Great game. Who would have thought the C's would shoot 68% in the 1st half. Some of those were fast-breaks most were jump shots.

Even though the Pistons had to hole to dig out of its getting to the point where you expect a win in these circumstances. What a hugh 4th. CHauncey with 10 assists to go along with his 27 points or so. Rip staying on Fire, Prince and Ben consistant as usual.

PRBAller - Arroyo 8 assists and I am not sure how many points 8 I think. Great game.

Sheed - 2nd good game in a row, actually a great game tonight. When Dyess gets rolling look out.

Looks like FrenchyFan had the closest prediction with 107-91.

Disagree with the "No help from the Bench". Did you see Carlos A? The others played good, but he was great. I also would like to see starters play about 5 minutes less per player.

You questioned why anyone would think he would play more tonight. I never said you would be wrong or right, or even thought Darko would play a lot tonight myself.

I just let you know a potential reason why people thought he "may get a chance tonight". You seemed to be confused. Isn't that the reason you were scratching your head?

One thing nobody has brought up that I think is creating part of the "problem with our bench" is the fact that our starters are so good. This may seem obvious, but the dropoff from our starters to ANY group of bench players in the league would be significant.

I agree that our bench has produced only sporadically (and I'm still waiting for Dyess to show us something), but it is all the more noticable because of the quality of our starting unit.

Sorry, I wasn't taking a shot at you.

I was aware of what Flip had said earlier but knew he didn't play him the first time so I was wondering why he would suddenly decide to play him a week later against the same team if the reason he didn't play him in the first place was because of matchup problems (like he had also stated previously).

I really like Flip and my first priority is seeing the team win. But I think sometimes Flip talks out of both sides of his mouth.

I think Darko has earned a chance to get more minutes. If not, then Flip should just say so and keep him benched so he doesn't hurt the team. If he has earned the minutes...play him already.

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Hey Low,

I noticed your first-half post (regarding our lousy D, which I agreed with), but I also started looking back over some of the earlier game threads and noticed you haven't been posting much then. It kinda seemed like you only showed up when something negative happened.

I remember you not being the biggest fan of bringing Flip in here, but I want you to recognize some of the positive things that he's bringing to the club. No, our defense is not what it was the last two years, but it's still pretty good when it needs to be and our offense is really functioning well right now.

Maybe our gauge of success just needs to change a little. Rather than using whether our opponent gets to 90 as a measuring stick, perhaps our ability to get to 100 matters more now.

Just want to encourage you to keep an open mind. Flip's all right, he really is.

Leee, next time you mention Evans getting beat on defense... please remember Darko vs Al Jefferson this game... it's only fair.

Sorry Low, but you're busted bro...
I know you're thinkin playoffs but where's the love for 7-0?... crickets.

I stand corrected. I missed some of the fourth quarter and didn't realize how good CA was. He played very well. Thanks for keeping me honest on that one. Arroyo has been impressive for the most part. I counted him picking up his dribble too fast a few times, but he was quite efficient as Lee pointed out.