Detroit Pistons at Dallas Mavericks
October 27th, 2005 ~ 8:30 pm
American Airlines Center, built 2001, capacity 19,200
TV: WB20
Radio: WDFN

DAMPIER AND STACKHOUSE DOUBTFUL

Dallas 103 Det 97

BoxScore - From nba.com
PlayByPlay - From nba.com

Player of the game: Rip 18 pts on 8-11 shooting in 25min
Sub of the game: Darko 6 blocks and 7 pts in 24 mins

Notable Mentions: Maxiel 10 pts in last 7 mins of the game
and Carlos Arroyo off to one of his best games as a Piston before getting ejected in the 2nd quarter with his 2nd tech. 8 pts on 4-5 shooting with 3 assists and 0 TO's in only 8 mins.
Also Ronald Dupree continues to make a strong case for himself with another energy game shooting 3-3 with 5 boards in 14 mins.

Tough loss but Dallas pretty much used their regular rotation wheras the Pistons chose to use this game to get the young guys some practice and to iron out final roster decisions.

This is a game to watch closely.
Avery has them playing defense... and they have a deep team with experience.
Their weakness is at center... can Darko take advantage of this?

I'll be more of a believer of our bench if they win this battle in Dallas.... the Mavs bench looks solid... although they had trouble with the press.

I don't like the Harris Arroyo matchup at all... I'd like to see Acker check him for a while.

Does the bench show up on the road?

All right bench... show us whatcha got.

But I think it will be very educational to see if the bench can. If they show that they are not overwhelmed and can play as a unit on the road, I will feel much better about our chances to go all the way, even though I already feel pretty good about them already.

I am sure the bench will play hard. I just want to see them able to get good results. It did seem that they got a little edgy on the road in Milwaukee.

Anyway, after these next two games, we will know a lot more.

Hope to maybe see some of you guys in the Palace on the 2nd of November.

I am a big Josh Howard fan. I like the Mavs. They've got a lot of potential if AJ can get them to play some hard nosed "D".

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last time i went to a Mavs/Pistons game, Josh Howard came up into the stands to talk to family/friends after the game. he asked me to take a group pic of them with their camera

Bench vs Bench. Off the bench they bring Marquis Daniels, Devin Harris, Stack, KVH and a misc player. They lack toughness at the 4/5 spot from the bench, but they have a slight advantage on the perimeter. We put Mo on Stack (OK, I guess) but LOs Dos trying to check Daniels and Harris, that scares me. But they have guys out of position on that squad, Stack is a natural 2 that likes to shoot, Daniels needs the ball more, as does Harris, and as we all know, with Stack that's hard to do. One on one they may have us, but if we execute we can get 'em, more talent and toughness/game up front.

Dallas is a tough team for us especially with Doug 'I'm Whipped' Christy, he gets in Rips chest big time and J Terry is a tough defensive assignment for CHauncey. Josh Howard is a nightmare for Tayshaun at both ends of the floor. It's nights like these that X2 earn their $$$$.

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Play hard, Play smart, Play together, share the ball, have fun....Play the right way!!!!!!

KGreg's got it right, in this game we need Tayshaun to show up.

He hasn't shown up any game except for our last game gainst Miami lets see if he continues. I'm now very worried about getting Tay a new deal he's only got 5 days, damn.

Why is League Pass not showing this game? It's wack.