At Seattle November 11th, 9:00PM

TV20 Detroit, NBA TV


The Pistons head west for a five game stint; first stop Seattle against Kevin Durant and Chris Wilcox. At the time of this post the Sonics were winless, however, Durant looks good, avg 22.6 PPG, Wilcox is avg 16.4 and 9.2 boards per.

Well it looks like the Pistons will face another hungry team searching for their first victory. The Sonics had 3 chances to take the lead, win the game and then even tie the game with less than 20 seconds left, but fall to the Jazz at home 103-101. The in-experience factor was in full affect in the Sonic persona.

4-1 Pistons vs 0-6 Sonics Sunday evening...GO Pistons

This is the first Piston's game i see live this season. I guess National TV's don't consider Piston's high rate games. Seatle is a fast team. Durant is really good. any idea who is going to defend him? it will be same game like the bulls game. it will go down to who is hungrier to win.

I'm so happy you can watch this game adonis. Even if it is at 4:00 AM. :(

Seatle is a fast team. Durant is really good. any idea who is going to defend him? it will be same game like the bulls game. it will go down to who is hungrier to win.

My guess would be Tayshaun, with Rip guarding Damien Wilkins. This should be an easy victory for Detroit, since the Sonics make all the mistakes that veteran teams like the Pistons take advantage up.

I'm going to this game in a few hours. It's my birthday, and I'm having my party at the Key Arena. Watch for the fans with the M-A-X-I-E-L-L shirts.

linwood it's on TV20 hi-def tonight, and i bet there's a great chance you'll get on TV! looking forward to seeing the shirts! :) and yeah tay will guard durant just as ak47 guarded him last night

I'm going to this game in a few hours. It's my birthday, and I'm having my party at the Key Arena. Watch for the fans with the M-A-X-I-E-L-L shirts.

Which one of those letters are you going to be wearing?

And happy birthday! :party2:

My guess would be Tayshaun, with Rip guarding Damien Wilkins. This should be an easy victory for Detroit, since the Sonics make all the mistakes that veteran teams like the Pistons take advantage up.

I'm going to this game in a few hours. It's my birthday, and I'm having my party at the Key Arena. Watch for the fans with the M-A-X-I-E-L-L shirts.


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Happy Birthday Linwood

Which one of those letters are you going to be wearing?

And happy birthday! :party2:

I'm not sure yet. You will be able to recognize me because I will be the handsome 37 year old. :)

I'll let you know after the game witch one is me. I'll also try to post some pictures.

Happy B-day Linn!
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Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. Hopefully, this will be a close and exciting game, with a Pistons victory in the final few minutes!

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Hope you enjoy the game.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. Hopefully, this will be a close and exciting game, with a Pistons victory in the final few minutes!

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Amen to that, Linwood! I'm going to this game too and I'm so excited!!

I splurged and got tickets in row 5 on the corner right near the Pistons bench on the basket side of the corner. My sister and I will be on the aisle on the corner where the Pistons walk in and out of the locker room. I'll be in full regalia. Pistons Rip jersey, sparkling red sequin hat and red white and blue Mardi Gras beads as bracelets. My sister and I might have some poster thrown together. Maybe "Sheed Don't Lie" or just SHEEEED!!!

I checked the seats out at the Utah game Friday night and they are nice.

Sonics really did almost beat the Jazz, so I hope the Pistons aren't looking too far past this one. Jazz came out flat, low shooting percentage, not much hustle, lots of turnovers. The Pistons better bring it!!!

Now I'm taking my big birdwatching binoculars not because we won't be close enough, but because I intend to watch the timeout huddles very closely. Maybe I'll be close enough to lip read and see if there is anything to this SHeeeed Player/Coach nonsense. Not that I don't think Flip needs all the help he can get. :pound:

Okay, my sis will be here in 20 minutes to get a 3 pm ferry over to Seattle from Bremerton. We want to be there way early to watch shootaround and maybe get an autograph, a smile, a high five from the Detroit Pistons.

My sister yesterday: "You know the Pistons are the most fun to go to because the whole team is a superstar, not just one guy". Yeah!

Happy Birthday Linwood! I'll be looking for your row. Now the second half Pistons will be shooting near our corner so maybe you will see two grownup ladies making complete fools of themselves over the Detroit Pistons!

GO PISTONS! BRING IT!

