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Pistons Game 6 of the 2005/6 NBA Regular Season
Fri. Nov 11th 2005, 10:30 PM Eastern
Rose Garden (http://www.rosequarter.com/), built 1995, capacity 19,980
TV: FSN Detroit - ESPN, Canuck Channels - Rogers SportsNet RSNE, RSNO, RSNP
Radio: WDFN 1130AM (http://www.wdfn.com/)

Detroit 2005 Record vs. Portland: 1-1


The Trail Blazers are on a two game winning streak and the Detroit Pistons come into the Rose Garden winning their last five. Someone's streak will be broken tonight at the Rose Garden.

The Trail Blazers last game was a 95-83 victory over the New York Knicks where Zach Randolph score a season high 29 points and grabbed 13 boards and Darius Miles added 26 points and 8 rebounds. Randolph (20.0) and Miles (21.3) are one of five pairs of teammates averaging 20+ points a game.

Team Stat Leaders
Points
R. Hamilton DET 24.0
D. Miles POR 21.3

Assists
C. Billups DET 9.2
D. Miles POR 3.3

Rebounds
B. Wallace DET 13.6
Z. Randolph POR 11.5

Darius Miles and Rueben Patterson are "probable" for this game.
Sergei Monia or Martell Webster (both rookies) will likely start in the backcourt with Sebastien Telfair.

Detroit 84, Portland 81

Recap (http://www.nba.com/games/20051111/DETPOR/recap.html)

Box Score (http://www.nba.com/games/20051111/DETPOR/boxscore.html)

Back to back Western road games. Gulp.

I sure hope they show they can do well because on December 12th (only one more month) I travel to Utah for an overnight to see the Pistons take on the Jazz. It's the second part of a back to back and the end of a 4 or 5 game road trip, I think. A victory would make the trip home much sweeter.

:rockon:

I hope they aren't caught napping tonight. :ohwell:

Last night I was going to pick DET 114 PHX 104 but shaved it by 10 at the last minute.

Tonight I am going with my 1st feeling.

DET 89 POR 84.

Bump for updated info in the first post!

Portland is only shooting 41% so far this season and is one of the worst scoring teams in the league at 85.75 ppg. One other thing really stands out, they are a league worst from the free throw line at 58%. The no layup rule is in effect tonight.

Odd stat, they are getting blocked a league worst 9.25 times per game. Damn, Ben is going to pad his stats tonight.:wacko:

if they only average that than they're going to score real low against the pistons.

I can't see Portland holding us to just 89 points. I'll say Piston's 104, Portland 92.

As I said, I would have never believed I could live in Houston and see what will now be my 6th straight Piston game on TV! Therefore, behind a very good game from Arroyo and Dice , Pistons 115-96! My bruddahs!

As I said, I would have never believed I could live in Houston and see what will now be my 6th straight Piston game on TV! Therefore, behind a very good game from Arroyo and Dice , Pistons 115-96! My bruddahs!

Man, I live right next to Detroit and this will only be #3 for me. Damn Canadian satalite. I knew I should have went with pirated.
:doh:

Pistons 103 Portland 91

Pistons a little sluggish, but bench comes up big. Darko scores 8 points 4 rebounds.

Sorry bout that...I will also see them live next Friday in The toyota Center here in Houston!...my bruddah1

Randolph is looking great so far. He's scoring at will from all over the court. I don't think his shots have touched rim yet.

Pistons are shooting well too.

Sheed has never been a great finisher on dunks. He missed one last game as well.

Portland has to play us for 48 minutes , not 12!1 Hell, I used to let my brother lead every now and thwen, My fave is tennis when he had me 5-2 in the final set and i won 7-61 Talk about mad!:eyebrows:

Wow, he really went out on a limb with his last bold statement.

"I'm not ready to count the Pistons out of this game yet". With the Pistons down 5 points in the 1st quarter.

That's why they pay him the big bucks.

....from way back...He learned out of stuttering and fell in love with his own voice. Pistons toying with them..Nothing really stands out...

Got to feel good about game so far. We are on a 3 game west coast trip, with back to back games, portland is shooting the lights out and we are only down three.

We got to see what they can do DOWN 8 instead of UP 8! woooooooooo!MY BRUDDAH!

