Nugs are good oh wait this is not a Pauly Shore encino man forum
If the pistons come out and establish the defensive tone early we should roll.
Miller is no match for Billups, Johnson barley plays so who else do the nuggets have that can keep up with Rip city nobody our guards should dominate this 1 Pistons 104 nugs 87

Pistons up 28-23 at the end of the first. The offense is much, much better than last year. The defense is much, much worse than last year.

Looks to me like the Pistons are relying a little too much on their athleticism and not solid rotations or positioning.

Tayshaun has done a decent job on Carmelo, but as is his M.O., when Tay's defending, he's usually not getting very involved in the offense.

Subs in the first were Evans for Tay, Dice for Sheed and at the end of the quarter, Arroyo for Billups.

Denver looks decent, outworking the Pistons on the boards. Miller was relatively quiet, Camby is playing quite well, his jumper has come a long way.

K-mart didn't start but gave Ben a nice hard foul in the paint. He also had a monster putback on a missed layup. Again, the Pistons are not controlling the paint very well.


OOOOOOOOOO start of the second, primo matchup. Earl Watson vs. Arroyo. Stay tuned.

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Halftime, Pistons 60, Denver 43.

Basically an offensive explosion when Dice/Evans/Arroyo were matched up with a small Denver bench. Starters came back and played even. 60 points is great. Really great. But still no defense on dribble penetration and the Pistons seem to either 1) not be trying to rotate or 2) have no idea what the rotation should be.

This will be a blowout unless Denver can muster a big 3rd quarter to get it close.

Good stuff from the bench so far:
McDyess: 7 pts (2-4), 3 reb, 2 ass, 2 stl
Evans: 8 pts (4-5), 3 reb, 1 ass, 2 stl
Arroyo: 4 pts (2-3), 1 reb

Maybe we'll see a little Delfino and Darko in the 4th.

Carmelo Anthony is such a punk on defense. Every time he is challanged he backs out of the play. He dosen't go hard unless the ball is in his hands. WHAT A PUNK!!

we should wear these red jerseys more often.

Only 8 minutes played through three quarters. He has to play more IMO - and not just in blowout minutes. Mahorn (on the radio) talked about how many assists the Pistons have tonight. A bunch.

Ben is 7 of 8 from the free-throw line? Holy smokes.

7 Pistons in double-figures already.

Pistons have 33 assists (on 38 FG) already with 8:30 left in the game.

The NBA record is 53, by the way (Milwaukee vs Detroit, 1978).

The LA Lakers averaged 31.4 assists per game back in 1985.

Scott Skiles once had 30 assists in one game (1990).