Richard from Howell, MI was in the building on Monday and has a special game review for us!

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*First of all I want to say that Dwight Howard is RIPPED. I managed to get his autograph by the tunnel and his arms looked like they were about to explode.

Now on to the pistons. They played with great intensity in the first have and rolled onto an 11-point half time lead. I thought Jason Maxiell did a great job off the bench, like that sick block on morcin gartet or whatever his name is. That should buy him some playing time.

Rodney Stuckey had another good game making me even happier with his change to the starting lineup. They did a good job playing without their co-captain and my boy, Rip Hamilton. You gotta wonder if this lineup without Rip is the best way to go, we seem to play better this way and we can only get better when Rip comes back. To me it’s the obvious choice of what lineup we should go with. Overall the best part about the first half was how well they were able to shutdown Superman Dwight. His huge stat line with one first half point proved it.

Unfortunately there was the second half. Right out of the gate they looked flat, bad body language, lazy Sheed (a.k.a. Rash) and they continually had possessions where they let the shot clock get low, causing a bad shot. They couldn’t stop Rashard Lewis or Dwight Howard. I lost count at somewhere around 50 three pointers for Lewis including the one that he nearly converted to a four point play after being tackled by Dyess. The game was physical all night long, it was unusual how many injuries we saw.

The Good: First half intensity, good play without Rip, energy off the bench, no Superman in first half, Rodney Stuckey, win pushes record to 18-11, MC seems to be getting more comfortable and more involved
The Bad: Second half, couldn’t stop Rashard Lewis or Dwight Howard, Rash…eed, poor execution, Iverson didn’t play well, we didn’t see either of the Walters but I guess I didn’t really expect Razor Sharpe to play anyway, Amir was quiet.

Peace,

Richard

Howell, MI

At one point he said something like:
“All three of you guys out here and not one of you know what’s going on!”

That was really funny hearing him talk to the refs!

Iverson is just better than Rip and right now Iverson’s better for the way this team is evolving this particular season.

If Stuckey is going to turn into a baby Chauncey then we should start Rip but he is a totally different player.

I think we under estimate Rip. I think he would be good off the bench. He is a solid passer and actually decent off the dribble.

I think too, that Iverson has to come off the bench!

I hate to say it but maybe RIP off the bench?

And hey Sheed has 12 techs in December! WOW!!!

Good defense on Howard in the 1st half, not so much in the 2nd.

The Magic still have a pretty weak backcourt and bench.

The Pistons played excellent defense!

They held Howard to only 1 point in the first half, thanks largely in part to Rasheed’s defense. He was getting blocks on Howard, and ended up with 3 blocks total on the night.

Sad to say but I’m happy Rip is not playing.

I think those who keep calling Dwight Howard “Superman” need to come up with a new nickname.

As much as I can’t stand Shaq, you can’t steal someone’s nickname! Heh.