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mercury · #21 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Warthog

"Davis, who is frustrated after losing most of his playing time to Chris Webber, said that he didn't sleep through his alarm clock. "I didn't set it," he said before the game."

No good way to take that comment... Davis & Nazr being pushed out of the rotation... Davis giving up?

lapiston · #22 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 01:33 AM

We just cruised. The team knew that the Bucks couldn't do much.

Maxiel needs to play to keep his rythym.

Why, is Lindsay our back-up point?

Well, there is a flaw in the Webber playbook. Can he guard a real center? What are we going to do with Shaq? Yes, maybe we do need to keep Nazi for the fouls.

Ok, either we need to stop our non-productive fast breaks, work on them (coaching), or get the ball to Tay, the one guy who can consistently finish.

Easy game--not many like this in the NBA. The guys made it entertaining at least score wise.

roscoe36 · #23 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by lapiston

We just cruised. The team knew that the Bucks couldn't do much.

I think we idled and the Bucks ran out of gas.

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Originally Posted by lapiston

Maxiel needs to play to keep his rythym.

I thought he came out really lazy and low energy. Not a very inspiring start.

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Originally Posted by lapiston

Why, is Lindsay our back-up point?

Lindsey is allowed less and less to handle the ball. It just makes those few possessions were he does look all that much more ugly.

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Originally Posted by lapiston

Well, there is a flaw in the Webber playbook. Can he guard a real center? What are we going to do with Shaq? Yes, maybe we do need to keep Nazi for the fouls.

Webber will be useless against big centers like Shaq and Mourning. I see him moving to the foul line and Sheed working on the low block. This allows Tay/Delfino to rebound from the weakside.

roscoe36 · #24 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 10:23 AM

MLive.com: Everything Michigan

Mlive just fixed it, but 10 minutes ago, they had us losing last night...

Lee356 · #25 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 10:34 AM

Micro, your comments about Maxiell coming out lazy in the first half: To me, you make a common mistake of associating lack of comfort level with lack of effort. A young guy like Maxiell lacks the road map about just where he is suppose to go, what he is suppose to do, from moment to moment. You can't go fast when you don't even know where to go. Given time out there, and a bit of comfort level about his role, Jason Maxiell usually ends up doing pretty darn good.

roscoe36 · #26 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 10:39 AM

lee, I can only report what my lying eyes see. I'm hoping to get another chance at watching the game, Maxiell and Webber specifically this afternoon.

I'll credit Max with playing very strong in the second half, but his first half to my recollection was low energy and forgettable.

Because he improved his performance, I'd give Max a plus overall. But given the competition for minutes in our front court, he has to come out and impact the game immediately with physicality and force. Let's face it, the kid is far from a finesse player. His assets are power and force of will.

EDIT: Also, I am tired of seeing him miss dunks. He has to finish. It is unacceptable to blow dunks.

Darth Tater · #27 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by roscoe36

MLive.com: Everything Michigan

Mlive just fixed it, but 10 minutes ago, they had us losing last night...

How do they miss something like that? I could understand if they missed on a game with Memphis vs. Atlanta. But the PISTONS??? Geez.

Warthog · #28 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 11:54 AM

i love how they simply change it to 'bench comes up big' and 'maxiell, mohammed fill holes' haha

roscoe36 · #29 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 02:20 PM

Chris McCoskey, the "Lost Article"
DETNEWS | Weblog | Pistons

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Because of some snafu or another, the final edition game story from the Pistons win over the Bucks didn't make it on to our web site. Since I figure some of you might want to know what was said about the technical fouls and Antonio McDyess' ejection, I thought I might put the game story here. It should be up on the site later today, but, in case you are a morning browser...here you go...

By Chris McCosky
The Detroit News

AUBURN HILLS So much for the Pistons vow to leave the officials alone.

