Game 3 and the Start of a 4 game/city in 6 nights trip out west. Can this years Pistons possibly do any worse than last season out there? We will see. This ones on FoxSports FSN Detroit. Blaha will be back.
Big game from Okur tonight. 21 points 12 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals 2 blocked shots. These guys can really fill up the stat sheet. AK47 4 points 5 rebounds 3 assists 3 steals 4 blocks We have our work cut out for us in this one.
Looks like they are still unbeaten. We lost badly to them at the Salt Lake City last season. Certainly a tough match for us.
Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Remember when his Herman Munster brown locks graced the streets of Detroit? It's time Detroit. Let's play some MEMO BALL!
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Wish Memo was still here (well, ok, maybe not at his current contract). Unibrow can ball. Utah gives us all kinds of trouble. I'm betting on serious foul trouble tonight for our bigs, so Max may be a difference maker (either good or bad).
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... Not Utah again. Anybody but Utah.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Put me down as a big fan of Baby Fats. This should be a great game.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST linwood secretly wants utah to play well with 3 guys on his inherited fantasy team :D
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST I'm staying home this time. Chauncy will need to find a different Pistons fan in the stands to point to this year.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST First test of the season. I watched the Jazz on Saturday and they looked like a confident bunch. The front court will be the key tonight as our bigs will have to stick around in the point and stay honest. Boozer averaging 15 boards a game and Memo 9. If they take care of the jazz tonight, I think they can run the table for the wild west coast trip, especially since the LA Kobes have come back down to earth.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST I am looking to see how Flip plays the bench, especially tonight. Look for Utah to play their bench, they have a pretty good one. As stated the Jazz gives us fits, however I look for CB to abuse Fisher. Let`s match the Brahma against Boozer and see what happens!!!!!!!!
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Bucks have been doing very well. I never even really looked at their team, but it's very solid right now. Once they get Simmons back they could be a team that could very likely pull off a series victory in the playoffs. I don't think Stotts is a good coach though. Porter was better.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST So Joe D is traveling with the team... I don't recall him going out west before... scouting trip? This trip should show the metal of the bench... keeping an eye on how other teams benches score.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Great game... no problems... well maybe a better job of switching the picks. Sometimes ya just gotta give the other guys credit... they shot the lights out tonight.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST Tough loss tonight. Can't fault the effort. Lost by 2 with a near miss by Billiups if it would have counted. Lost 3 points on no tolerance free throws and a bit of home cooking in crunch time when Sheed backed off on Memo causing him to take about 5 steps but Memo threw it up and in plus got the call. One of those road losses. Still a lot better than last season against this fully healthy and playing great Utah team.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST The good news is that there is a lot of talent on this Piston team. We were out executed by a slower, less-talented group. At times, Chauncey, Rip and Dice should have sat as they were out-of-sort at certain moments. Where was the leadership from the bench? The defensive concept is lacking including time times that we zone. We can't allow that many easy baskets even in the regular season. Our offensive sets get jammed up at key times and we turn the ball over. We played well enough to win by 10 but lost.
Re: Detroit @ Utah - November 6th 9:00 PM EST well... you cant win em all. seemed like offensive fouls, missed FT's, and sketchy calls killed us down the stretch. looks like sheed had a monster game and our bench was solid. if rip hadn't been having an off-game we probably would have won. but i only saw the second half, what did we look like in the first?
