Ben Wallace, Stuckey, Gordon, Rip, Daye Wall, Lian Wall misses. Lian bound. Wall misses. Lian foul on bound, gets T'd up We make tech. Wall steal, they miss. Bound by Big Ben Gordon draws foul Wiz in penalty, Gordon makes both 2 in half 50-44 Pistons Ben Wallace knocks it out of bounds to Wiz Hinrich draws foul from Stuck, his 2nd. Makes 1-2 Hinrich scores as Stuck tries to steal. Daye hits 10 footer from in front 52-47 Pistons They miss. Ben Wallace bound Gordon misses Foul on Gordon Hudson makes 2-2 Hudson called for handchecking Stuck, Stuck at line. Makes 1-2 9-10, 21 points for Stuck Lian dunks and draws foul on Daye Makes Last shot for half coming up for us Stuckey drives, misses, but draws foul Makes, 54-52, time out, Summers in for last 4 seconds Makes 2nd. Wall up fast, they throw it away to end half 55-52 Pistons
Bynum and Max are getting the night off. RODNEY STUCKEY IS DOMINATING ON THE OFFENSIVE END!!!! 23 pts ( on 9/10 fg's and 5/6 ft's) and 4 asts (w/3 TO's). Proving that if we used him as what he is (a capable scoring combo guard) he could really flourish and help this team in a significant way. Based on what I've seen (and heard) Greg Monroe is not ready to be in the regular season rotation, he's minus 11 in the first half and 1/4 from the field and has had 3 shots blocked on the interior. Right now he's weak and slow, and doesn't know how to play like a 6'11'' player, he plays small. The pairing of GM and CV is moronic they might be the worst defensive tandum in PISTON history, we always need Ben Wallace or Jason Maxiel on the floor at ALL times to have anything that even remotely resembles interior defense. Gordon isn't shooting, Rip is solid; Tay is off, but still gluing everything together. Daye is 3-4 for 7pts but I think Andray Blatche is taking it to him on the defensive end.
Bynum out with sore hammy. JMAX, sore knee. Monroe needs playing time, to get a map in his head as to where to go, before you can judge how slow he is. Speed can't come until you know where to go. We are truly night and day out there with Ben Wallace in vs. out of the game. Unfortunately, we negate some of what Ben does by running a three guard rotation with Rip at small forward. In this game, with Stuck doing great, and Ben doing great, we are barely ahead. Too much of guys playing out of position. Rip at small forward, and Daye at power forward. Of course, Monroe at center ain't pretty either. I hope Diogu can play a bit, or else we absolutely need to come up with another big. If Ben Wallace or JMAX is out, we have not D up front. Not enough to last a whole game.
Stuck misses. Ben Wallace bounds. Daye misses. Blatch misses Stuck, Rip, Tay, Daye, Ben Wallace Wall, McGee, Hinrich, Blatch, Thornton Foul on Daye Armstrong in for Wiz Daye blocks, our ball We miss Thornton misses Daye travels TO
OB, our ball, bad pass by Wiz Daye misses. Big Ben gets fouled going for bound. Rip misses McGee dunks off pass from Hinrich Tay hits 20 footer 57-54 Pistons Blatch fouled by Daye, his 4th. Bad matchup CV in for Daye We knock it out. Five on shotclock Blatch hits over CV No wonder Daye looks good enough to Keuster on D at power forward, he is comparing him to CV We miss, Wall lays it in on fast break CV half hooks and is fouled Big Ben swipes. Layup by Stuck off the turn 7 in 3rd Wall misses 3, they rebound, they miss, Rodney bounds CV misses 3 Wall drives in and scores and draws the foul. Big Ben hard foul 62-61 Pistons 6 in 3rd. TO
Summers isn't getting his utes, he's hardly even getting his onds. Only four seconds so far with half our team out.
