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Play-by-play

POST #26 in this thread has a great recap done by LanierFan. Make sure you check it out.

RECAP - AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Chauncey Billups scored 16 points and Darko Milicic added 10 points and nine rebounds helping the Detroit Pistons beat the Milwaukee Bucks 95-88 in a preseason game Thursday night.

Tayshaun Prince added 10 points for Detroit while Ben Wallace had eight points and 13 rebounds.

Maurice Williams led the Bucks with 19 points, while former Michigan State star Charlie Bell, who last played in the NBA in 2002, had 12.

Milwaukee was missing three key players to injury -- Michael Redd (groin), T.J. Ford (hand) and Joe Smith (knee). Andrew Bogut, the top pick in this year's draft, started and scored three points in 21 minutes. He had six rebounds and four fouls.

Detroit led early with its starters on the floor, but Milwaukee took a 44-39 halftime lead against the Pistons reserves.

Billups hit three 3-pointers early in the third quarter to help the Pistons lead 67-64 at period's end.

Both teams went to their benches again for the fourth quarter, but this time the Pistons held on. Maurice Evans had six points in an 12-3 run that gave Detroit a 79-69 lead with 8:09 to go, and the Bucks never seriously threatened.

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TJ Ford making a comeback. Another game I won't get on TV.

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yeah, this really sucks...I was looking forward to seeing that.

Looking forward to this game. I want to see a few things specifically concerning DMC.

(1)Try and get him some run with the starters because I want to see him against Bogut.

(2) DMC vs Kukoc, should be interesting.

(3) DMC vs Joe Smith.

(4) J-Max against Bougut, Josh Davis and especially against Brandon Hunter.

(5)Delfino and Evans trying to defend Simmons, Mason and the former Flinstone Charlie Bell.

(6) I want to see Evans vs Redd.
- This could happen in the regular season if a starter gets into foul trouble, I want to see if Mo can defend the other teams best 2/3 if needed.

Yeah the Bogut/Darko matchup should be interesting.
During the DMC draft hype they said that most years he would have been a #1 pick.... so here we have a #1 pick with less NBA experience than Darko...
I would like to see Darko take this as a challange to show that he belongs as an elite pick... go out and take it to Bogut.
I don't want to see him giving up offensive rebounds
His next big step will be to start hitting some of them open shots.

Can we keep TJ from getting inside?

Let's don't forget their new guy Simmons... doesn't seem like they'd pay that much for him to be a backup
Or does Mason start?
Too many SG's/SF's could lead to a trade (also have Gaines, Ilyasova, Welsch, Kukoc)

I think Gadzuric is underrated... solid backup big (rated high in efficiency ratings).

One of the most athletic teams we'll face this year.

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I heard they were considering putting him at PF to make room for both he and Mason.

Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but supposedly that's what they were going to try.

I'm hoping/expecting that the rookies play tonight.

Yeah, the darko/Bogut matchup should be really good.


I tried the NBA.com thing, but wasn't sure where to look to stream or how to do it.

Let's hope they do put Simmons @ PF... Sheed or Dice would destroy the 6' 6" kid.

Left hand side, NBA Audio pass or something under League Pass.

Click on it, and it brings up a listing of games.

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