 1st backup point with Murry all but being out of the rotation. Seems to me that Blaylock would have been the starter instead of going with Flip. Murry added some scoring and its nice that he was able to contribute but his D on Nash was very questionable.

Delfino has been very encouraging as of late but unfortunatly the team has not been able to win any of the past 3 that he has played well in. Bench seems to be back with Maxiel playing well again. So much for the goon squad since Davis is out.

Its like Saunders gets just so far. He has been great at finding things that work but seems to forget about things that had worked. If he can only piece it all together we will be fine.

Still, I believe we would have won if Billups had played. Thing is are we the kind of team that needs all 4 starters (you know the guys ) to be healthy in order to win? Too many breaking points with that. And Dumars used to critisize teams that went with the 2-star model. He has double the odds of something going wrong. One twisted ankle by Sheed,Billups or a sore shoulder by Rip or Prince and the Pistons cannot beat the elite teams. That has to change.

Sheed needs to sit down. Obiviously the flu, and the sore ankles are making him play horrible. Bench the guy than. I'm sick of seeing a starter playing even though a bench player is doing much better than them.

Without Chauncey Sheed, and Tay need to step up along with the bench players. Sheed was absolutely horrible. Tayshaun needs to take more of scoring load, we went to him early and than went away from him. I'll let him slide because he completely stopped Marion, but he was stopped too.

Rip has been scoring a lot lately. In the last 2 games he has averaged 5 turnovers. Many of these have been in the 4th quarter.

Good job by most of the bench. One of the only bright spots. If it were not for them and Rip it would of been a rout.

I didn't like Flip's coaching. Not only should Dice, or J Max be in for Sheed more but he never called timeous when Phoenix started taking control of the tempo.

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Micro, keep watching that film. Sure makes a difference, hey? Blalock can defend. And he should absolutely have started ahead of Flip Murray, who opts out of defense way too often.

I liked Will Blalock out their because he didn't collapse after facing up against one of the top PG tandems in the NBA with Chauncey only watching on the sidelines.

Delfino led the team in boards in only 19 minutes.

Davis didn't play because Flip Saunders let Phoenix dictate the tempo of the game on our home floor.

Flip Murray was great when he drove to the hoop. His jumper is whack.

Blalock either can't score, or he is afraid to.

Maxiel is the most exciting player on the team. Nobody pumps up the crowd like this guy.


Oh, and why didn't Flip Murray look to take any charges on those fast breaks? He intentionally got out of the way and reached.