Tay, Big Ben, Rodney, CV McGee, Booker, Wall, Blatch Tay misses McGee dunks off perfect feed by Wall CV misses 3 They miss Offensive foul on CV They miss, Pistons ball Monroe in Oop to CV by Stuck, dunk Blatch hits Stuckey hits 27 points. They lose ball Tay makes on show and go They miss. Foul on CV Blatch misses first. and 2nd Foul on Booker on bound pushing CV CV misses floater 68-65 Pistons Blatch misses, foul on Monroe mgie (sp) in for Washington Blatch makes both Tay misses Blatch misses, they get bound, they miss, CV bound Gordon misses CV triples 71-67 They miss Goal tend on Stuck, and fouled Hinrich hits a 2 CV miss Hinrich misses Bad pass by Stuck on lead pass Wall misses 74-69 Pistons. Last shot. Hinrich strips Stuck. Quarter ends.
We miss. Gordon I think Moving screen on mgie Gordon hits. Pistons by 7 Foul on Vernon Hamilton Gordon, Vernon Hamilton, Summers, CV, Monroe Wall scores inside Tap in by CV Booker misses but Monroe called for foul Daye in for Monroe, who I belive just gets teched out of the game Still 4 point lead Foul, ball on side for us Daye, Vernon Hamilton, Summers, Daye, CV They miss. Get bound, Miss, Summers bound CV hits, up by 7, 9 to play Hudson misses 3. Vernon bounds for us We miss. We foul Wall TO, 81-74
Wall makes. 81-76 We lose pass. Wall coast to coast. 81-78 CV misses Hudson misses 3, Booker bounds Wall throws it away Stuck makes both, 32 points, 83-78 Pistons TO
Booker, Hudson, Sarrifin, Young, Morrison Sarrifin misses Daye, Rodney, Monroe, Summers, They hit We miss Young hits and is fouled. Misses Rodney fouled, 4th team foul on Wiz 85-80 Stuckey hits again They hit Summers lays it in, and is fouled Good pass from CV to a cutting Summers Makes 90-82 5 to go Stuckey, Daye, CV, Summers, Monroe CV misses, but is fouled, makes both Wiz miss, bound off Wiz TO, can't inbound. 4 and a half left, 92-82
Stuckey misses. Diogu gets fouled on bound. Morrison steals Five fouls on Daye Penalty makes, makes 92-84 Stuckey, Daye, CV, Summers, Diogu Summers misses Booker makes on a drive 92-86 Stuckey palms Young makes wild scoop 92-88 CV misses alley oop dunk but is fouled, makes 1 Stuckey out, with 34 points, 7 assists. Vernon Hamilton in. Booker is fouled, misses, makes 93-89 Diogu drives, gets fouled misses, makes Serrafin O foul moving screen Daye OB Hudson misses triple, they bound, CV fouls, Booker makes 2-2 2 to go Pistons up by 3 Diogu hits, 96-91 They miss, CV gets bound. Summers gets ball decides to burn clock. Daye misses Young misses. Booker gets bound and is fouled. 6 on Daye 1 minute to go, Booker misses first TO
96-91 Makes 2nd 96-92 Vernon Hamilton across the timeline CV misses. Young travels 30 seconds to play, we just have to hold the ball Summers misses, but is fouled. Good time management, shot at last second Summers makes both Booker misses 3, game over. 98-92
Must be a local decision because all six of the Lakers preseason games have been televised here in So Cal (even the international ones which were shown as a tape delay after being shown on NBA TV and blacked out locally.) The game tonight vs the Jazz which they lost, the announcer just said the next two will be televised Thursday and Friday. Even 4 of the Clippers 8 games were televised here on the local fox sports channel. Maybe Mrs. D didn't want to scare away potential buyers and chose to limit then number of airings of the teams preseason play???
Nope no TV here in Michigan. 2 Televised games, the first and last one, that's why I grabbed tickets (promo tiks) to see em live, but 2 of their home games weren't actually home games, G-Rap and Toledo. Oh and trade Rip for a pick.
