Stuckey continues perfect as an NBA player

8 wins
0 losses

Can we handle it? Lets bring back Murray and Hunter. LOL

I wasn't in the chat, but i think the complaining stems from the fact (at least for me) that the starters played unnecessary min. Jarvis was on but Tay still played 36 min. No Afflalo in the 2nd half. And we desperately need a 4th big b/c Amir isn't going to play or Max needs to play more min. Why he gets so little is beyond me.

The bench is supposed to play every game, and come in at regular intervals; not just when there is a double digit lead/blow-out. That's the whole point of having a bench. We were ahead in the 2nd quarter w/ the bench sorta grinding it out. Flip doesn't seem to have the stomach for that though.

This could all be made better by the bench getting major PT in the BOS game especially Afflalo who i think it would be a huge mistake not to play, but i'm not going to hold my breath.

Also look for Ray Allen to go off tomm (he shot awful against MEM), and only around 29, 34 (close to that) for Pierce and KG respectively <- I take that back, just checked the updated boxscore.

edited to add;
Does anybody know if Lindsey is active tomm?

A couple of those minutes were at the end of the first half with a bizarro small ball lineup. Sheed, Dice, and JMax all had at least two fouls, so Flip went with Primoz, CB, Rip, Tay, and Jarvis to end the half. I hope we don't see THAT lineup very often...

Just a few things - Rip with almost 40 minutes = But, he's the one player who can actually handle that.
Tay could've played less, given that Jarvis was shooting fairly well, but oh well.
Brezec going in instead of Amir = . This was a team that Amir would've had favorable matchups against; the opposite is true for Brezec. He gave up rebounds, 3's - you name it, he gave it up to Toronto. The dude's defense sucks; all he could do was look on as Bosh/Bargnani/any other Raptor blew by him time and time again. He's obviously desperate to stay with this team, but I just don't think he's good enough.
CB played well enough, hitting a few shots and his usual solid PG play, but Sheed came on in the second half and was a huge reason why we stayed in and won this game. Stuckey played very well too; Afflalo should've played more.

What game were you watching?

Points 18
Rebounds 5
Assists 9
Turnover 1

A good win. Pistons got whatever they wanted on the offense and the defense was solid. You're not going to shut teams out, and 85 points is a good defensive effort. I would have loved to see more minutes from either Brezec or Amir, I don't care at this point, Hayes, and AA. Other than that I am pretty happy with what went down. Boston played too with similar minutes, so neither team will have an advantage tomorrow.

Just wanted to add one more thing - we have to look at the progress Flip's making - last year all starters would've been at 40 minutes in a similar game.

Which was why I edited it. I meant to say Dice, came out wrong; but, none of them were too bad this game anyway.

That's just Buddha, it's alright.

Buddha is a stickler for details!

Great game. I loved listening to the Toronto announcers go from hero worship of the Pistons, to wondering if the Raptors can make the playoffs.

Great stuff!

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