Roscoe told micro to get some rest.

Thank lee, he did all of the writing, micro did the copy pasting. micro is fanatical, but not like lee. He is a Piston fan at the genetic level.

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Big kudos and thanks to Lee, then. (Way to steal the credit, MW.)

Arroyo 17 pts, 12 assists; Evans 24 pts, 4 rebs, 2 assists 3 stls; Sheed 12; Delfino 9 pts 6 rebs 2 stls; Darko 10 pts, 9 rebs and 1 block; Davis 5 pts and 9 rebs.

Darko gets 1 block immediately, but by my count finishes 2 blocks short of Mourning for the league lead in preseason blocks.

lol darko 2nd time in a row he's 1 rebound shy of a double double

It may be getting to the point where opponents are respecting Darko's shot blocking abilities and are being more careful around him. That will improve his D and he won't get as many fouls. Also, the refs should be aware of it too as the season progresses.

Nice job Guys...

Nobody answered the question is ...How did we lose???
Did we play perrrrfect ball and it was all the refs fault?

You know it's gotta be time to give Mr. Carlos Arroyo his due props.

The man is not turning it over... he been a pleasant surprise with his consitent scoring... and the assist speak for themself...
What the hell are we waiting for.. let's give the Puerto Rican some luv!

If you saw the clubhouse piece today you know that C.A. is one of the main men keeping it loose... The dude is a card. lol

Alright .. so he ain't the defensive stopper... I'm here to say that C.A. is a major asset for all of his other contributions...
How bout that PRBALLER!

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Maybe I posted it over the other place though. We lost the game with both Dupree and Evans in. Bad combo. Too little ball handling. Other than that, the Pistons did quite well thruoughout the game.

it's too bad i don't have nbatv, couldn't watch the training camp stuff. from what blaha said on the broadcast, minny shot 43 free throws, we shot 21.

Ok so it's all Duprree and Evans fault ... cool .. thanks

Who needs TV? . . . . Well, I do, but you guys did great. Thanks for taking a couple for the team.

I think from the way I heard that the bench played most of the game. If I am getting the wrong idea, I will hear about it.

Wow, Davis and Darko 9 boards each. and 15 points between them. At least the 1 DMC block and I think I remember that Davis got one, too. Now that is good bench for the 5 spot.

Carlos Arroyo must be coming around now. From the way it sounds, we have good back-up all the way up and down the lineup.

Too bad we did not pull this last one out, but I am glad to see the bench getting so much PT. That rocks!!

Acker was plus 12 in the first half. He lost some ground in the 2nd half, but he had Dupree and Evans in with him.

Dupree was minus 15 in the 2nd half. He did not play in the 1st half. Frankly, everyone showed they could do quite well, but not if Dupree was in with them.

Lost is all my typing was that fine first half by Acker. Compared to a lousy 2nd half by Dupree. A quickly thrown up 19 footer and then a turnover by him were just some symptons. Now, I will blame this disorganization on Evans too. But Evans hit for 24 points. Which would you want on your team? A guy who can't handle the ball but who can can threes all nite, or a guy who can't handle the ball and gives you very little offense on most outings? Well, we shouold know soon.