Tinsley was looking very dangerous last night.

I'm really glad we pulled this game out. It would have been a confidence shattering loss after that big lead.

Flip's philosophy isn't to play zone defense; it is to mix up the defenses. Making adjustments is a sign of good coaching.

went to the game - roads were terrible so the crowd got there a little late. since people did a good job with the caps, i'll throw in my other thoughts:

- the nicest thing about having webber is that we are getting off to fast starts and early leads. before, my friend and i would always complain about us starting down 8-0, 12-4, etc., but with webber we're jumping out early.

- mike dunleavy is the ultimate opportunist. he only scores when his teammates can break down the defense and give him a wide open three. he is no better than mo evans, and i can't believe he's making tay money.

- i was really annoyed with flip's substitutions in the 2nd quarter. our bench only dropped 2 points off the lead (from 15 to 13), but flip threw chauncey, rip, and tay back in around the 6:30 mark (i think) if not sooner. there was no reason to take the bench out and make our starters play more minutes there. if our bench was giving up a run, sure, put the starters back in to stop the bleeding...but this was not the case.

- troy murphy -21, dunleavy -29. wow bad. marshall was +29 heh. all of our starters were +, and all of our bench were -.

- except for dice early, the bench had a horrible game. maxiell had nothing going and was a foul magnet. and while yes, our bench could use improvement and a proven scorer, they just had a bad game collectively like our starters often have. they can't be perfect every time. if that becomes a pattern i'll worry more.

- with both webber and sheed, JO couldn't guard both of them, and this was huge. it's going to be a really big advantage in the playoffs since most teams don't have 2 quality big men up front to play the kind of defense necessary to contain both webber and wallace.

- ahb doesn't like tayshaun lol

Cornrows: Pistons 95, Pacers 87: Simply Outplayed

Recap from the best Pacers fan blog.
Chief Webber. I like it.

JO got it rolling in the fourth as the Pacers tied the game up. Everything ground to a halt after JO picked up his fifth foul. Around the same time Murphy and Dunleavy re-entered the game and you could see the Pistons' energy change. They were licking their chops to get the ball on offense.
JO was forced to return with four minutes left but couldn't be as aggressive on defense and the Pacers couldn't get closer than four points.
Chief Webber had a real nice game just filling the cracks in the paint with put backs and nice ball handling. With the Pacers and JO in particular forced to help on interior defense, Chief rarely had a body on him. He took advantage with seven offensive rebounds.

Juicy
Also Flip Saunders and Tony Dungy were roomys for a while back at the U of Minny.

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