I would have let Nazr take a crack at Yao, especially after Sheed got in foul trouble. Not sure if he would have had any success or not. Dyess was pretty effective at countering Yao by shooting J's on the other end. A mismatch that went both ways.

Yao had a good game, but keep in mind that he played 44 minutes and took 21 shots! Sheed had just as many points in much less time.

Just as Hou was playing good D on us, we were on them as well. Both teams seemed to have trouble getting easy buckets and started chucking 3's (15 3PA's for each team). The difference was that they had a "superstar" who could rise above the defense and get a semi-good shot off any time he wanted. It must have been a little demoralizing for Tay and Co.

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"I don't think MC is going to allow us to shoot as many jumpers." Tayshaun Prince.

Somebody please get a note to the equipment manager to burn these dang gone throwback jerseys, we are 0-2 in these darn things. They have got to go.

Tayshaun's worst game I can remember in a long time (he was terrible in every aspect of the game), combined with poor shot selection (the usual) lost this one. Should have been a blowout.

By the way, it seems like Jarvis is coming back to earth a bit. He's not hitting those bad shots like he used to. Now he's hurting us on both ends. Hopefully it's just a slump, but he's 3-for-19 (15%) in the last 4 games, and this is more like the advertised version of Jarvis.

Amir Johnson: being paid $3.6 million to sit on the bench.

First of all, losing sucks.

Now that I got that off my chest, I respectfully disagree that JMax should be starting Lee. I think that he is more effective, as from what I've seen these past few games, coming off the bench. But he should be taking up more minutes from Dice and Sheed. Somewhere around 30 + minutes as what he's getting now.

I'm happy with Afflalo getting minutes. Minutes that count to boot. I'm not quite sure if Flip will yield to Stuckey when he returns though. He's more inclined to play Hunter and FlipM. With our coach, he'd probably cut into Afflalo's minutes.


Flip was wrong in this game. Nazr should have played some Yao. Dice should have rested kind of like that game when Sheed got banged up and decided to sit out the rest of the game, if I remember correctly, and JMax stepped up. He should give some leeway for other guys to do something for the team. I know we've been harping on Nazr almost all season but the least he would have done would be to expend his 6 fouls and send Yao to the line where they were atrocious. Nazr has shown more this season to merit some time, IMO than last season.

FlipS is inconsistent and doesn't quite have a handle on his matchups and in game adjustments, and he doesn't have that in-game feel that other coaches have.

Billups will be Billups.

Rip is really forcing the isolations and one-on-one situations when he should be more of that road-runner-coming-off-screen players, running his defender ragged. He isn't using his speed and stamina as well as before IMO. Loved seeing him come off screens and shooting that jumpshot.

Sheed will be Sheed.

Keep your head up Tay. Keep shooting. Keep in the game.

FlipM uggh.

Amir??? He needs the game time. And its not like he's really stinking the place up when he plays. He does well, gives effort. Defense is there. Offense will come with more playing time. PLAY HIM FLIP!!!!

Careful what you wish for; Yao shoots mid to high 80s from the line. Yes, he missed his first two last night, but so did CB, but no one would conclude from other Pistons' struggles that hack-a-Chauncey might be an advisable strategy.

You finally realized that. Better late than never.

Like I have posted for the last month, we can forget AJ getting serious minutes this year unless one of our bigs goes out and can't play and even then it might depend on the schedule who we are playing and how long they are out.

So it is indeed an emotional conflict for me. As much as I would love to see AJ getting some meaningful minutes I would not want it at the expense of one of our bigs getting hurt, even Nazmo.

You should never lose to a team that shoots 5% from the FT line. Ever. Period.

Cheikh is scheduled to make his D league debut tonight.

As I recall this topic was covered in depth a month or two ago on this forum.