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Awfully ugly win tonight. Pistons sprinted out to a big lead with a red hot first half, but an absolute meltdown started near the end of the 3rd quarter and continued until well into the 4th. Once the Sonics went to a zone, the Pistons simply stopped moving the ball and were utterly unable to generate any good shots at all. Rip had a big night, and Jarvis was pretty heroic off the bench with some good minutes at both the 2 and the 3, but not much else was good about this win. Though I sure am glad they didn't blow it.

First game I've had a chance to watch this season. Kurt Thomas seems to like playing against Detroit.

Great first half and lousy second for the Pistons. I knew they'd cool off but geez, quit taking J's.

Looks like the same 'ol crappy jump-shooting offense to me. Saunders sure is an offensive genuis.

Timid Tay passed up too many opportunities late in the game, I felt. When he's on that flat, he needs to take it to the hole. He does not know how to take charge of a game when it counts. He defers too much to the guards.

Liked Hayes' contribution A LOT. What a huge upgrade over Delfino, so far.

Flip Jr. still sucks. Took it to the hole once. His only highlight. He makes horrible decisions at the point, as many before me have astutely pointed out. He does not play within the offense. Can't wait for Stuckey to get back. Seeing Murray in that late in the 4th quarter is unnerving.

McDyess was very active tonight on the boards.

I don't think this team gets to the Finals with this jump-shooting offense. They'll be boring to watch if this continues. I liked how they pushed in the first half. I realize you can't do that the whole game, but you need to mix it in.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. Hopefully, this will be a close and exciting game, with a Pistons victory in the final few minutes!

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Flip granted you your berfday wish. This was a nail biter...only we were all chewing on real iron nails.

I vote for our new name to be the Detroit Jumpshots

We were like 7 out 23 from three or something similar. :tsk:

Bad coaching and carefree attitude almost ruined Linwood's birthday party. The jumpers were falling in the first half, so the Pistons decided to continue the jump shooting show all through the third quarter, which allowed the Sonics to score the final 11 points of the quarter and trim a 19 pt lead down to 8. CB, Rip and Tay played the entire 3rd qtr and you could tell they were winded.

To make matters worst Rip and CB came back in to start the 4th and played about 2 more mins before Flip sr finally pulled them. Flip jr who tossed up four bricks in the first half decided to drive to the hoop and stop the parade of jumpers form the outside. However with every missed Pistons jumper, the Sonics went down and dominated the paint scoring at will until they tied the game at 99 with just under 3 mins left. Rip and CB came back in and Rip responded with a "fresh" jumper and the Pistons eventually salted the game away....luckily

Some bad stats:
8/23 from beyond the arc
Sonics beat us in the paint 46-30
Sonics bench outscored our bench 52-28
Rip 41 Mins
Tay 4-13 shooting 4 turnovers
Flip jr 1-6 shooting
Pistons missed 10 free throws
No PT for Afflalo...maybe he was in charge of getting Amir to the airport:)

But they won and can take a quick flight down to Portland for Tuesdays game where they should run into a more defensive minded team.

We used to say a Win is a Win. but the very near past tells us it is not the case. We would have lost this game in playoffs.

J Max needs to work on his jumper. He only knows how to dunk the ball. Teams are going on waiting him at the rim. Add to this, he is around 50% from the FT line. he missed one in every trip to the line tonight.

I would say all starters did, but i am not sure. I am sure Hamilton played almost all of the game except the start of the fourth.

Good game from Hayes and lot of Energy from J Max.

I heard the commentary saying that CB is over 90% from FT line this year. Is this true? i thought it is less.

All in All, glad to start the west coast trip with a Win.
Go pistons

Jeez lin, next time you have a birthday just ask for a Championship will you?

Saw the game, and well:

1) Loved the first and mayb 3/4 of the 2nd quarter and the endgame. Great shooting in the first, guys going for rebounds, aggressive, hustling to loose balls, playing great D. Same for 3/4 of the 2nd quarter but let up near the half allowing Seattle to come back with our subs in.

Can you say MELTDOWN? 3rd and 3/4 of the fourth. Aaaaaggghh. Constricting chest pain.....

Thank you for Rip's ball movement and jumper. Instant offense. I know, I know, another jumpshot but hey, Rip's midrange J, I'd take over Kevin Durant's any day.

2) Billups and Tay deferred too much and ended up setting the tone for their games for the night. Quiet. And there goes Billups again barrelling into the lane without a plan, and was called for a charge on Thomas. I've never really liked that play....

3) Rip = offense. Had some difficulty guarding Wilkins IMO. Got posted on often, but abuses him on the other side as well.

