Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Detroit Pistons

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:53:18 +0000

Things will be different once Bynum gets back into shape. Seriously, once that guys starts going up and dunking everything things will be a lot different.

By: nomuskles

nomuskles — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:06:25 +0000

I just posted a new Live Blog from tonight’s game. Kwame had his revenge game but he wasn’t the difference maker, in my opinion. AI on offense and Rasheed at both ends were the reason for the Smurfs win.

By: sT

sT — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:04:41 +0000

Unless one has to pay or work for something, one never appreciates it.

By: drrayeye

drrayeye — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:29:37 +0000

We seem to forget that last season Kwame started and Bynum came off the bench. Kwame always played good defense when he was healthy.

I’m sorry we lost, but I’m happy for Kwame to remind the Laker fans how unfair they were to him.

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:22:09 +0000

Kurt,
I couldn’t agree more on Fisher. He ruined me tonight. I think you’re right too about finding our groove eventually. However, a few posts ago (although he was talking about our defense) Kwame A. made a great point about forming good habbits….I’d like to see the same things on offense.

By: M

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:20:29 +0000

Our starters (Fish, Bynum and Vlad) need to be more consistent. I’d rather have Fish score 12 pts consistently every game than having him score 20 pts one game and a lowly 6 pts the other. Without consistent outside shooting from Fish and Vlad, our opponents will just clog the middle (like Detroit did tonight) and our bigs cannot get in rythym..hense, Bynum getting totally outplayed by our beloved Kwame…shooting drills at practice tomorrow!!!

By: coolrunnings

coolrunnings — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:18:01 +0000

7-1 record ? Not bad. If we can keep this up we’ll be around 72-10 with this 7:1 ratio. Hopefully the lakers can use this loss to their advantage and see that even they have things to work on. Good team good loss.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:16:30 +0000

In the first half the Lakers pressed the Pistons into shooting jumpers, and they hit them. At the same time, Darius is right that our offense has yet to hit it’s stride, but the basics are there. We are seeing great big-to-big passing. The team looks great in the open court. But I think overall we get sloppy at times. Fortunately, 74 games still to work out the kinks.

Fish really drove me nuts tonight. He really forced it, even after it was clear he was cold as ice.

By: Snoopy2006

Snoopy2006 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:10:59 +0000

Meh. 7-1? I’ll take it. Losses are only setbacks if we don’t learn from them. Hopefully we’ll learn now that the 2 big powers of the East (Detroit and Boston) are not ready to roll over, and the intensity and execution will be there next time.

119 – I’ve only seen 1 game this season, so I haven’t seen much of the offense, but what Darius says is a bit concerning. It’s strange how teams that focus on D seem to lose their offensive mojo and vice versa. From what I’ve heard in the comments, it seems like Fisher has a lot to do with the stalling in the offense. I’m sure there are others. But last year a huge reason for our leap in play was Fisher’s great veteran savvy, playing within himself, making the right play. He’s chucking up shots like a rook right now.

That said, the triangle is the best offensive system in the game. I’m sure we’ll get it together soon.

Do you think Phil might dust off the Son of Bill if it’s smoother passing we need? Don’t see how he could get PT though.

By: harold

harold — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:10:53 +0000

Surprised that it was only an 11 pt loss considering:

1. FG% 50.7% vs. 42.1%
2. 3PM 43.8% vs. 21.1%
3. FTM 85.3% vs. 68.8%

And this is only because we were really frantic in the 4th. I think we could’ve lost this game by 30 even if the pistons took care of the ball (18 TOs)…