Are we going to have a darko sighting this game? :noidea:

we need Darko in the game. We have been hurting in Shot Blocking area all season.

The defense is pathetic. We are making a horrible Portland team look like all-stars. They cannot continue to defend like they did in Phoenix and the way they are tonight. PHX was the first real test we had and Portland should be a 20 pt blowout. I hope they get their heads out of their backsides.

......Ben with 0 rebounds in a half!!Woow!

Ben Wallace = Tired Legs

Wow, Dale Davis is now into the game. Still no Darko? :confused:

Whew! :cool: 6-0 baby!!!

Thought they would be sluggish, but 6-0 is 6-0. Defense played great in second half but lack of blocks is still concerning me.

whew is right.

I can't even believe they didn't foul at the end there. I'm sure Nate just loved seeing that. I love seeing Ruben Patterson upset. He's such a little beeotch. An ugly win for the Pistons. Not much burn for Arroyo tonight. Juan Dixon for Arroyo? Anyone? Anyone? :confused:

These games are tough. Third game in 4 nights on a West Coast swing is a recipe for disaster for any team against any opponent. Especially given POR's jeckyl and hyde home/away record so far.

Great gutty win tonight. Got it done when it counted.

A win is a win. I guess it wasn't bad for a back to back on the road.

The Pistons need to put these games away earlier to get their deeper bench guys some minutes.

Delfino has been getting some important minutes the past few games. Although not big minutes, he hasn't looked out of place at all and his D has been decent as well. He is challenging the shot much more and is really hustling to get to loose balls and to stay in front of his man.

Did DMC even make this road trip? We really have to find a way to get him some minutes. This is season #3 for the #2 pick. Time to put up or shut up, but he needs minutes to do either.

Davis looked less out of place than EC always did in his short minutes. I think he'll prove to be a huge pickup come Playoff time. Especially against teams like the Heat, Pacers and Spurs. He's an upgrade over EC in every way, perhaps maybe with the exception of Shaq banging, IMO. (He's about an inch and a half shorter and 30 pounds lighter than EC)

6-0 Baby!

Looked like several players didn't have their sea legs (specially Tay)...
It was mostly Chauncey not accepting defeat... a lot of mised calls or this game should have been more in our favor.

It looks like Darkos PT is gonna depend on how much of a lead we have going into the 2nd qtr.
Portland made a mistake using Theo mostly in the 2nd half instead of Pryzibilla... he was cause us trouble in the 1st half.... Theo looks like he's finally slowing down.

Next up is Boston (got blown out at home by the Spurs tonight)

I do not really care if Darko or whoever played. It was nice to sweep the 1st West coast trip. Many of you had the Pistons at 8-5 this month.

Darko will play this year. In PHX matchup issues there but basically we could not afford his fouls in these kinds of games. He would have put us in the penalty early.

No first half report

Game report:

Too hyped up on coffee to write much of a report. I'll try anyway. Been real rough staying up late the last couple of nights. Oh, the game. Well, it was just Portland. Portland managed to resemble a decent team early by shooting way over their heads. Of course, the hot shooting stopped and that was it. Ugly win. But 6-0 is awful nice. They put a chart up. I guess 8-0 is the next big thing to shoot for, matching the 89 Champs. After that, I think it was 10-0 in 70? (or 9-0, whichever.) Boston at home is up next Tuesday night.

Well, the streak stopped at three. Three games Tay took over offensively for stretches. This game, Tay deferred. Why I do not know. He was open occasionally and passed off. And Rip did not have a big game. But hit the big shot down the stretch. Again, quite the reversal from a couple years back. Just CB as scoring hero tonight. And 8 more assists racked up. Only 5 turns as of some point in the 2nd half for the team. Things are going rather well in that area.

No Darko, but Davis got some important minutes in the 2nd half. He did good on rebounds and the team did well enough with him in. Can't tell you much more than that for the moment. The announcer did say Davis was playing well.

CB played the entire 2nd half. No Arroyo in the 2nd half. But Delfino got a few important 4th quarter minutes so he played in both halves. Evans also played in both halves. So I guess we had about a nine man rotation. Eight guys who played in both halves, starters, Dyess, Evans, Delfino, and Arroyo just in the first half and Davis just in the 2nd half. Maxiell and Darko were the two who were dressed but saw no action.

