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Who: Memphis Grizzlies(32-18) @ Detroit Pistons(21-33)
When: February 19th 2013
Where: The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, MI
Time: 6:30 PM CST
Season Series: Grizzlies lead 1-0
Series Overall: Pistons lead 21-12
TV: SpSo ESPN/ESPN 92.9
Team Trivia: Grizzlies forward Tayshaun Prince played 10‐plus seasons with the Detroit Pistons, averaging 12.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists on .459 shooting in 33.3 minutes in 769 games (730 starts). Prince was traded to Memphis with Austin Daye, Ed Davis and a 2013 second round draft pick in a three‐team trade that sent Rudy Gay to Toronto and Jose Calderon to Detroit on Jan. 30… Grizzlies forward Austin Daye played his first three‐plus seasons in Detroit, averaging 5.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists on .409 shooting in 16.1 minutes in 206 games (24 starts). Daye was drafted by Detroit in the first round (15th overall) of the 2009 NBA Draft.



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I don't think that the Pistons match up well with us. Prince's homecoming should be a nice W. I expect Marc and Zach to exploit Drummond and Monroe on the block.

one trivia I like about the pistons and grizz is how tony Allen and Will Bynum went to the same HS: http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/10/wi ... ony-allen/
I follow Bynum because I went to college with him as well.

This could be tough - the Pistons have been on a bit of a roll with Calde. We always seem to dominate their bigs though which could be the key (as long as they dont just outshoot us at home).

I can see Conley and Bayless having good games, racking up points and assists.

Calderon, Knight, and Stuckey aren't exactly known for great defense.

jman3134 wrote:I don't think that the Pistons match up well with us. Prince's homecoming should be a nice W. I expect Marc and Zach to exploit Drummond and Monroe on the block.

Drummond is out another 3 weeks.

I didn't get to see the game, but it looks like they played excellent basketball. Lots of assists, lots of rebounds, good shooting percentages and very balanced scoring.

A Memphis team that moves the ball and trusts each other offensively will be tough to beat.

Very solid all around and yeah there were some awesome assists throughout. Really great sharing going on there with every player. Pondexter really ignited things in the 2nd after a stupid technical on a blown clear path foul by ref. He let his game do the talking and went nova from there on. Everyone capitalized on the momentum shift. In the 3rd Mike Conley just went nuts and couldn't miss. Ed Davis also had a terrific game. I dont' remember him missing (except from the FT line).

The 32 point lead in the fourth was when the starters were pulled for good with like 7 minutes left. The Detroit bench guys played angry and scored a lot of meaningless points so the final score doesn't tell the story at all. The crowd started booing like crazy and Grizzlies were doing Globetrotter stuff at the point of the 32 -margin lead so I'm sure they made a conscious effort to stop scoring at that point. The game was sealed and done. But it was painful to watch that huge lead get cut down to 14 or so...

Jon Leuer appearance... underwhelming except for his one nice ZBound putback.

I missed the game overall last night. Sounds like a great effort all around for the Grizz. They did come out and did what they had to do to win the game. Looking forward to the next one with Rudy and the Raptors.