Comments on: Pistons-Cavs battle it out to avoid the Central basement http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Laser http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-12789 Laser Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3912#comment-12789 that "qualification" was implied. so 21 games in, they had their first convincing win of the season against an actual professional basketball team (the bucks certainly weren't that when we played them). that “qualification” was implied. so 21 games in, they had their first convincing win of the season against an actual professional basketball team (the bucks certainly weren’t that when we played them).

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-12758 Patrick Hayes Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:08:36 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3912#comment-12758 <p>@Laser:</p> <p>"maybe it’s just a situation where the pistons can’t win"</p> <p>If you qualify that statement with "in my eyes," then you are exactly right. Sure, they beat a bad team. But they did it impressively, they shared the ball and Hamilton, Prince and Stuckey all took turns sharing the ball and being the focal point of the offense. Gordon and Villanueva got shots, and although both struggled to make them, they were coming within the offense.</p> <p>It doesn't matter who they beat. They won the game and played good basketball that was entertaining and fun to watch.</p> @Laser:

“maybe it’s just a situation where the pistons can’t win”

If you qualify that statement with “in my eyes,” then you are exactly right. Sure, they beat a bad team. But they did it impressively, they shared the ball and Hamilton, Prince and Stuckey all took turns sharing the ball and being the focal point of the offense. Gordon and Villanueva got shots, and although both struggled to make them, they were coming within the offense.

It doesn’t matter who they beat. They won the game and played good basketball that was entertaining and fun to watch.

]]> By: Laser http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-12755 Laser Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:02:16 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3912#comment-12755 yikes just looked at the box score. 41 minutes for stuckey, 35 for rip, 31 for gordon. that sure isn't going to happen much. i guess i didn't realize how good of a matchup the cavs are for us. and gordon shot the ball like sh*t, but he and rip took 14 and 17 shots respectively, which also will pretty much never, ever happen. so, uh, naturally i'll be mr. negativity here and say friday's game said a lot more about the team than this one.   also CBS scoreboard had this to say: "With snow falling and two struggling teams on the floor, the game drew one of the smallest crowds in Palace history. The paid attendance was announced as 13,081, but the actual crowd appeared to be under 10,000." so, uh, there's that. and it was cold and snowing, but just powder really. nothing to keep anyone home who wants to see the pistons ruin their night in person. yikes just looked at the box score. 41 minutes for stuckey, 35 for rip, 31 for gordon. that sure isn’t going to happen much. i guess i didn’t realize how good of a matchup the cavs are for us. and gordon shot the ball like sh*t, but he and rip took 14 and 17 shots respectively, which also will pretty much never, ever happen. so, uh, naturally i’ll be mr. negativity here and say friday’s game said a lot more about the team than this one.
 
also CBS scoreboard had this to say: “With snow falling and two struggling teams on the floor, the game drew one of the smallest crowds in Palace history. The paid attendance was announced as 13,081, but the actual crowd appeared to be under 10,000.” so, uh, there’s that. and it was cold and snowing, but just powder really. nothing to keep anyone home who wants to see the pistons ruin their night in person.

]]> By: Laser http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-12754 Laser Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:51:26 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3912#comment-12754 maybe it's just a situation where the pistons can't win, but i hope nobody's going to get excited about this one. we beat a bad team when they were down, coming off one of the worst losses in franchise history. they can start to feel better about themselves when (if?) they rattle off three in a row.   also, not that we could ever do worse than starting max and wallace together, but this small ball thing isn't sustainable. not against a good team. if we're going to have tayshaun playing the four (and god i hope we don't), we may as well start daye at the three rather than be undersized everywhere on the floor. he stretches the defense the same, and it doesn't make much sense to have your three smallest rotation players starting either half. maybe it’s just a situation where the pistons can’t win, but i hope nobody’s going to get excited about this one. we beat a bad team when they were down, coming off one of the worst losses in franchise history. they can start to feel better about themselves when (if?) they rattle off three in a row.
 
also, not that we could ever do worse than starting max and wallace together, but this small ball thing isn’t sustainable. not against a good team. if we’re going to have tayshaun playing the four (and god i hope we don’t), we may as well start daye at the three rather than be undersized everywhere on the floor. he stretches the defense the same, and it doesn’t make much sense to have your three smallest rotation players starting either half.

]]> By: Odeh http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-12752 Odeh Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:32:52 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3912#comment-12752 Patrick I'm really impressed with this pregame analysis lol.  You hit it on the head.  The rotation was shorter and changes were made with a small ball lineup coming out to start the 3rd.  Plus our big guards dominated their fast guards with Rip puttin up 27 and Stuckey 24 and 11.  I gotta give you props my man. Patrick I’m really impressed with this pregame analysis lol.  You hit it on the head.  The rotation was shorter and changes were made with a small ball lineup coming out to start the 3rd.  Plus our big guards dominated their fast guards with Rip puttin up 27 and Stuckey 24 and 11.  I gotta give you props my man.

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]]> By: gmehl1977 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/12/pistons-cavs-battle-it-out-to-avoid-the-central-basement/comment-page-1/#comment-12746 gmehl1977 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:35:10 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=3912#comment-12746 As long as they keep showcasing Tayshaun like they did last game i will be happy. A couple more 25-30pp games from him should net us something decent for him. As long as we don't lose him for nothing! As long as they keep showcasing Tayshaun like they did last game i will be happy. A couple more 25-30pp games from him should net us something decent for him. As long as we don’t lose him for nothing!

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