Well, we were surely whipped on the boards, but remember, 4 of those offensive rebounds they got were on one trip down the floor. It was not that bad all game long. Prysbilla (sp) played well for them for much of the game blocking shots and rebounding. Quite an improvement over when I use to cheer for him as a Milwaukee Buck. (Not following any teams but the Pistons this year. League Pass got chopped out of my budget.)

Delfino did a good job guarding Miles a couple of times. Encouraging. Compared to Tay in the same situation, Delfino simply is stronger for keeping Miles from backing down. He also had a good assist to Dyess just before they went back to the starters at the end of the 3rd.

Can't remember Evans doing much of anything tonight, but again, I am hyped up on coffee at the moment. Some memory impairment from that I'm afraid. But I was reviewing that Phoenix game during commercials and did note Evans digging out two offensive rebounds for us in that first half of that game. So maybe I and others were a bit harsh.

Arroyo's play of the game was a sweet looking no look pass to Ben for a dunk. Ben scored on a post up strongly and got buckets on cuts. Or by being there for CB to hit with a pass when CB drove in. Seems Ben got a couple buckets like that. Too bad he did not convert on the 3 point play opps though. He still occasionally fades on his free throws. Not much, but enough to throw him off on his shot. As I said, I don't know, about mid-last year, Ben was mostly not fading back and should start improving his free throws. But he has to keep concentrating on going straight up or slightly toward the hoop as he shoots. Goes for his shots too. Don't fade. Let them block you occasionally. They will get fouls too.

Ok, 6-0. A 3-0 West road trip. All kinds of excuses for letting a game slip. What have we accomplished besides showing consistency? We beat a Phoenix team that does not play defense. A Boston team we beat which has actually not started off that badly. A Portland team that came in with a terrible plus minus for the year. Sacramento? Well. Look, no East team beats them, for whatever reason. That is something in my book. Philly? Philly has beaten at least one good team so far. When will we be tested if we don't count one team after another. Miami comes up on the schedule soon enough, but even for that, they will probably claim no Shaq, no fair. Enough for now. GO PISTONS!!!!!

Three days off before the rematch with the C's Tuesday and then a tough trip to Texas next weekend to tangle with Mavs and Rockets.

Obviously that trip will be tougher and season making if we take those two. But as we all know, lets take one game at a time and maybe 82-0 might be a stretch, but a new season record of 65-17 is not out of reach. :rockon:
The key is surviving 12 out of the first 18 games this season on the road and winning at least 10 of those roadies. :roll:

He looked pretty good and will help spell Ben. An important pick-up for Joe. We still don't have a stable bench. Billips and Tay are going to have to be spelled as the season goes on. Flip is fishing for the right mix. He wanted a W and hesitated to substitute much in the second half at certain positions. Sheed's threes were big as Portland is big and not an easy team to pound the ball in down low. Tough on a back to back but 6-0 looks good.

If you look at most NBA teams, their start player, a la Kobe/AI/Wade play close to 40 minutes a night. ITs because the coach doesnt take out his best player. It just so happens that in the Stones there are 5 "superstars" that make it tought for a coach to take out, especially in a close game. So, although other teams appear to have more bench points etc, there main guys are in close to 40, and the rest of the guys are so clsoe to the same skill level that the bench is persieved to be good. Therefore, I propose that are bench is no worse than anyone elses, just the starters and so much better than other teams total 5.

:biggrin1: Pistons 6-0 yeah baby

At one point in the game I thought why is Tay guarding Randolph and then I realized it was Miles wow when did he get so big? He dwarfed Tay and at times just abused him. What makes it sad is Miles can play like that at times and then just suck at other times. No I am not a fan of the kid but if he played like that all the time he would be an all-star. Miles and Randolph both are 25 I think, and with a couple more years in the league maybe they could be scary.

As for the game that little meltdown in the fourth was scary.:eek: What the hell happened to the d? :confused:We were up by what 8 with 2 minuets left and poof we were looking at going to OT. I hope it was just a case of being on the road, on a back to back, legs maybe just a little tired after running with the suns. Ugly or not a win is a win, and it is good to see them win games they are supposed to.:nod:

These games are tough. Third game in 4 nights on a West Coast swing is a recipe for disaster for any team against any opponent. Especially given POR's jeckyl and hyde home/away record so far.

