-- Box Score --

Flip Saunders - On bouncing back after last night’s loss:
“I thought defensively we were good. They beat us up on the boards early but we were able to bounce back and get stops. I thought our bench also gave us minutes. The thing I was most concerned with tonight was our energy. ”

Chauncey Billups - On defending Michael Redd down the stretch:
“He’s a tough cover. Anytime he gets the ball up he has a chance to make it. I wanted to just try and be physical with him.”

Points:	(DET) R. Hamilton, 20 (MIL) M. Redd, 23
Rebounds:	(DET) B. Wallace, 18 (MIL) J. Magloire, 17
Assists:	(DET) C. Billups, 7 (MIL) M. Williams, 4
Blocks:	(DET) Two tied, 2 (MIL) J. Magloire, 2
Player of the Game Chauncey Billups Points: 17 Assists: 7 FTM-A: 4-4 Minutes: 37

Well, I hope that Dale is ready for tonight. With Dyce limping and Sheed playing major, major minutes last night, Dale will be called upon. It is certain that Larry, oops, I mean Flip, will not call upon Darko.

So, Dale, good luck tonight.

I am glad to see they let Carlos Arroyo work through his rough spots as he is certainly a contributor now. He is now a dependable part of the team. Glad to see that he, at least, has gotten his chance, and that he make the most of it.

Tonight will be my last chance to see the Pistons this season on a regular basis as we are on the way to Florida. We just get a few games down there, the Piston games when Miami and Orlando are involved and the ones on national tv.

So I will be depending on you guys for my first hand knowledge. Keep up the good work, guys.

please let us win tonight. milwaukee is on the 2nd game of a back-to-back as well, losing the 1st game...so that should be interesting. all i know is that tj ford has been playing terrible according to my fantasy stats and i've been benching him

Ford has not been playing well, but I think he is the kind of player capable of testing the Pistons. Even last year, the Pistons didn't always do a good job of keeping quick pg's out of the paint. That problem still seems to be there this year. Whatever else he may or may not be good for, Lindsay seemed to me to always do a good job with that. I'm not so sure that Chauncey or Carlos can do the same with Ford. Once he's in the paint, Redd sets up for 3s and Bogut and others can get free for easy inside baskets. If our guards can keep Ford in front of them, I think that'll make the rest of the team easier to defend.

I have TJ as well, and I've noticed that he gets into foul trouble a lot and has fouled out a number of times this season. I think this is the reason for his poor numbers, not necessarily his poor play. In fact he has fouled out of his past 2 games.

chauncey should be able to exploit this area if the game scouts have done their homework.

another interesting match-up will be rip hamilton v andrew bogut (battle of the broken noses). rip will be like, "hey rook, thats only your first, talk to me when that mask becomes permanent."

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and luckily i've sat him the past two turnovers, fg %, and personal fouls count in our league, which are his drawbacks to live with in return for a lot of assists and steals.

the thing is, the league i play in is kind of jacked - there's only 1 player per position + 1 utility, rotisserie max 82 games...so the bench hardly even matters - and i already have nash at PG, along with terry and hinrich to choose from.

fair enough. funny league. since when are personal fouls a stat that matters?
may as well have a category for how many stitches a guy gets during the season or even how many dunks he makes during warm-ups?

yah i hadn't played fantasy before so i didn't know what to expect, plus the dude said we had until a specific to set our desired draft order, but then closed it 2 days early and yahoo basically auto-picked half of everyone's teams. oh and technical fouls count too...heh.