At Portland November 13th, 10:00PM

TV - FSN Detroit, NBALP


The Pistons face the new look young, run and gun Trailblazers. They are a streaky group, dropping thier first three on the road and winning the next three at home. Roy, Webster, and Aldridge are a handful for anybody.

Well, they beat the Mavs.

True ..tonight will not be an easy game, I hope not grant much like to seattle in 3 and 4 quarter...PISTONS FOREVER

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Ok, I've waited long enough. I've given them a chance. Experiment over.

I really dislike Nazr and both Flips.

I like Hayes.

This game was lost because all the offense was going through Rip. He took quite a few bad shots he made poor decisions with the ball. He took too many shots in the context of the game. He was on the court with the 2nd unit in the 2nd quarter and for some reason looked like he was going to do all the scoring out there. Portland went on a run and Flip ended up putting the starters in. Tay with 42 min, Sheed with 41 min, and Rip with 40 min. Bench didn't stand a chance in this game. Sheed was slacking off on defense too. Pistons couldn't cut off the penetration. That led to 55% shooting by Portland. Mohammed was dreadful. Flip was his usual self.

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Terrible rotations left our offense disjointed. Why was Hayes in for key minutes?

Only Maxiel brought some energy on the front line. He needs more minutes. Sheed was in a funk so why no Amir?

Trends: Nazi and Dyss can not get rebounds that don't fall onto their heads. Maxiel defends but doesn't board that well. Translation: yes, we are going to need a big. Prisbilla dominated us.

Why can every guard drive on us so easily? Is this a coaching or personnel problem? I would have used Afflalo to stop the defensive bleeding tonight.

Rip was off from the get-go so he gets 19 shots. Great coaching.

Sheed is playing way too many minutes...he looked very tired in the 3rd and 4th quarters....Rip was simply horrible. I guess in an 82 game season, this happens.
The dribble penetration was killing us. Sheed and McDyess will be useless after 40 games.
You need someone defensive minded in the backcourt; and yes, flip saunders needs to be fired; just is not a good coach; no philosophy; coaches very scared and disjointed. the entire second half seemed out of sync.

If they're that bad - take them out of the game. That's why we have players on the bench.