Great gutty win tonight. Got it done when it counted. Max, you came darn close to the actual score in your early prediction, way to go.

No first half report

Game report:

Too hyped up on coffee to write much of a report. I'll try anyway. Been real rough staying up late the last couple of nights. Oh, the game. Well, it was just Portland. Portland managed to resemble a decent team early by shooting way over their heads. Of course, the hot shooting stopped and that was it. Ugly win. But 6-0 is awful nice. They put a chart up. I guess 8-0 is the next big thing to shoot for, matching the 89 Champs. After that, I think it was 10-0 in 70? (or 9-0, whichever.) Boston at home is up next Tuesday night.

Well, the streak stopped at three. Three games Tay took over offensively for stretches. This game, Tay deferred. Why I do not know. He was open occasionally and passed off. And Rip did not have a big game. But hit the big shot down the stretch. Again, quite the reversal from a couple years back. Just CB as scoring hero tonight. And 8 more assists racked up. Only 5 turns as of some point in the 2nd half for the team. Things are going rather well in that area.

No Darko, but Davis got some important minutes in the 2nd half. He did good on rebounds and the team did well enough with him in. Can't tell you much more than that for the moment. The announcer did say Davis was playing well.

CB played the entire 2nd half. No Arroyo in the 2nd half. But Delfino got a few important 4th quarter minutes so he played in both halves. Evans also played in both halves. So I guess we had about a nine man rotation. Eight guys who played in both halves, starters, Dyess, Evans, Delfino, and Arroyo just in the first half and Davis just in the 2nd half. Maxiell and Darko were the two who were dressed but saw no action.

Well, we were surely whipped on the boards, but remember, 4 of those offensive rebounds they got were on one trip down the floor. It was not that bad all game long. Prysbilla (sp) played well for them for much of the game blocking shots and rebounding. Quite an improvement over when I use to cheer for him as a Milwaukee Buck. (Not following any teams but the Pistons this year. League Pass got chopped out of my budget.)

Delfino did a good job guarding Miles a couple of times. Encouraging. Compared to Tay in the same situation, Delfino simply is stronger for keeping Miles from backing down. He also had a good assist to Dyess just before they went back to the starters at the end of the 3rd.

Can't remember Evans doing much of anything tonight, but again, I am hyped up on coffee at the moment. Some memory impairment from that I'm afraid. But I was reviewing that Phoenix game during commercials and did note Evans digging out two offensive rebounds for us in that first half of that game. So maybe I and others were a bit harsh.

Arroyo's play of the game was a sweet looking no look pass to Ben for a dunk. Ben scored on a post up strongly and got buckets on cuts. Or by being there for CB to hit with a pass when CB drove in. Seems Ben got a couple buckets like that. Too bad he did not convert on the 3 point play opps though. He still occasionally fades on his free throws. Not much, but enough to throw him off on his shot. As I said, I don't know, about mid-last year, Ben was mostly not fading back and should start improving his free throws. But he has to keep concentrating on going straight up or slightly toward the hoop as he shoots. Goes for his shots too. Don't fade. Let them block you occasionally. They will get fouls too.

Ok, 6-0. A 3-0 West road trip. All kinds of excuses for letting a game slip. What have we accomplished besides showing consistency? We beat a Phoenix team that does not play defense. A Boston team we beat which has actually not started off that badly. A Portland team that came in with a terrible plus minus for the year. Sacramento? Well. Look, no East team beats them, for whatever reason. That is something in my book. Philly? Philly has beaten at least one good team so far. When will we be tested if we don't count one team after another. Miami comes up on the schedule soon enough, but even for that, they will probably claim no Shaq, no fair. Enough for now. GO PISTONS!!!!!

Good post Lee. :)

But I was reviewing that Phoenix game during commercials and did note Evans digging out two offensive rebounds for us in that first half of that game. So maybe I and others were a bit harsh.

Big of you to admit your error. I respect that and great post. :)

Max, you came darn close to the actual score in your early prediction, way to go.

