Pistons are Thunder Struck, 91-83

……Like this ones…..Sometimes the shots dont go down….tonight was one of those nights……Lets get the Bucks tonight!!!!

How awesome would it be if Ben Wallace played like this all the time? For 32 minutes all Big Ben did was create havoc on the floor. Nothing insanely special shows in the box score but watching the game you could see that Ben made the Kids of the Thunder really scared to approach the paint. Highlighted by a Westbrook dunk attempt that showed him spending more time wondering where the block was gonna come from than actually concentrating on making the shot.

The other plus notes of the game: Tayshaun put up another solid performance as usual. 11 points, 7 rebounds, and pretty good defense on Kevin Durant. Despite the fact Durant had 25 points, 8 of them came from the free throw line. The Stuckey/Westbrook battle of the night saw Stuckey make a decisive victory over his fellow young point guard. Ben Gordon did what Ben Gordon does best, shoot and score.

Now for the bad. While Rodney Stucky managed to pull out the scoring victory over Westbrook, he had only 3 assists for the game. I wouldn’t complain normally because of he did have 21 points, but those points came on the back of 4-15 shooting after going 6-10 in the previous game I had to be a little bit upset. His next development as a point guard will be to learn how to kick the ball out to his shooters. With CV, Ben Gordon, Tayshaun, and RIP all starting around him, the kick out can be lethal.

Who else was bad? Charlie Villanueva was terrible last night. 3 for 12 (1-5 from 3 land), with 5 rebounds, and a grand total of 8 points. His lack of performance isn’t what really irks me though. It’s the fact that he stayed out there as long as he did. This is only Charlies 3rd or 4th game playing with his new teammates essentially. My guess he’s still figuring some things out. Do I expect better from him, yes. Am I surprised by the poor numbers? no. But back to my original point of CV playing to much. There are 4 other capable big men on the bench capable of bringing some sort of tangible game changing element. However when we needed defense and rebounding, our best defenders and rebounders were not out there. When we needed a boost of energy, our energy bigs weren’t out there. Will Coach Q learn something from this? I hope so. You play to win the game. Bottom line.

Lots of things for everybody to learn from this game. Nobody ever said that the Pistons would just instantly become contenders again, did they?

(I basically did a full game recap. Guess I just felt like writing.)