pretty easy game. it was weird because my buddy and i didn't get there until 6 PM, and by that time it's usually hard to find a parking spot and there's a lot of cars trying to get into the parking lot. today? there were tons of spots open and absolutely 0 cars in line. i'd say no more than 17,000 of the 22,076 showed up.

either way it was a boring game, and we won without having to do too much.

maxiell is shooting 73.5% from the FT line in his past 9 games and is 61% from the field.

I hope he is correct but I will not hold my breadth on this one.

The question one can ask, is which rotation was Blaha referring to.

Of course one way to look at it is AJ and Murray are in the "regular rotation"; i.e., the regular garbage time rotation. That then will also become Broken Hand's regular rotation after the all star break.

I think by Feb. Stuck will have replaced Flip Murray (the more we deminish his role, the easier it is for Stuckey to take). Soon after he (Stuckey) will get comfortable and eventually replace Hunter in the rotation. By then AA, Hayes, and Max will be very confident and competent in their roles with Amir starting to see more meaningful (although not regular, but more nonetheless) minutes- ala Maxy last season. Next year will be Amir and Stuckey's breakout seasons - ala MIP!!! They both will be instrumental in the Pistons defending their NBA title, killing the dreams of KG,Pierce and Allen 2 years in a row.

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I sure hope that you are correct about this.

Looks like someone had a chat with Flip Jr. This time he actually ran plays and passed the ball more often than tried to get his own offense. He looked a lot better like that. If he wants a trade he's showing more doing this. Nazr was pretty bad, although he's the only Pistons playing physical defense.

I'm still largely unimpressed or enthused. Det spent the prior week beating up on bad teams and for my money that shows me nothing. The only potential threat they played this week was CHI and you see how that turned out. Not to mention the crappy west coast trip they had.

I'm not so sure whooping the Bobcats put the fear of God into anybody. It's pretty easy to hand it to a Cavs team sans LeBr%n, but then again, I guess I should just "enjoy the ride."

*OK, the party pooper is OUT.*

Yes, the Bulls loss was bad, and I agree that beating up on the Bobcats and Hawks isn't exactly championship-level competition, but the win in New Orleans was very impressive. I didn't think they'd win that game--4th in 5 nights, on the road against a team with a strong record--but they won it decisively.

What else is new?

Actually, I don`t think Chicago is a threat, not even a potential one. They beat us pretty good last year in the reg season, however, when the post season came along we handled our business.

They took 2 too many.
Low I think we should call you "Debbie Downer".