Hard to figure this game. We beat them with Sheed off but they didn't have Nocioni. They played us pretty well. But you never know what level we are playing at in terms of effort. Good to see us grind them down in the last quarter or so.

Maxiel is Piston DNA.

I'm pretty sure I can remember a couple of Webber game-winners.

A quick search on youtube confirms this.

YouTube - Webber game winner against Denver

DBA, thats some darn good recapping

Looked like Tay had a good game and was there in the end with a hand in Gordon's face.

But let's start Delfino.

such a fun game to watch....if we meet in the playoffs, let the rivalry RETURN!!!

After Tay missed the two (TWO!) freethrows, I was actually hoping the Bulls would send it into overtime. I could easily have watched that game for 5 more minutes .

Blakely had a couple of interesting things on the game.

Quote:

touched on it a little bit in my game story, but I didn't spend nearly enough time writing about Jason Maxiell's impact on the game, and how he's kept himself ready for moments like Sunday night. It wasn't just his teammates and Saunders who noticed, either. "I thought Maxiell changed the game when he got in there," said Bulls coach Scott Skiles. "We couldn't match up with him."

- Webber almost did not play.

Quote:

And the game-winning basket by Chris Webber was even more impressive when you consider he was close to not being able to play because of that left eye injury. He had some complications with the medication he was on, and was throwing up before tonight's game. Webber said he didn't think he was going to play. "But Arnie (Kander, Detroit's strength and conditioning coach) and the medical staff worked their magic," Webber said.

- Oh and Sheed was upset that he had to sit out the 2nd half, thought he could have played through it. Not going to quote that.



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I didn't get to see the game cuz I wuz traveling, but it looked like a great one. Maxiell's +/- impact was huge. I'm looking forward to watching his performance on the DVR.

Well, he DID leave the door open by missing 2 clutch free throws with 19 seconds left that would have made it a 2 possession game.


Other than that he played well. A couple nice blocks (seems like he should get more half-court set blocks than he does ala AK47). The hook shot toward the end was timely.

This was a good article about the game and Bens return from Chic. Professionally written without anything immature like you sometimes see from some clubs - "Bulls have to make them pay" nothing like that.

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