Houston Dec 23 6PM

tv: FSN

Be nice if they decided on a start time for Sunday games and stuck with it. I like this time better than the 12:30 PM start time last week but it would have helped the Pistons against this contending West Coast team.

Houston won the last one so its time for some payback.

Houston is at Chicago tonight.

McGrady was injured during the week.

We shouldn't have too much trouble with them, especially if McGrady is out.

houston's second unit played well. We have to match that. I dont doubt our second unit as well. I don't expect a blow out so i don't think stuckey would play

Everyone plays well against the Bulls except us.

We are big favorites today.

I think another double digit win by us is most likely

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The Rockets were on their 4th game in 5 nights, but they managed to hang around until T-Mac and then Yao both left the game in the third quarter with injuries. Yao might have been able to return after getting cut on the head on a collision with his teammate, but the Pistons' starters pushed their lead up 18 by the end of the 3rd quarter to put it out of reach.

Sheed was huge early, and then Dice and Rip led the way in the 3rd quarter. Balanced scoring for the Pistons with 5 guys between 12 and 17 points. The bench struggled early in the 2nd quarter, but Jarvis and JMax got going to help build a bigger lead by halftime. Garbage time was ugly, aside from JMax abusing Mutombo several times before he came out for Amir with about 6 minutes left. Stuckey and Primos both got real playing time in the last 2 minutes of the first half, but they both struggled as the Pistons gave up several points off the lead, with Yao abusing Primos after struggling against very solid D from both Sheed and Dice earlier.

Scola took AJ to school real good after AJ stuffed the old man.

AJ's defense has a long long way to go. Got to do a lot more than rebound and block shots.

Hot Rod is as rusty as a 20 year old car in Detroit.

He took Max to school some too, Buddha...Scola's got way more experience than either of them.

Exactly

Got to play to get experience especially on defense. Got to do a ton of homework and watch tapes, tapes and more tapes.

Got to make sure Sheed is in your fav five.

Maxey is ahead of AJ on defense.

You are correct, Scola is an excellent player with tons of experience in Europe.

This is a very, very, very, very good basketball team. As Pistons fans we are so spoiled it's not even funny. Our game to game expectations are so unreasonable it should be acrime. Today the team in no way played it's best ball, yet we actually got up by 20 pts in the 2nd half, rested our starters for the 4th qtr (again) and won by 12 pts because our rookie PG-Stud, struggled to run the team.

On another note, Primo looks so goofy running around out there. Sheed, Dyess, Max and AJ are so athletic, smooth and fluid that avg big men look hilarious compared to those guys.

AA sucked tonight, 0-3 from the floor, and he missed a FT, Trade this bust of a draft pick quick.

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