Done Got Paced... A Game Recap
by Kevin Sawyer on Feb 5, 2010 10:41 PM EST
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The Pistons were destroyed by a mediocre team in spite of owning the boards and generating more turnovers. Seriously, how often does it happen that a team gets eight more shots and still loses by 24? Well, for the third time in four games, the team failed to crack 40% from the field. That helps.
The Good:
Ben Gordon scored 26 points in 25 minutes. That's phenomenal. If he can keep that up, there is some hope for turning this ship around, sorta.
The Bad:
Well, the frontcourt scored 25 points in 132 minutes on 8-32 shooting. I would hazard to guess that breaks some sort of team record for futility. That partly explains why three of our guards combined for 0 assists in 81 minutes.
Oh, and the Pacers made most of their shots. That hurt.
The Darvin Ham Unsung Hero:
Jason Maxiell. On a night when the frountcourt had more or less left the bulding, he posted a tolerable five points and nine rebounds in 24 minutes. Also, while I refuse to get excited about the Tinsley-esque stat line, MFWB (which, for new readers, stands for Mangled Foot Will Bynum) had 70% of the team's assists.
The Takeaway:
This team has serious gaps on offense and defense. There is no low-post scoring threat, nor is there an outside scoring threat, which means the team lives or dies on contested two-point shots. On the other end of the court, there is no clamp down defender on the wings, so the Pistons also live or die on missed open shots by the other team. Surprisingly, this combination has not resulted in too many wins this season.
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I'd like to thank Robocop 3
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
At least i got payed to not watch...
sometimes I enjoy having a job.
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"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
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We got beat by Indiana. Not Temple of Doom, either. No. Instead, it’s Crystal Skull.
Fuck.
just EPINION
tonights robocop thread was great
oh wait, the pistons played tonite too? did they win?
by dandresden on Feb 6, 2010 12:14 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
and also
Denver is one Antonio McDyess away from a championship. (that is, only if Denver faces Orlando in the finals, otherwise Chauncey is pretty much useless against the guards of the EC)
affalo and chauncey
add them to the list of dumars blunders. and with them in denver is carmelo making for a dumars blunderfest. as to affalo isn’t he the type of player that dumars would cherish. how did he slip away? he effectively guards kobe in two straight games and seals victory with late threes. he is logging thirty minutes on a team with the third best winning percentage in the league.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Feb 6, 2010 8:19 AM EST reply actions
shannon brown
how does this guy slip by the league onto the lakers bench?
by andyfrombrooklyn on Feb 6, 2010 8:20 AM EST reply actions
by being terrible
Until he got to the Lakers
by Kevin Sawyer on Feb 6, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
from denver stiffs
-Arron Afflalo: 35 minutes, 11 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists on 4-7 shooting, 2-3 from deep, 1-2 from the foul line. Afflalo hit the dagger shot for the Nuggets and played tough defense on one of the most difficult covers in the league on Kobe. I watched Afflalo on a few defensive plays and he moves and predicts where his man is going quite well. He’s such a smart player and just keeps his effort levels very high.
by andyfrombrooklyn on Feb 6, 2010 8:27 AM EST reply actions
Afflalo
I’ll never understand the Afflalo move. Dumars always spoke highly of the guy and went out of his way to say he wasn’t just a one-way defensive player. Giving Afflalo away for nothing was the first move that Dumars ever made that made me think he was just lucky to put together a championship as a GM.
Well...
Where do you play him in a guard rotation with Stuck, Rip, BG and Bynum?
by V. on Feb 6, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
I think he was worth more than what we got for him.
Which is nothin’
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
by Skylar on Feb 6, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Last night's game thread...
was a piece of art. You could almost see TDP get drunker as the game went on.
I’m not sorry I missed the game, though. Went to the auto show instead. Sat in a yellow Transformers Camaro.
by Birdman84 on Feb 6, 2010 9:35 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I saw TDP get drunker as the game went on. My lips are still purple from the Gnarly Head Old Vine Zin.
by TDP on Feb 6, 2010 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I finally got to use
my editor delete button. suck it, TeresaLovesTrivia!
by Mike Payne on Feb 6, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Where do you folks go for trade rumors?
RealGM, HoopsHype and HoopsWorld regurgitate the same four stories day after day…
Hoopshype only for me.
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
I can usually watch to the end of a blowout loss
But I couldn’t make it last night. Just f’n turrible. And although I know CV playing wouldn’t make up for a 20+ point loss, it’s really annoying how this team just can’t get healthy.
And then I got to watch Denver beat the Lakers, which is bittersweet because I like the Nuggets and dislike L.A., but as others have said, watching Chauncey and AA just makes me think . . . wtf?
For the first time since The Teal Years
I didn’t even watch. I went out and saw a band I already knew I didn’t like.
by The Real Rob K on Feb 6, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
Good thing
I was actually sick and puking my guts out. I would’ve felt even worse watching that debacle in-between heaves.
Have fun at the game
Gulkamania
Their team might not look like that after february.. ours neither, for that matter
"I didn’t even know Elvis was from Memphis, I thought he was from Tennessee." — Drew Gooden.
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