Four games in a row is better than forty like in the past. But, I get what you're saying. It's been a long week or so for Prince.

Still, I think the most important point is that here we are, one more time, heading into the playoffs without an adequate backup small forward.

- Hayes Probably playing better than he has at any point in his career, but just not a consistent scorer off the bench. I don't think his defense is quite as bad as many seem to think, but it's not good enough to justify him being on the floor if he's shooting 1 for 5.

- Herrmann Sure has his heart in the right place, but hasn't gotten (and most likely won't get) enough playing time with the team to play him big minutes.

- Affalo Maybe could spend a few minutes at the three. But rookies don't see a lot of time on the floor in the playoffs and it's hard to imagine AA will be an exception.

- Johnson Lee, I hear you, and I wish it were so, but I just don't see it. I think we'd be up for a new fastest foul-out record. And it would be pointless and heartless to toss him out there without a fair amount of time playing that position in the regular season, which he isn't going to get before the end of the season.


So, time for Tay to eat his Wheaties, cause he's going to be playing 38 a night come playoff time.

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Between call in shows, the internet, and various other forms of customer feedback, us fans are heard.

I had to work > 40 minutes today and it was exhausting. That is why I'm taking a break to tell you guys about it.

By the way, I looked on wikipedia for some Yogi quotes and I came across this classic paragraph.

WTF? It always sounds stupid when humor is explained.

I would say that is great, but did you notice that the Pistons last four losses have been on the the last four Wednesdays....Check your calendars>> losses to the Bucs on 2/20, Jazz on 2/27, Celtics on 3/5, sixers on 3/12. > things that make you go uummmm??

This means that something is happening on Monday or Tuesday that is affecting our play We play the Cavs next Wednesday

Honestly, Win/Losses are irrelevant to me outside of the fact that you need to win games to be in the PO's. I'm more concerned with how the teams playing, the rotations, what the negatives/positives are in getting ready for the playoffs. LB was a master at using the reg season to prep for the PO's.

Regular season wins are deceiving. Look at the PHO Suns.

Sure, sure. All of our former coaches were "masters". Just never while they were actually here.


We might not have anyone who is a legend in his own time, but we have a lot of people who are legends in their own minds.

That's funny stuff Dre.

At least no Pistons are being stalked on the way home from strip clubs this season...

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To me it was one of those good old Pistons "we don't have to bring our A-games to beat these guys" efforts in the 1st quarter that did us in. The next time it happends I would like to see Flip call a time out at the 6 min mark and pull every starter that was not giving it 100%. Keep doing that every game you see that happening and it should finally fix the problem. Besides the paying fans at the game deserve to see max effort from their team every night. And could the results of the 1st quarter have been any worse with the bench in?

Saunders basically did what you are suggesting. All 12 guys played in the first 14 minutes.

Please don't make me lookup the game log. I am too lazy for that. I know the subs were near the end of the quarter with the exception of Sheed who was not supposed to play the full quarter from the start due to his injury. My suggestion is to pull them a lot sooner and all at once.