My Shtick though it that I always pick to the Pistons to win. But I was not very sure about this game. We just saw the Pistons lose so many games like this in the past. Typical winning streak type of win pulling it out in the end like that.
Just like in the PHX game. All the energy and momentum was on the opponents side and it looked like the other team truly thought they were going to win ( PHX more than POR ). Both teams must be shaking their heads and wondering what happened.

I would not worry about the bench. Two issues here.

1) I think Flip wanted to make a statement on the 1st West Coast trip. He talked about what a great opportunity it was to gell the team so its natural to expect that he would go with a shorter lineup.

I also wonder if its something like someone getting a new and more powefull car and wanting to show it off. Minni had some great teams but not as good as his Pistons. The West has been his home for his entire career.

2) Had to keep the streak alive.

He is having the same problem LB had with the frontcourt. These guys are so good you tend to play them more than you planned. But he will open up the bench more and will get Darko ready for the post-season as we do need a Center in the lineup.

Evans has been doing his job as a servicable backup its interesting how Delfino is starting to get into the rotation. I wonder if Delfino will start taking more and more of Evans mins.

At one point in the game I thought why is Tay guarding Randolph and then I realized it was Miles wow when did he get so big? He dwarfed Tay and at times just abused him. What makes it sad is Miles can play like that at times and then just suck at other times. No I am not a fan of the kid but if he played like that all the time he would be an all-star. Miles and Randolph both are 25 I think, and with a couple more years in the league maybe they could be scary.
No doubt. I was surprised how big Miles has become. 2 years ago, he looked more like Tayshaun than Randolph.

Miles has the same problem all young guys do. They wouldn't be in the league if they weren't talented, it's becoming a professional and developing consistency that makes some players great.

A little Off topic... but I'm never sure about the reasoning for certain players getting PT this time of year... You never know if Joe & co. have a deal in the works... Dale Davis playing ahead of Darko may just be a matter of giving him a chance to get some burn.

No doubt. I was surprised how big Miles has become. 2 years ago, he looked more like Tayshaun than Randolph.

Miles has the same problem all young guys do. They wouldn't be in the league if they weren't talented, it's becoming a professional and developing consistency that makes some players great.

Yes Miles is a surprise this year... we used to be able to give him space and play the drive... now he's developed a decent jump shot.

He did have a little luck posting up Tay... but I'll take those odds any day of the week.

Miles played great. have to keep in mind that the only games they had played were at home on the 5th, and the 9th so they were waiting for the Pistons last night.

Early fatigue had something to do with Miles and Randolph getting so many easy basketts. But the team locked things down in 4th when it mattered.

they killed us on the boards 43-30 they shot 50 to our 43 they had home-court, and they had a 10 point lead going to the half. we still managed to pull out a win mainly because of our defense shutting down portland to 33 second half points, and only 13 in the third quarter. we caused them to give up the ball 15 times while the pistons only turned it over 6 times. it was a sloppy win mainly because we had a pretty fast game with phoenix, and one of the assistant coaches was on the post-game show, and he said it took till about 3-4 in the morning for the team to get settled in the hotel, and that they had some sort of meeting with the players around 10-11 AM. after we get a lot of rest before our next game on tuesday against thee celtics we should win by a lot.

that was a classic case of a veteran team beating an inexperienced one. We got outshot and outrebounded and still won the game. Pretty ugly but it's encouraging that we can still gut wins out like this one. I checked the stat sheet after the game because I felt from watching like we had been outplayed and wanted to see what the difference was. We committed 6 TOs to 15 for the Blazers.

I thought our D tightened up in the second half. Our offense looked too much like last year's-too much iso stuff and not enough movement. And we got hammered on the boards in the first half. But I agree we were playing on tired legs, especially Tay and Ben.

Chauncey and 'Sheed won this one for us. I thought 'Sheed came up huge in the fourth, both offensively and defensively.

we probably did bad offensively because of the late game the day before in phoenix, fatigue plays a huge part in games too. we did good defensively though.

From the Hoopsworld recap (their Portland guy loves the Blazers and has awesome inside connections).

