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Guards Carry Pistons in 100-91 Win Over Hawks

For the second straight game, the four major Pistons' guards combined for the bulk of the team's points to help take out the opposition. 

On Wednesday night, Richard Hamilton, Ben Gordon, Rodney Stuckey, and Will Bynum compiled 72 of the team's 113 points in their victory of Milwaukee.  On Sunday evening, it was much of the same as the four combined for 68 points en route to a nine point win against the Atlanta Hawks.

Gordon led the four with 22 points on 6-12 shooting (3-6 from three-point land).  Stuckey was 7-11 shooting, which was good for 20 points.  Rip contributed 15 points on 6-9 shooting.  The three shot 59%.  

Will Bynum had his first off-game of the preseason, but still wound up scoring 11 points on 4-11 shooting.  He also added four assists.  

The most unique stat of the night might be that the Pistons had three buzzer beaters, all coming from the top three scorers, in ascending order (and arguably in ascending order of impressiveness).  Richard Hamilton beat the buzzer in the first quarter, Stuckey swished one at the end of the half, and Ben Gordon nailed the most impressive with a half-court shot to beat the clock at the end of the third quarter.  You could say that these three's last second makes were the main difference makers in this game.  

Some other notes/thoughts: 

  • Ben Wallace, Kwame Brown, Chris Wilcox, and Jason Maxiell had another solid showing:  16 points on 5-9 shooting, and 21 rebounds.  
  • This was the first preseason game Detroit was out-rebounded.  Hawks snagged 48 to Detroit's 36.  Hawks corralled 18 offensive rebounds, while Detroit had just seven.  We should probably get used to seeing this difference.
  • Tayshaun Prince was 0-5 with three rebounds.  
  • Chucky Atkins saw his first action of the preseason (a little over seven minutes).  He was 1-2 shooting, good for three points.
  • Austin Daye's length is proving to be a valuable asset on the defensive side of things.  He had another two blocks in limited action, which makes that five total in the preseason in 27+ minutes.  
  • Jonas Jerebko made the most of his 17 minutes.  He scored six and grabbed six rebounds.  
  • Remember, Charlie Villanueva STILL hasn't played.  This team could be lethal when he does return, or there could just be way too many scorers to keep everyone happy or effective.  Hopefully, he can return soon, so we can get a look at this team with CV31.
  • Another 57 fouls called by the replacement refs, but no ejections as far as I know.  
  • Video highlights after the jump

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First half highlights.  Again, I'll upload the full game highlights when they become available:

Ben Gordon makes sweet, sweet string music with this third quarter buzzer beater from half-court: 

 

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that bomb from half court was just sickening

We didn't lose the games, we just ran out of time -- Bobby Layne

by detpistons3 on Oct 11, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The Pistons are going to need CV to score...

No matter how well the guards all play. You can’t win without a big man who can threaten to score on you in a variety of ways.

by madpoopz on Oct 12, 2009 8:00 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

But the Bulls do it just ...

Point taken.

I support the Tornado Release [See: Joakim Noah]

by Prevenge on Oct 13, 2009 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ben Wallace

There was something very nostalgic about Wallace in that starting lineup again. Maybe not a good thing, but attending the game I very much had an odd feeling after attending so many games where he was the force and not a shadow of his abilities.

Hopefully it’s not too painful seeing how he’s declined since then.

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by Bryan Everson (The Royalty of Roto) on Oct 12, 2009 9:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

well...

I doubt he becomes the starter for the regular season. Kwame’s been to good and CV pretty much the the other starting big. Wallace know how to give is all. If we can find out just how many minutes he can give his all without wearing himself out he will be a major contributor to this team.

Plus guys like Ben only make the others around him better. He was a poster boy for blue collar in his first stint here, I can only imagine that he’ll do the same thing again. Working hard is infectious when you have guys on a team who want to win and are passionate about their profession. Hard work always pays off in the end.

by madpoopz on Oct 12, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can I proofread my other comment now???

specifically the first 2 sentences lol.

by madpoopz on Oct 12, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just fix it

And I’ll delete the one with a couple typos. No biggie, I can’t tell you how often I’m commenting on other blogs and want to make a quick edit, but can’t.

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by Packey on Oct 12, 2009 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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