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Notes: Suns come in as one of the hottest NBA teams for the 2nd game of their 5 games in 7 days East Coast trip. At the time of this writting the Suns are boasting an impressive 9-1 record against Easten Div teams and an 8-4 road record.

the 29th is against indiana at 8 PM. the phoenix game is the 31st at 4 PM (which btw i might be selling 2 tickets if someone has interest...)

Anyone remember what a great job Maxiell did on Amare during the pre-season?

I know it's "pre-season" and Amare wasn't Amare then. But i'm curious to see how he plays him (if Flip goes that route). Outside of DD, he did the best job on J'Oneal, and Sheed is just useless these days. His lateral movement is just not there with the sore ankles.

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Amare picks up alot of fouls, and if i recall Maxiell actually got him to foul out in that game.

The Pistons have been dodging the injury bug for about 2-3 years now and the other night it finally bit them right in the a__!!

I am very anxious to see how this team responds with CB out for a while, and it couldn`t have happened at a better time. The talented Suns come to town; they are deep and love to run.

Flip will be forced to go to his bench in this one, for several reasons.

One thing is certain, the rest of the league will show no pity on the Pistons injury woes.


I will have the DVR rolling on this one.........Pistons 108 Suns 104

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"You got to go wit da flow" Rasheed Wallace responding to Rip Hamilton's disbelief of him becoming a Boston Celtic.

The Suns aren't that deep: there are only 7 players on their roster who average more than 15 MPG, along with Jumaine Jones, who played well against Dallas on Thursday. There are a couple more good shooters on the bench (James Jones, Jalen, Pike), but D'Antoni doesn't trust them.

If Rasheed's ankles are still sore, I'd like to see Maxiell get the start against Amare, with Tayshaun on Diaw and Nazr on Marion. Blalock should get his chance - he won't be worse defensively than anyone else against Nash, and he should be able to get wherever he wants on the other end.

Rebounding's important; the Suns are actually a decent defensive team on the first shot but with their size and leaky boxouts are vulnerable to second shots.

I wouldn`t say D`Antoni doesn`t trust them. They have been very successful playing with whoever is on the floor. Whenever someone on the bench is called upon they contribute, that`s what I mean by being deep.

Nazr on Marion. You can`t be serious...........

Likewise, Amare, Diaw and Marion all crash the offensive boards. If we can't control the glass, this could get ugly fast.

Let's see what game plan adjustment will be made, just cross my finger and wish that Flip S. is ready but I doubt. This man brought a Mineiapolis phone book to Detroit.

Actually it was Check Sum on Amare most of the game. CS kinda got in Amare's head as he was off his game that nite. Amare muscled CS once but that was it. CS altered a lot of his shots.

This is a great line. I love it.