Detroit is the best team in the league - bar none. Yes, that includes San Antonio and my own NBA champ pick the Indiana Pacers. With Coach Saunders they are running a lot more and can score more points, but if it becomes a shootout they can switch the pace and ratchet up the defense almost at will. That's what they did in the second half against Portland. If you have a team that can score with anyone, and shut anyone down, they are going to be very tough to beat...

Complete Article (http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_14952.shtml)

i never knew rip was hurt.

Oh what a feeling !!! Not sure I could stand another midnight affair though.


Night all.:sleep:

No doubt the Pistons experience once again got them over the hump with the upstart blazers. At this point in time the blazers are not the best outside shooting squad and are certaintly NOT a smart team whatsoever! The play where d. miles foolishly hustled to save a ball that was sure to be a Pistons turnover was a prime example of the lack of intelligence they play with at times. I could do nothing but laugh at this extreme bonehead play miles made, especially when randolph frankly asked him "what the %%%% are you doing?" As a matter of fact the blazers have always been a very athletic & physical team even back to the bad boys days... But just as then with guys like kevin duckworth, jerome kersey, etc they have never been an intelligent squad in my humble opinion.

When a squad dominates the glass and shots a better FG% than another as portland did vs Detroit they should win the game going away.... But when you don't play smart basketball in the process you still can end up on the losing end of the stick just as the blazers did the other night. Just makes ya even more proud to be a Pistons fan!

No first half report

Game report:

Too hyped up on coffee to write much of a report. I'll try anyway. Been real rough staying up late the last couple of nights. Oh, the game. Well, it was just Portland. Portland managed to resemble a decent team early by shooting way over their heads. Of course, the hot shooting stopped and that was it. Ugly win. But 6-0 is awful nice. They put a chart up. I guess 8-0 is the next big thing to shoot for, matching the 89 Champs. After that, I think it was 10-0 in 70? (or 9-0, whichever.) Boston at home is up next Tuesday night.

Well, the streak stopped at three. Three games Tay took over offensively for stretches. This game, Tay deferred. Why I do not know. He was open occasionally and passed off. And Rip did not have a big game. But hit the big shot down the stretch. Again, quite the reversal from a couple years back. Just CB as scoring hero tonight. And 8 more assists racked up. Only 5 turns as of some point in the 2nd half for the team. Things are going rather well in that area.

No Darko, but Davis got some important minutes in the 2nd half. He did good on rebounds and the team did well enough with him in. Can't tell you much more than that for the moment. The announcer did say Davis was playing well.

CB played the entire 2nd half. No Arroyo in the 2nd half. But Delfino got a few important 4th quarter minutes so he played in both halves. Evans also played in both halves. So I guess we had about a nine man rotation. Eight guys who played in both halves, starters, Dyess, Evans, Delfino, and Arroyo just in the first half and Davis just in the 2nd half. Maxiell and Darko were the two who were dressed but saw no action.

Well, we were surely whipped on the boards, but remember, 4 of those offensive rebounds they got were on one trip down the floor. It was not that bad all game long. Prysbilla (sp) played well for them for much of the game blocking shots and rebounding. Quite an improvement over when I use to cheer for him as a Milwaukee Buck. (Not following any teams but the Pistons this year. League Pass got chopped out of my budget.)

Delfino did a good job guarding Miles a couple of times. Encouraging. Compared to Tay in the same situation, Delfino simply is stronger for keeping Miles from backing down. He also had a good assist to Dyess just before they went back to the starters at the end of the 3rd.

Can't remember Evans doing much of anything tonight, but again, I am hyped up on coffee at the moment. Some memory impairment from that I'm afraid. But I was reviewing that Phoenix game during commercials and did note Evans digging out two offensive rebounds for us in that first half of that game. So maybe I and others were a bit harsh.

Arroyo's play of the game was a sweet looking no look pass to Ben for a dunk. Ben scored on a post up strongly and got buckets on cuts. Or by being there for CB to hit with a pass when CB drove in. Seems Ben got a couple buckets like that. Too bad he did not convert on the 3 point play opps though. He still occasionally fades on his free throws. Not much, but enough to throw him off on his shot. As I said, I don't know, about mid-last year, Ben was mostly not fading back and should start improving his free throws. But he has to keep concentrating on going straight up or slightly toward the hoop as he shoots. Goes for his shots too. Don't fade. Let them block you occasionally. They will get fouls too.

