Comments on: Pistons lose in Utah… again.

By: Pistons, Jazz and the dawn of the Chris Webber era | Detroit Bad Boys

Pistons, Jazz and the dawn of the Chris Webber era | Detroit Bad Boys — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:45:24 +0000

[…] The first one hurt. Remember the first time Detroit played Utah? What a disaster: a two-point loss with former Piston Memo Okur swatting a Rip Hamilton layup at the buzzer. Utah still has one of the better records in the NBA but they’ve played .500 ball in their last 24 games and are losers of four straight. And their fans are getting antsy — from the usually even-keeled UtahJazzBlog.net The Jazz have lost four in a row. I was so upset watching yesterdays game that I would have punched a baby. I am glad that my nine week old child was nowhere near. […]

By: Dwyane Wade, Heat = biggest test yet… No, really | Detroit Bad Boys

Dwyane Wade, Heat = biggest test yet… No, really | Detroit Bad Boys — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:29:42 +0000

[…] With those questions in mind, I contend that tonight’s game against the Heat should be as telling a barometer for Piston fans as any game this season. (And, yes, that includes the last-second road loss to the world-beating Utah Jazz.) […]

By: Tom Allred

Tom Allred — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:38:22 +0000

We lose in Utah because of the nightlife. Strip clubs where the women just take off their makeup. Hookers that are actually crocheting. How can anyone expect to play after a night like that?

By: Matt Watson

Matt Watson — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:28:54 +0000

Other Matt: I agree. Losing always sucks, but we learned last year that there’s no point in wearing out the starters for early season success. It was really nice to see Maxiell and Delfino get so much playing time early in the game against the Jazz — and for Maxiell and Delfino to help keep the Pistons so close despite the fact Chauncey and Tay had such bad games.

I’m less sold on Murray, though there’s no complaints here about the way he scored last night. During one stretch with Chauncey on the bench, I watched him bring the ball up four straight possessions and take four straight shots (he did pass the ball on one of those possessions, a touch pass to Tay who sent it right back to him). Now, he hit two of those shots and was fouled the other two times (making three of four free throws). If he keeps hitting all his shots, obviously there’s no problem, but most of the time I’d like to see the backup point guard try a little harder to spread the ball around.

Obviously, he is what he is, and that’s a scorer. I just hope we figure something out for when he’s in a cold stretch.

By: Other Matt

Other Matt — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:44:40 +0000

I’m actually encouraged by our performance to start the season. In my opinion, we shored up our biggest weakness in bench production. Maxiell reminds me of a more athletic Big Nasty, whose effect on the 2004 Pistons was wildly underrated. Flip Murray was a nice pickup, especially if he continues to distribute the ball as well as he has been, Delfino has been pretty good, and I think we can expect Dice to be the Dice we’ve come to know and love. I think the drop off to the second unit is much much less than it was a year ago, and similar to that of the 2004 Pistons.

Nazr has been a picture of efficiency so far, I really like what he’s been bringing to the table. I read somewhere that the fact that Ben isn’t here anymore is forcing Rasheed to stay inside the arc, and if the results of that are going to be more performances like we saw last night then I’m all for Ben wearing a Bulls uniform.

I think as the season goes on, this team is going to come together and be a major problem for the expected favorites in the East. I really like our chances. I’d definitely take this team over Cleveland, Chicago, or Miami. Am I crazy to be so optimistic? Does anybody else see what I’m seeing?

By: nike

nike — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:30:17 +0000

the pistons seem like a different team . they are not the same ’scary’ team other NBA teams are afraid of . Too bad .

By: IbelieveintheD

IbelieveintheD — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:27:56 +0000

Good article! Last nights game was a good one (especially those last 10 seconds)even if we did lose ‘again’ in Utah, we have GOT to get over that bad mojo we have there! As hard as it is for me to say, (because he is not is Piston Blue) Memo looks Great! I am really glad he found a place where he can shine. The chemistry he & Boozer have is dynamic. Enough of that, I can NOT say enough about Sheed’s well rounded play last night! He dunked, rebounded, shot, whew! He looked fantastic despite the horrible new rules that have the officals playin tunes with their whistles!

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:55:25 +0000

That was one wacky final 10 seconds, that’s for sure. I didn’t catch much else. I was just hoping for Rip to get fouled because you could tell bad things were going to happen when he took air with those guys in front of him and no time to dish it off. Disciplined defense there.

By: Ian Cameron

Ian Cameron — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:08:53 +0000

Good catch, tbsgc. Fixed.

Sheed was dominant in this game, especially after that tech. He and Memo were going toe-to-toe all night and it was fun to watch.

Also, in two games last season, the Pistons were outrebounded by an average of 21.5 by the Jazz. 21.5 boards — with Ben Wallace. Last night, Detroit won the battle of the boards 43-41. A loss is a loss, but this game was an improvement over last season’s performances against the Jazz.

By: tbsgc

tbsgc — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:15:54 +0000

Nice summary, I only got to see the fourth quarter last night. I do have a question though….should the Pistons record in Salt Lake be listed at the beginning of the article as 2-15 instead of 15-2? I don’t know myself, but the tone of the second paragraph gave me the impression it should be 2-15.