Detroit Pistons 94 ~ Milwaukee Bucks 104

Game Photos from ESPN

Cruddy Game Log
Micro: This game had the worst coverage ever.

Box Score

Scoring by Quarters
Detroit --- 27 20 17 30 94
Milwaukee 33 20 23 28 104

Ford Fires Up Bucks

GREEN BAY, Wis., Oct. 19 (Ticker) -- If T.J. Ford is going to score like this, the Milwaukee Bucks may be going places this season.

Ford scored 19 points and handed out nine assists to lead the Bucks to a 104-94 preseason victory over the Detroit Pistons at the Resch Center.

Recap from NBA.com (complete version)

WOW!

TJ Ford is back. Man, I forgot the wheels he has.

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Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

there are no live stats other than the team scores on the web for this game, so any comments, player stats, etc, will be much appreciated.

webz,

Just my impressions, so no one jump on me please.

The Pistons look a lot slower than the Bucks in the first quarter.

J-Max and Darko saw some time with the starters, J-Max looking lost, and Darko looking like he hasn't warmed up yet.

Rip pushing the ball like mad, Chauncey taking some jumpers and the Pistons (as well as the Bucks) with several 3 pointers.

Play of the quarter was a look away scoop alley-oop pass on the break from TJ Ford to Desmond Mason.

One time down the floor, Bogut just grabbed Darko and spun him away from rebounding position. Bogut looks a little ungainly, but he is hustling and competing.

Pistons give up 33 points in the quarter, 33-27 Milwaukee.

Second Q just started, Bucks on a run, 39-27 Milwaukee.

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Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao

Micro, Thanks for the update. Come on Pistons, wake up!!!

Ironic. I'm blacked out over here.

yeah thanks for that. i agree, i don't think bogut will win any awards for pretty basketball.

who's done the scoring so far?

darko is playing like crapola.

Nice sequence with the bench, maxiell offensive rebound, passout to Acker, drive and dish to Evans in the corner for a triple.

Complete second unit on the floor around the 9:00 minute mark.
Acker, Dupree, Evans, Darko and Maxiell.

Maxiell grabbing boards, finding his way to the ball and using those long arms to corral it. Evans has looked good on his opportuities to hit jumpers, and Acker decent finding Dupree on a fast break finishing with a dunk. You can see that Acker doesn't have a lot of chemistry with the other players on the "Kid Line".

The Pistons were climbing back into the game but sloppy play and an offensive foul by Acker quickly let the lead slide back to 7.

Evans and Dupree are the only reason the Pistons are still in the game.
This doesn't look like a game the Pistons are taking too seriously, and could probably best be titled, "The battle for the 15th roster spot".

To be honest, it looks more like a scrimmage for the Pistons and a semi-serious tune-up for the Bucks. Milwaukee's second unit is much better than our 10~16 guys but it's mostly ugly ball through the second.

[Edited] Halftime score is 53-47 Bucks. Both teams scored 20 points in Q2.

If anyone is wondering, Darko has been really quiet coming up way short on a jumper and consistently being a little out of position (or mis-timing his jumps) on rebound opportunities.

Oh yeah, and Dan Gadzuric looks like Andre the Giant but smaller and with buggier eyes. Poor man's Ben Wallace though. All hustle.

__________________
Momma was queen of the mambo, Poppa was king of the congo, deep down in the jungle, I start banging my first bongo
Every monkey like to be, in my place instead of me, cause I'm the king of bongo baby, I'm the king of bongo bong
-Manu Chao