Ok, 6-0. A 3-0 West road trip. All kinds of excuses for letting a game slip. What have we accomplished besides showing consistency? We beat a Phoenix team that does not play defense. A Boston team we beat which has actually not started off that badly. A Portland team that came in with a terrible plus minus for the year. Sacramento? Well. Look, no East team beats them, for whatever reason. That is something in my book. Philly? Philly has beaten at least one good team so far. When will we be tested if we don't count one team after another. Miami comes up on the schedule soon enough, but even for that, they will probably claim no Shaq, no fair. Enough for now. GO PISTONS!!!!!
Have i told u yet that I lov u?...my bruddah?

Three days off before the rematch with the C's Tuesday and then a tough trip to Texas next weekend to tangle with Mavs and Rockets.

Obviously that trip will be tougher and season making if we take those two. But as we all know, lets take one game at a time and maybe 82-0 might be a stretch, but a new season record of 65-17 is not out of reach. :rockon:
The key is surviving 12 out of the first 18 games this season on the road and winning at least 10 of those roadies. :roll:
I will be at the ToyCen Friday on the bench side of Pistons but behind backboard!...My bruddah!

He looked pretty good and will help spell Ben. An important pick-up for Joe. We still don't have a stable bench. Billips and Tay are going to have to be spelled as the season goes on. Flip is fishing for the right mix. He wanted a W and hesitated to substitute much in the second half at certain positions. Sheed's threes were big as Portland is big and not an easy team to pound the ball in down low. Tough on a back to back but 6-0 looks good.
We got to get 10-15 minutes a game out of DD! We needs his legs to roll for at least 65 games or when he logs serious minutes, he gon come up lame. I would love 2 see a game where we started all bench players for 30-36 minutes!...my bruddahs...(hey , sounds like a thread!)

:biggrin1: Pistons 6-0 yeah baby

At one point in the game I thought why is Tay guarding Randolph and then I realized it was Miles wow when did he get so big? He dwarfed Tay and at times just abused him. What makes it sad is Miles can play like that at times and then just suck at other times. No I am not a fan of the kid but if he played like that all the time he would be an all-star. Miles and Randolph both are 25 I think, and with a couple more years in the league maybe they could be scary.

As for the game that little meltdown in the fourth was scary.:eek: What the hell happened to the d? :confused:We were up by what 8 with 2 minuets left and poof we were looking at going to OT. I hope it was just a case of being on the road, on a back to back, legs maybe just a little tired after running with the suns. Ugly or not a win is a win, and it is good to see them win games they are supposed to.:nod:

I may be crazy, but Miles would be a star on this team. He's from East stLouis and he's Rodman-like talented with a little blhblhblhbbblh!..Put him in a rotation here and we'd win three in a row(titles that is),. Miles aint scurred!!
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Max, you came darn close to the actual score in your early prediction, way to go.
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From Mitch Albom's editorial parting shot on Sports Reporters (edited 4 content-whatever the hell dat means)

"Last week during intro's , the Sac Kings welcomed the visiting Stones with images of burning cars, busted buildings and boarded up houses...so obviously they never forgiven us for sending them Chris Webber!:laugh: As a detroiter, i can respond by saying sac is so wonderful even the govenor flys away on weekends, but i wont, cuz I'm a detroiter..and were nice in Detroit(highlight of Evans dunk)...edit- anyhow when Detroiters see bashing like this, we weep, for the lack of originality in this country.....the next game, the Kings can flash another image of Detroit ..6 and 0..now put that in your cowbell and clang it!!!!!!!My bruddahs!....Hey Mitch said" mY Bruddahs"!

Saw part of the first half while Miles was eating us up. I wondered at the time whether Darko could have given him some trouble. Do you think he would have gotten beaten off the dribble every time?

What happened to our shot blockers?

Maybe someone mentioned this, but did anyone hear Bill Walton complain that the Blazers have "shot their wad"? Classic.

Maybe someone mentioned this, but did anyone hear Bill Walton complain that the Blazers have "shot their wad"? Classic.

Typical. What an idiot he is. :laugh: