I think Rip brings the effort every night and it's contagious. For all his faults, you can't say he doesn't try.

edited to add;

Sheed needs a break. And our bigs need more minutes. Might be a blessing in disguise. Then again we are in a dogfight right now in terms of record/seedings. And the worry with Sheed is that it takes him a long time to get right, and then back in a groove.

Deeeeeetroit basketbaall!! 3 and 0 baby! Magic in the playoffs? Yes sir!
And to think a lot of you wanted rip traded! Couldn't resist staying up for this one, sorry I couldn't join in the chat for longer.

Great TEAM win tonight. Everyone was playing well tonight. Stuckey's fall looked nasty I was glad he got up and was able to continue playing after a brief stint on the bench.

Highlight of the night: Maxiell's insane dunks, or as Blaha would put it Maxiell's 'Jam Supreme'

EDIT: Forget to say Dyess was the man tonight. I love that guy and I really hope he wins a title before he hangs it up.

A game of highlights, a game of stats, a game of stars!!! After being swept by the Hawks, we rebound and complete a season sweep of the Magic...yep we good in the 6th spot so I ain't mad at the Hawks loss. We got to lose some stay at 6th don't we?? On the other hand we are still on track to win 52 games

Highlights, MAX JAM from Rip, Connie Hawkins scoop by Fabio and the driving layup by Dice

Stat/stars of the game
Rip> 29 pts and 14 dimes responsible for 57+ points
Dice >13 pts , 18 boards (7 offensive)
Tay >20 pts 2 big threes
Kwame >10 pts, 1 key block
and the biggest star of the game ??> Sheed for not being around which allowed Dice and Kwame to shine

Fans hoping to see the most dominant young player in the NBA tonight were no doubt disappointed as Amir Johnson did not play.

A bad night overall for the pets as Mike Curry thought he was at the X Games and needed to add a degree of difficulty to the victory by not playing his 2 best players, AJ and AA.

Max struggled also save for his brief 2 dunk and a block flurry.

The only thing more overmatched than the refs tonight were my loins versus NBA TV host Melanie Collins. Oy Vay to the 4th pic.

Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football » The Next Erin Andrews: Big Ten Network’s Melanie Collins Was A Bikini Model

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Off the Charlie V bandwagon!

I'll own up to that!

Gold Baby! Just... ahhh.... solid gold.

Man, I won't say much now, but that was probably the best Pistons game of the season. WHAT A GAME!!

Win or lose that game, the men in red, blue and white gave it their all tonight, and I absolutely loved the effort and heart they showed tonight. All of them. Dyess was just a monster, Kwame had his best game as a Piston, Stuckey created a couple of huge plays down the stretch (after a poor game and struggling with the strained ankle), Prince was making key plays on both ends of the floor and Rip had his best playmaking game of his career.

I'm don't know why dude, but I crack up every time I read this post.

Am I the only one who thought JJ Reddick did a pretty good job on Rip in the 2nd half?