From The Orlando Sentinel

Magic PF Darko Milicic doesn't know what sort of reception he'll receive when he returns tonight to Auburn Hills, Mich., to play against his former team, the Detroit Pistons. He's ready for just about anything.

"We'll see. It could be half and half. Could be all boos," Milicic said. "Could be haters or lovers."

Just to go out on a limb, I am going to the game and expect to see the Pistons win with DMC getting about 14 points and 8 boards, 2 blocks and a couple of assists. Don't know about a steal but I think he will hold his own against Sheed and CWeb. I just don't see the Magic guards playing well against CB and Rip. JJ would have to have a career night and he probably won't even play.

Without Ariza, I don't think Orlando will win it as Grant is not very conducive to good ball movement. Pat Garrity even played tonight as Tony is still out, as well. With Ariza and Battie available I think they could have given the Pistons a game but not without them.

The only chance the Magic have is for the front line to outplay the Pistons front line and the guards come close to having a good night, which is not going to happen.

Oh well. It is a good thing I root for both teams or it would be a long two hour drive back north tomorrow night.

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Things appear to be at their darkest . . . . . . . . . just before they go totally black!!

Darko will shut down Sheed. He will also shut down Webber. In fact, Darko will guard Sheed and Webb at the exact same time.

While doing this, he will also put up this stat-line;
50 points, 30 rebounds, 16 blocks, 10 steals, and 9 assists

The score will be 150 to 2 (with our only 2 being scored by Darko as he accidently taps the ball into our basket while going for an rebound)

And we will all see the greatness that is Darko.

Thats funny.

You know whats going to happen. Sheed will have a huge night but Darko supporters will argue that it all happened during the 8 mins when Darko was not guarding him.

Yes, I've had it the last 3 years. Love it, worth every penny.

No league pass, but I did watch Darko play the Knicks last night. Offensively, Darko used David Lee. But David Lee destroyed Darko on the boards, and was able to get Darko into foul trouble.

Weird mismatch, small PFs can't cover Darko, but they also get Darko into foul trouble because they're quicker.

Passing on David Lee for JMax ain't looking so good.

Pre game predictions, Detroit win, guaransheed. Orlando is terrible on the road, poorly coached, and they have a terrible back court. CB will get off, along with Rip and Tay. Darko and HoJo have their way with Sheed and CWebb, but the Dribbler and Jameer take 20 shots apiece, instead of getting the rock down low to the bigs.

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it wasn't lee who got darko in foul trouble, it was curry

darko mad 2 quick fouls on curry at the end of 2nd and one at the start of the third and he sat the entire 3rd

Lee really tried to flop when Darko was posting him up. He guessed that he was going to get bumped and went flying when he didn't get touched. It was embarrasing.

I heard those new anti-flopping rules were designed to protect Darko from fouling out, so he can assume his rightful place in the 2003 draft with Chris Kaman, Zarko Cabarkapa and Brian Cook.

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

By the way, in 461 less minutes this year, Darko has shot 77 more free throws than Rasheed Wallace. That's 85% more FT's.

When your a true post player, you definately have to worry about those floppers.