4) Sheed and Dice. Great game for both with good production and rebounds.

5) AJ. Looked active and well, new. But considering the time he's getting I'd say he looked really good. Not trying to force the game. Loved that rebound over Green, if I'm not mistaken. And the hustle. Nice work kid.

6) Nazr. You gotta give it to the guy. He is trying really hard. He's doing ok IMO, serviceable as a backup big man. We will need a center come playoff time.

7) JMax. Hang in there Brahma. The game will come to you. Take a page out of AJ's book. He should learn to shoot. But love the hustle.

1 part great, 1 part ugly.

But a Win, nonetheless.

GO DETROIT!

Afflalo did not play. And we barely won. Six games so far. In the 3 games that Afflalo was in the rotation significantly, we won easily. In the other three, we lost one, and just barely squeaked by in the other two. Afflalo will not lose games for us. He is a good solid player.


Yes, Amir did get to play, but Mr. Sneaky, us fans did not fail to notice that you left Afflalo out of the game. Get it right, play both. And that goes for all three when Stuckey gets back. Further, like someone mentioned in an earlier post, just what the heck is this not playing Maxiell more in the first half. The starters need that kind of energy in the game. (Like the energy he was providing much of the 4th quarter, getting multiple offensive rebounds.) Can't an NBA coach understand why the starters would do so bad in a third quarter - they were tired.


Enough ranting, for now. We won and are 5-1 in this young season. A future star of our team got to play, in the first half when the game still counted, and heck, we won. Still no evidence that playing young guys loses games. Amir scored a few points, making one of two free throws and getting an offensive rebound putback. The foul that sent him to the line was a shove as he was trying to secure another offensive rebound. About half his time was as a small forward, with the starters on the floor otherwise. (Tay was the only starter sitting. But Tay did come in for the last minute, making Amir a power forward. And the first minute he was paired up with Hayes. For that minute, you could argue that either was the small vs. power forward.)


Mohammed got to play a good stretch of the 2nd quarter, and had one decent play. Flip Murray got significant minutes both halves, did not do much except a few times he got to the basket, resulting in 2-3 at the line and one bucket. Considering nobody else seemed to want to go to the basket at the time this was very helpful.


Dyess had a good game. 15 and 15. A lot of his points were around the basket, exactly where he should be playing. His points chiefly came on end of plays where he ended up with the ball at the basket, or on offensive rebound putbacks. Not really any posting up from him and just a couple of outside shots made.


JMAX barely played in the 1st half. Tricky is using his old trick of pulling someone who has a 2nd foul, for the remainder of the half. He has done this to JMAX two straight games now. Which means he has only gotten to play after sitting most of a half and half time, plus most of the 3rd quarter. Probably a blatant attempt to ice the guy.


Hayes was a scoring hero, getting 14 in 18 minutes. And a lot of that was around the basket. He did bury a couple of outside jumpers, but scored on cuts to the basket and from posting up. That I like.


Now, for the bench as a whole. Sorry, not so good. None of the bench guys did that poorly as individuals, but collectively, there is just too little defense being played when Dyess remains out their with the likes of Hayes, Murray, and Mohammed. No footspeed for three of them, and no ability for the fourth.


Tay took too many outside shots, and missed way too many. However, even though I do not like this much, in game practice always helps. Watch him hit a bunch of shots next game. Prince was playing backup point again. Meanwhile, we won this game anyway so all that outside shooting did not hurt us. Billups set the tone early with outside shooting. Very little driving inside. Sheed hit a couple of threes, and spent almost no time around the basket for the game, though he did provide a huge hoop in the last minute working at the basket. One of his simple face up jumpers that goes way over the crowd. It just seemed like things were going too easy at first, and the Pistons decided they did not need to bring their A game. (Which is getting the ball inside.)


Got to harp on the substitution patterns a bit. Detroit was running and gunning some with Seattle, and slaughtering Seattle while doing so. But Flip should have recognized that he needed to sub early to keep that kind of effort up. Instead, we got the same old same old, leaving all the starters in most of the 1st quarter. (Seattle had two early subs, and kept their energy up.)


Rip was the big scoring star, hitting 3 triples and lots of midrangers. And one of them put us up for with little time left in the game. Love that clutch shooting. But he played over 40 minutes. He did not come off the floor for any rest until well into the 2nd quarter. (It amazed me that Flip at least did not bring Rip (nor Billups) back until 5 minutes left in this close game. At least he realized just how tired these guys were.) All of our starters played heavy minutes, even Dyess who supposedly is not suppose to getting so many minutes just because he is starting. Get a clue Flip. Dyess has not played heavy minutes in years, do you really want him pushing his luck like that?


Look, we are 5-1, and considering the competition we are about to face, or I should say, lack of competition, we are probably going to be 9-1 at the end of this long west trip. Would playing more young guys lose games? Maybe. I doubt it. But not playing them is a loser route for sure, for our starters will be burnt out, injured, at playoff time. The time to stop the non-sense is the very next game. Play Afflalo, JMAX, and Amir significant minutes, all in the same game, and no, garbage time does not count.


GO PISTONS!!!!!
Prince was playing backup point again.

I think Lee had hit on all the points and I concur. I would ask Flip this: when are starters' minutes going to be reduced?

Tay 35
Dyess 33
Hamilton 41
Wallace 36
Billups 34

I am not worried about Hamilton's minutes as much because of his conditioning, but the rest of the guys should sit a bit more. The problem with Rip's minutes is that Afflalo didn't get any. I think 35 would've been enough for Rip providing 5-6 min for the youngster. I wonder what's going to happen when Stuckey comes back.

DET played offense like they had one of those fences around the paint that shocks you if you cross a certain point.

I think Daddy should have brought 'Lil Flip in with about 3 to go in the 3rd. He was the only one getting near the rim against the zone. Daddy probably didn't want to interupt the 3 pt contest that had broken out.

Out of all the things I dislike about about Big Flip, bringing a starter back with 4 minutes in a quarter tops the list. He is just bizzare.

You guys thought they played too much? Bostons "big 3" have all been playing around 40.

What is tough is letting other teams back in the game and having to play the 4th quarter right down to the wire. If it happened because they were tired in the 3rd, may as well just throw in the towell on the season if they can't handle 35 MPG. Get those guys in the weight room.

Anyway, Seattle is going to have a good team someday with this core. Just not this year and this night. Nice win to start the long road trip.

Why can't Dyess play like that more often?

You guys thought they played too much? Bostons "big 3" have all been playing around 40.

What is tough is letting other teams back in the game and having to play the 4th quarter right down to the wire. If it happened because they were tired in the 3rd, may as well just throw in the towell on the season if they can't handle 35 MPG. Get those guys in the weight room.

Anyway, Seattle is going to have a good team someday with this core. Just not this year and this night. Nice win to start the long road trip.

Why can't Dyess play like that more often?

Dyess is just getting going.
As far as minutes go, how many games have Boston's big 3 played over the past 5-6 years? Compare it to the number of games Pistons players played. That's where those minutes come into play.

Some interesting info from McCroskey:

- Tay was playing with an aggravating pain in his toe
- Flip did say that team took too many 3-pointers
- He also said that Pistons struggled against zone when Sheed was out
- Rip said that it is too early in the season and difficult to put 48 minutes together

Well, if it is correct, then this is what I've gotta say:
- if Tay has an injury his minutes should come down, I'd think.
- If team takes too many 3-pointers it is up to coach to stop - you put in Maxiell and Afflalo and those will stop
- Pistons need to figure out other offensive schemes against zone because if they are incapable against it they'll see it often and continue struggling
- If the players are not producing, sit them, whether starters or not


Detroit overcomes cold spell in Seattle (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/SPORTS0102/711120303)

We might lead the league with the most different players scoring over 30 points in a game by year end.

Tay, Sheed, Rip, and you know CB will have his day.


West coast road wins are not something to take for granted. We flipped the switch at the end and the lights turned off in Seattle.


A very strange +/- stat tonight. Sheed was +25 in the game, and no other Pistons were even close to that. Since his stats weren't overly gaudy, he must have been doing something to add a lot of value... like protect the paint.

We might lead the league with the most different players scoring over 30 points in a game by year end.

Tay, Sheed, Rip, and you know CB will have his day.


West coast road wins are not something to take for granted. We flipped the switch at the end and the lights turned off in Seattle.


A very strange +/- stat tonight. Sheed was +25 in the game, and no other Pistons were even close to that. Since his stats weren't overly gaudy, he must have been doing something to add a lot of value... like protect the paint.

Now that you've said it, I wonder if Hayes and Dyess will get a crack at 30. Also, Flip said that Sheed's Pistons most effective player against zone defense. That's why he's so high on +/-.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. Hopefully, this will be a close and exciting game, with a Pistons victory in the final few minutes!

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Is it close enough for you? Think you have almost everything you wanted to see in this game. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LINWOOD!!!

