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Pistons are Thunder Struck, 91-83

Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey (3) goes to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Thunder defeated the Pistons 91-83. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

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4 months ago: Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey (3) goes to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Thunder defeated the Pistons 91-83. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)


Pistons fell apart in the second half on Friday night and fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder in their home opener, 91-83.

Despite carrying a seven point lead into the second half on their home floor, Detroit was outscored in the second half by 15 points and dropped their first home game of the season to a team that won just 23 games a season ago.  The Thunder are now 2-0 on the young 2009-2010 season.

Detroit was led by Ben Gordon, who was starting in place of injured Richard Hamilton. He scored 25 points (8-20 shooting) and grabbed seven rebounds. The other Ben, Ben Wallace, led Detroit in rebounds with 12.  

Kevin Durant led the Thunder in scoring with 25 points, his usual, but the real story was the Thunder's big men outscoring Detroit's starting big men 30-10, which clearly proved to be the difference.  

Detroit shot just 37% compared to Oklahoma City's 43%.  

Detroit doesn't have long to get over this one as they immediately venture to Milwaukee for a Halloween night game vs. the Bucks.  

I'll have more tomorrow.

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played terrible. Cmon 2 assists that is not getting it done. Maybe we should move ben wallace is point guard.laugh. At least he had 3 assists. OK is improved but not that good. We need to start playing the rookies and see what they can do.

by lions09 on Oct 31, 2009 9:06 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

2 games in...

and you’re calling for the rookies to get more time already?

by madpoopz on Oct 31, 2009 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stuckey......

……Had chances for lots more assists but the team shot below 40%……Thats why he didnt have many assists……he was also fearless driving the lane……Sometiems the shots just dont drop…..But I wouldnt say he played terrible.

by BennieBladesFan on Oct 31, 2009 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Theres going to be games.....

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

by BennieBladesFan on Oct 31, 2009 9:51 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My thoughts on the game...

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.)

by madpoopz on Oct 31, 2009 9:52 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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