Did anyone notice the that the final score Lakers 89 and Pistons 90 were the two years that the Bad Boys won the championships and in 89, who did they beat but the Lakers.

Was this Stuckys breakout game? Best one I have seen from him anyway. We could really use guys who attack the rack like Stucky and Afflalo.

Anyone notice when the Pistons were agressive the whistles were good? When the bench came in with all that energy, bunch of virtual unknowns, they were getting a good whistle against Kobe and co. Then the starters came back with energy and the calls were fair. It should not be like that. All calls should be the same.

Yeah the starters were too busy complaining so the refs ignored their crying only waiting to hear the key word that would result in a tech....

Stuckey played a game with no TO's and no fouls!!! And I don't think he got blocked on any layup attempts either... 4-5 shooting from the outside, a dunk and a couple of drives.... 16 minutes of solid play that should get him above 20 minutes consistently soon,.. we hope.....Good games from Amir and Afflalo too.

I think this guy is an absolute moron. Let's see, Tay is no longer a defensive stopper because Rip played in position and guarded the opposing shooting guard. Something he's done pretty much every game since the Finals meeting. Sure.

Anyway...

Wow, great game. Lots of intensity, lots of energy, and Kobe doing what Kobe does. Some fairly dubious calls against the Pistons, but come on Dyess, what are you complaining about? That must have been an aggregate thing.

This was maybe the bench's best game. And I think it's at least partly because they came into a game that already had a high level of energy. It's got to be a lot easier coming in off the bench into an intense game than coming in the other night after the world's most boring first quarter. Starter intensity brings more energy and intensity from the bench.

Sheed didn't score much and shot badly, but he was embarrassingly good on the defensive end in the first half. It was like a cat toying with mice.

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jARVIS wHO? Great stat line: DNPCD!!!

His name is not Jarvis, its Javaris.

I have seen both of them play in the NBA a number of times and I don't know who will be better Crittenton or Stuckey but Crittenton is going to be one heck of a player, you can bet your stash on it.

If you are going to criticize a player, you might want to learn what his name is first.

Javaris Crittenton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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By the way, how bad was Odom's "game winner"??? He was wide open and missed long by about 2 feet. I can't even call it a choke because it was such a weird miss. I'm guessing 75% of the posters on this forum could have caught a piece of the rim from there.

Well, not quite wide open. I think it was Rip who had a hand in his face on the release, and he was barely inside the three point line, and it was an odd angle.

Ah hell...

CHOKER!!!

Chauncey Billups B: Solid game, but it was not very good.

Rip Hamilton B: Great job first half on both sides, but he slowed down the second half

Antonio McDyess B-: Very little offense, but he crashed the boards well.

Tayshaun Prince A+: Very agressive. Taking it inside, crashing the boards...and hitting gamewinners.

Rasheed Wallace C-: A big baseline jumper late in the fourth keeps him from a D. Sheed was having a bad game today.

Jason Maxiell C: I used to think that he should not try to dunk the ball every time because the defenders would give him so much room, but I was wrong. Just take it in and dunk on them! A lot of jumpers for Maxiell today.

Aaron Afflalo A-: Nailed his open shots and he never quit when he was guarding the best.

Rodney Stuckey A: He was the spark off the bench. He cut through the defense and he also did a good job of handling the offense with 3 assists and 0 TO's

Amir Johnson A-: He dominated the boards while he was in there. Another big spark.

Jarvis Hayes B-: Hit some nice shots.

Primoz/Hermann/Lindsey/Flip M./Samb: Incomplete

Flip Saunders A: Early in the game he called good Timeouts and he had a very good rotation.

Overall: B+

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Afflalo as well looks better than him.