They picked up three technical fouls in the third quarter Friday, but instead of hurting the Pistons, the calls seemed to inspire them. Unfortunately, thats probably true, said Chauncey Billups, whose 20 points helped the Pistons stave off the struggling Milwaukee Bucks, 96-86. We got more motivated and played with more passion after we kind of hit a rock and had some adverse situations.

The technical madness began, as it usually does, with Rasheed Wallace. Frustrated after missing seven straight shots and feeling like he was fouled on several of them, Wallace picked up his 14th tech of the season arguing with referee Gary Zielinski.

Its a joke, Wallace said afterward, leaving it at that.

A few minutes later, Wallace asked coach Flip Saunders to take him out of the game. He had become incensed at something Zielinski said to him and he knew if he stayed in the game, he would have picked up his second technical and been ejected.

Hes learning, Saunders said.

Wallace, who finished with 14 points and 7 rebounds, is now two technicals away from a one game suspension.

With 3:34 left in the quarter, Antonio McDyess got into it with referee Derek Richardson. McDyess was called for an offensive foul for pushing on Andrew Bogut. McDyess felt Bogut flopped. Television replays confirmed that he did.

McDyess pleaded his case and got two technical fouls from Richardson and was ejected.

That was one of the worst, Billups said, of Richardsons quick whistle on McDyess. One of the worst.

At that point, Wallace, still fuming, jumped up off the bench to replace McDyess, but Saunders sent him back to the bench.

Emotions were flying high at that point, Saunders said. Sheed is going to be emotional and you never want to leave that type of situation up to the officials. We couldnt afford to have him thrown out of the game.

In keeping Wallace on the bench, Saunders chose to leave Nazr Mohammed and Jason Maxiell in the game. That proved to be the right move.

After the ejection, the Bucks took a 60-59 lead. It was their last lead of the game.

Depending on the situation, technical fouls can be good or bad, said Tayshaun Prince, who posted his fourth double-double of the season, 14 points and a career high 12 rebounds. The fourth quarter is a bad time to get technical fouls. But if its early enough and it means something, and we were playing down for most of the first half, a tech can help a team. This is one of the few times this year it helped us.

The Pistons outscored the Bucks 13-2 the rest of the quarter. Mohammed, getting his first extended work since Webber arrived, blocked two shots and made two superb full-court passes. Recall earlier in the season, Mohammed took some grief from his teammates for air-mailing a long pass almost out of the arena.

This time he hit Billups in stride with one, and Prince with another. Each led to points from Maxiell, a dunk and two free throws.

Nazr is a pro, Billups said. Hes been out of the rotation, but he come early to practice and he stays late. After games that he doesnt play in he stays in the arena and works out. Hes a pro and he got his number called tonight and he was ready.

Prince and Maxiell combining to score 13 straight points at the end of the third and into the fourth to help the Pistons gain a nine point lead.
But the Bucks, playing without leading scorer Michael Redd and coming off a 2-13 January, fought back. Led by six points from Ruben Patterson (16 points) and three inexplicable Pistons turnovers, the Bucks got within two again, 84-82 with less than three minutes left.

It took a three-point play by Billups and a three-pointer by Wallace to put the Bucks down for good.

We made some hustle plays, we got up 10 and eventually, what we did was get to the free throw line and won it there, said Saunders, his team outscoring the Bucks 28-12 from the free throw line.

The Pistons are now 6-2 since Chris Webber joined the starting linups. Richard Hamilton added 18. Maxiell added 12, five in the last two minutes.

Andrew Bogut had 21 for the Bucks.

jammertime · #30 (**permalink**) 02-03-2007, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Warthog

from the recap, looks like dale might not be happy with his reduced minutes...

"Davis, who is frustrated after losing most of his playing time to Chris Webber, said that he didn't sleep through his alarm clock. "I didn't set it," he said before the game."

That's crap. Sure it sucks that he's getting less minutes, but he still needs to be a professional about it. Go to Joe in private and ask him for a trade. Joe has always been accommodating that way.

He's being paid a lot of money and I'm sure about 90% of the world would gladly switch places with him.

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