Dre, I just rewound on the DVR...Flip Jr was indeed making some bonehead plays and bricking FTs, but the Rockets were only up 3 when CB came back in for him at the 6:20 mark. Most of that 10-0 run happened with the Pistons' starting 5 on the court.

I don't think they are a good team, despite the record.

OMG, D4E is studying film.............

Watch it, Dlev, or I might have to break things down on my 5th viewing of this game!

The Pistons are still a good team, thats why most teams do not seem so good.

In the East playing Boston will be a test. Already played and beat Clev, NJ and Orlando.

Out West SanAntonio, Utah ( already lost ), Phoenix, Dallas.

Entertaining game at the end. Kind of sloppy otherwise. If Houston would have hit their free throws it could have been a blowout.

I didn't get a good feeling when they interviewed Saunders at the half and his strategy for the 2nd half was to make more shots.

It seemed like he wasn't giving Houston's D any credit and therefore wasn't going to devise a plan to get better quality shots.

Except for Alston, they had a very effective defensive scheme going. I hate to say it, but Bill Walton was right at half time... you have to go up tempo against a team with a 7'6" giant.

The only positives from my perspective:
Maxiell- a bit of a breakout game for him, b/c it was on national TV and he was a hustle machine.

Chauncey- killing small guards in the post. I can't believe how effective he is down there.




Oh, and I'll admit that my main man Murray was sucking it up.

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"I’ll just say this: We’re not talking to teams about their second- or third-best players." Joe Dumars talking about his plan to get other teams' 4th best players.

Obviously the Rockets were worse at the line, but the Pistons missed plenty of FTs as well. They were only 13-22.

The main culprits for the Rockets at the line were TMac at 0-5 and Bonzi 2-9. Of course TMac did end up dropping 29 on 13-25 shooting, and Bonzi was 3-5 from the floor for 8 points in just 11 minutes.

Whoever decided Dice should be in at the end of the game, should be fired.

A lack of NazMo allowed Yao Ming to run wild on the Pistons.

Without NazMo, we're going nowhere fast.

That said, I enjoyed this game. The ghost of Jeff Van Gundy was everywhere.

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They are the archetype for dominance. They are the gatekeepers of the conference. They are the Detroit Pistons.

Yeah but why didn't we pull ahead when he was in there instead of being stuck on 63? The bench has to be be able to make baskets and not be in there just letting the clock run while the starters are resting. You know Flips persona he shoots first and second and passes third. There for no one else scored when he was in there either..save possibly one hoop

We can't beat good teams, because we don't play with them.

Anyway, "laws of average" says that an offnight is inevitable. What beats me, that this game was still winnable.

Some posters moaned yesterday, why FlipSr didn't play against of grizz. Today you saw, why.