You guys thought they played too much? Bostons "big 3" have all been playing around 40.



Boston's 'Big 3' have not play a single playoff game the last 3 years if I'm not wrong. Pierce did not play all 82 games a year for the past 3 years. Allen did not play all 82 games a year for the past 3 years. KG, I'm not very sure. And neither of them play for their country this past summer. No comparisons at all, my friend.

Is it close enough for you? Think you have almost everything you wanted to see in this game. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LINWOOD!!!


My birthday wishes were granted. :gift: Great game to watch.
The Sonics have athleticism, youth, and incredible skill. :greenapple:

The Pistons have discipline, depth, and experience. :graduate:

Amazing!

Yes, Amir did get to play, but Mr. Sneaky, us fans did not fail to notice that you left Afflalo out of the game. Get it right, play both. .



Good recap Lee. But to be fair Mr. Sneaky played a 10 man rotation.

linwood they showed you guys on TV! which one were you??

Pretty good game...Amir got a couple minutes--looked decent. I'm sure he'll pick it up as the season progresses.

linwood they showed you guys on TV! which one were you??


Really? Right on! I was wearing the I.

Really? Right on! I was wearing the I.

You have enough Detroit friends out there to get the MAX_ELL spelled out?

I wonder if that pumped up Maxiell when he saw that.

DET played offense like they had one of those fences around the paint that shocks you if you cross a certain point.

I think Daddy should have brought 'Lil Flip in with about 3 to go in the 3rd. He was the only one getting near the rim against the zone. Daddy probably didn't want to interupt the 3 pt contest that had broken out.

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Agree SLow one..even though FLip Jr was throwing up bricks in the first half, he was the one Piston who was able to get to the rim in the 4th qtr, so we can give him credit for breaking the zone. The 3 point contest the broke out however was only between the Piston players themselves:yellowprison:

My birthday wishes were granted. :gift: Great game to watch.
The Sonics have athleticism, youth, and incredible skill. :greenapple:

The Pistons have discipline, depth, and experience. :graduate:

Amazing!

Linwood with you and Kim in the house, we knew it would be a victory, you just had to sweat it out to the end. Happy belated birthday!!

What up Piston fans, I'm a Sonics season ticket holder was at the game took pics wrote a report with extra attention to Sheed. Good luck with the Celts this year.

Legendary Ticket: DEE-TROIT V Supes; 11/11/7 (http://thewhitelarrylegend.blogspot.com/2007/11/dee-troit-v-supes-11117.html)

According to the play by play of Mark Champion last night, AJ got burned bad at least twice by Green when AJ was in during the last 5 minutes of the first half and the Sonics rallied led by Green.

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According to the play by play of Mark Champion last night, AJ got burned bad at least twice by Green when AJ was in during the last 5 minutes of the first half and the Sonics rallied led by Green.

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I wouldn't expect Amir to play a shut down defense as of yet. He needs to get up to the NBA speed first.

What up Piston fans, I'm a Sonics season ticket holder was at the game took pics wrote a report with extra attention to Sheed. Good luck with the Celts this year.

Legendary Ticket: DEE-TROIT V Supes; 11/11/7 (http://thewhitelarrylegend.blogspot.com/2007/11/dee-troit-v-supes-11117.html)

very cool!! welcome to the forum :)

From Gary Washburn’s blog for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/sonics/archives/125733.asp):
Count Pistons point guard Lindsey Hunter as one of those NBA folks who believes the Sonics need a new arena. Sitting at the end of the Pistons bench, he is in disbelief that fans are able to walk right past him during the game, close enough to shake his hand.
“This is a walkway!” he told teammates. “This is unbelievable.”


Sunday night with Lindsey Hunter (http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/sonics/archives/125733.asp)

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haha i love the kobe comment by the user

After watching last nights game I really don't know if Amir should be out there yet.

It is obvious that he had no lift whatsoever in his jump. He was getting off the ground to challenge shots like someone's 40 year old father would be expected to.

It was rather disappointing, and I hope that it's just a conditioning issue.

Really? Right on! I was wearing the I.Since I already knew what you looked like (pretty much), I was hoping you'd send some pics.

Fun game to watch. typical west coast game. One team builds a lead and the other comes back on em.

Just as much as FlipSr coached a good game vs Clips, he coached a lousy 2nd half vs Sonics. Another game that he failed to adjust the offense to the opposing coach's defense.

Sheed does look great this year and Dyess had key boaRDS.

