Will Flipper give many minutes tonight to anyone past the first six and maybe Arroyo?

Will the bench other than maybe Dyess be able to produce 10 points tonight in total?

I expect Mo to be fired up tonight. Hopefully he will get the minutes to pour in few including a couple of long ones.

Stay tuned

it'll be interesting to see how Mo wants to show his game to the Kings. it's been too long between games!

Pistons will rotate 8 plus Darko will get 3-4 minutes. Delfino will sit it out unless they open up a big lead.
or...
what about darko on Peja? Mo on Bonzi?

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Yes, it will be a good test in many ways tonight. We always seem to have trouble with Sac; long trip and time change out there; west is usually tough on us (until year before last).

But we took one of the players who gave us a lot of trouble, away from them. Evans played us very tough. I would like to see him return the favor.

Yes, I would like to see Darko on Peja. I would like to see him on anybody and for sure, I would like to see him make some use of his offensive talents; maybe earn a few more minutes.

I think the Pistons will make it worthwhile staying up later for the game, though. We will pass the test, tonight.

I think it helps that they got out there early and had a practice yesterday... jet lag should not be an excuse.
I've seen the Kings play 3 times already... man they are really slow footed on defense.... I hope we use a lot of motion.

Yeah the Bonzi matchup is kind of a concern... maybe Rip can run him to the ground... give him a case of Bonzi wobble legs

Tayshaun should use his handles and go to the rack early & often... once we get Miller in foul trouble they're sunk inside.

Anybody up for switching up CB and Rip, and putting Billups on Wells (CB's strength would be useful on Bonzi in the paint) and Hamilton on Bibby (he seems to do a better job on quicker points and his length could interfere with some of Bibby's passing lanes).

I know what you mean, himat, to me it's almost like only the more devoted fans are going to stay up later watching, and so I feel like I'm in a more elite group. It's a fun ego trip.

Some of us gotta work at 6:30 am. These midweek late games are a killer. Mind you, I loved living on the left coast. You could watch the early games and still go to a movie...

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They are the archetype for dominance. They are the gatekeepers of the conference. They are the Detroit Pistons.

I agree. Its still early, but I haven't been impressed with his lack of minutes for our bench. Maybe he wanted to get comfortable (and whats more comfortable than a 3-0 start) before he started giving the bench heavy minutes.

Its a new system for most and maybe he wanted to get the starters comfortable before getting the bench going. Lets face it, our bench isn't terribly experienced. Maybe this is the best approach. Just as long as this isn't a pattern, but an exception to the norm.