Open Thread: Preseason Game 3 vs. Detroit Pistons

by Jake Whitacre on Oct 10, 2008 4:52 PM EDT in Game Threads

Detroit Pistons at Washington Wizards, Oct 10, 2008 7:00 PM EDT

The Essentials:
Pistons vs. Wizards
7:00 p.m.
Verizon Center
570, 1260, & 1370 AM, plus the audio will be streaming from the Wizards' blog.

Notable Pistons numbers last season:
2nd in expected winning percentage (.725)
30th in pace factor (87.3 possessions per game)
4th in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (111.4)
4th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (102.9)

Key Links (drop any others in the comments)
Detroit Bad Boys
Need4Sheed
Pistons Nation Blog
Detroit Pistons Basketball
Competition Discussion: Detroit

Starting Lineups:
Pistons
PG: Chauncey Billups
SG: Richard Hamilton
SF: Tayshaun Prince
PF: Amir Johnson
C: Rasheed Wallace

Wizards
PG: Antonio Daniels
SG: DeShawn Stevenson
SF: Caron Butler
PF: Andray Blatche/Antawn Jamison
C: Etan Thomas

This is Pradamaster, by the way. Jake started and I finished.

My computer is still fried and will likely be for a little while (something about a broken graphics card and the new ones being on backorder), but I've comandeered a computer to write this thing up. It does mean I likely won't be participating in tonight's thread, but those there should still post post post.

This here's our only home preseason game before we hit the European vacation, armed without our most marketable player (take that, NBA!). We talked extensively about Detroit a few posts down, so there isn't much to say about them at this point.

Not sure as to whether Antawn Jamison will play tonight. Frankly, it's probably best he didn't anyway. We get more Blatche and more Taser for it.

I'm curious to see how Blatche, JaVale and Oily do against Detroit's surplus of bigs. Each brings something different to the table, and they'll be much more of a challenge than Marc Gasol. In particular, Jason Maxiell killed us last year on the offensive glass. I'm interested in how well our young bigs put a body on him.

Otherwise, all we need is to pray that nobody gets hurt.

This is an open game thread, so boo Kwame here.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS MAN!!!!!!!

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by Kyle Weidie on Oct 10, 2008 4:58 PM EDT reply actions

Just throwing it out there

Watch this and then watch this.

I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.

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by Jake Whitacre on Oct 10, 2008 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

Ha Ha!

That is more than hypothetical……

But that video that Ivan made was kinda pointless…oh well.

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by Kyle Weidie on Oct 10, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Wiz Audio Feed

For those who are listening via NBA.com (League Pass) – you’re getting the Detroit feed.

If you want to listen to the Wiz feed (Dave Johnson and Glen Consor) try the link below:

http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?callsign=WVIEAM

by Rook6980 on Oct 10, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks....

Was kinda sleeping through the first half.

Now it’s Wiz computer, Caps one TV, Rays-Sox another TV.

Guess who is refereeing tonight……this guy.

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by Kyle Weidie on Oct 10, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Daniels seems more present tonight

Right now 6 points, 5 assists, 4 boards, and 0 turnovers in about 14 minutes of game action (mid-way through 3rd)

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by Kyle Weidie on Oct 10, 2008 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

Guess what.....

Andray Blatche has fouled out with about 2 minutes left in the 3rd, and 22 minutes of game action.

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by Kyle Weidie on Oct 10, 2008 8:47 PM EDT reply actions

Pech having a good game

6 points and 7 rebounds in 13 minutes….

by Rook6980 on Oct 10, 2008 8:58 PM EDT reply actions

That's what I'm saying...

Unlike some big Euros who can shoot the trey ball, he’s not afraid to mix it up on the boards.

I know that Illgauskus is a lot bigger than Pech, but I can’t help but think of him when wondering about a comparison.

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by Kyle Weidie on Oct 10, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Game Impressions

I was one of the few who actually went to the game tonight. Here are some random impressions:
1. Caron barely played, and when he did play, he mostly shot jumpshots. With the other injuries, I guess he’s saving himself for the season, and is mainly trying to not get hurt.
2. Blatche must have had a bet with Gil to see how quickly he could foul himself out or get pulled from the game, cause he was trying some crazy, out-of-control stuff on offense. He did have a nice block on Rasheed that got called a foul . . .
3. Regrettably, Kwame Brown was not as much of an epic fail as I would have liked. On the plus side, the only times the crowd (about 1/3 full in the lower levels, the top level was closed off) got into the game were to boo Kwame (which is always fun) and try to get free t-shirts.
4. Stewie played pretty well, but it would be nice to see him play inside more on offense. He continues to float around the perimeter a lot.
5. Etan Thomas is . . . let’s just hope he’s rusty. He made some nice plays, but also had some pretty bad ones on both offense and defense, with the bad outweighing the good. Maybe he’ll shake it off as he gets more game time . . .

by Bucky Katt on Oct 10, 2008 11:45 PM EDT reply actions