1st QTR: Great start and cohesiveness by the starters. This team is the best team in basketball when they pass and hit the open man. Rip was smooth and sonics look scared. 35-20 tonight:31-21 vs Clips. starters look ready.

2nd QTR: Defense looks very unintersted. That loser in #6 looks like he was visiting his old bar buddies over on MLK Dr.(Every city has one.) Pistons still manage 29 points but you can see the tide turning,because they know Sonics cant beat them. Wilcox would look good on the blocks in Piston red. Snapper jones very profound statement that I mocked: "Sonics can get back in this, but only 2 pts at a time."

3rd Qtr: Only 17 pts by the O. What happnd?? Well, Chauncey went skitso as usual when he's bored, and we became matadors on defense.

4th Qtr: What's wrong with this stupid clock? Thats what the team said throughout the quartr. You can tell. But there was no doubt who won the final 2 minutes. that was Oldskool Pistons.

A win is a win...



...and #6 is sssss-ttill a punk.

After watching last nights game I really don't know if Amir should be out there yet.

It is obvious that he had no lift whatsoever in his jump. He was getting off the ground to challenge shots like someone's 40 year old father would be expected to.

It was rather disappointing, and I hope that it's just a conditioning issue.

Yes I spotted that in the game we played against the Clippers and posted a comment about it. I am sure that if we noticed it than Kander, Flip and Joe noticed it in practices but have decided to let him play his way into shape, maybe because he had missed all but two of the LVSL and pre-season games so they want him to play even if not at 100% as long as they don't feel that there is a risk to re-aggravating the injury and he is somewhat mobile out there.

As to his returning to this old athletic form, we will just have to wait and see what happens.

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Since I already knew what you looked like (pretty much), I was hoping you'd send some pics.






I planned to take some pictures and put them up on the forum... but I forgot my camera! :doh: We took the bus down to the arena so we wouldn't have to deal with parking, and wouldn't have any issues with drinking and driving. As the bus was pulling up, I realized I left my camera with fresh batteries and new memory card sitting on my kitchen table.

Sorry about that fellas!

Rip Hamilton had an awesome shooting night. He was just money from everywhere on the court. Luke Ridnour has been in a shooting slump this season and the local beat writers have been blaming it on his mask. Some guys in the seats in front of us were talking about Hamilton's mask everytime he made a shot. Saying things like: "If he took that mask off, he could probably score 85 points every game!"

:pound:I planned to take some pictures and put them up on the forum... but I forgot my camera! :doh: We took the bus down to the arena so we wouldn't have to deal with parking, and wouldn't have any issues with drinking and driving. As the bus was pulling up, I realized I left my camera with fresh batteries and new memory card sitting on my kitchen table.

Sorry about that fellas!

Rip Hamilton had an awesome shooting night. He was just money from everywhere on the court. Luke Ridnour has been in a shooting slump this season and the local beat writers have been blaming it on his mask. Some guys in the seats in front of us were talking about Hamilton's mask everytime he made a shot. Saying things like: "If he took that mask off, he could probably score 85 points every game!":pound::pound::pound:Nice Wood-cap. Gonna drive to Portland later on?

Amir needs the exposure...if not the experience...whether he is 100% or not. We want him to learn, not carry the team. He'll get there at some point.

Amir needs the exposure...if not the experience...whether he is 100% or not. We want him to learn, not carry the team. He'll get there at some point.

That seems to be the general consensus of opinion.

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That seems to be the general consensus of opinion.

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He's not ready to do anything else at this point.

I planned to take some pictures and put them up on the forum... but I forgot my camera! :doh: We took the bus down to the arena so we wouldn't have to deal with parking, and wouldn't have any issues with drinking and driving. As the bus was pulling up, I realized I left my camera with fresh batteries and new memory card sitting on my kitchen table.

Sorry about that fellas!

Rip Hamilton had an awesome shooting night. He was just money from everywhere on the court. Luke Ridnour has been in a shooting slump this season and the local beat writers have been blaming it on his mask. Some guys in the seats in front of us were talking about Hamilton's mask everytime he made a shot. Saying things like: "If he took that mask off, he could probably score 85 points every game!"

It was your birthday dude, you get a pass. Plus you were so excited about seeing them Pistons you are lucky that you didn't forget the tickets:sssh: Hopefully Kimmie took some pics of her and sister and Rip, oops I think Sheed is her favorite player now.

Does anybody have a pic of Linwood's MAXIELL groupies? I would love to see that!