Game 24: Utah @ Detroit // Fri. 8pm on FS Detroit HD

nasty daddy · Post #1 » by **nasty daddy** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:00 pm

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Friday 19th of December
Time 8pm
Palace Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
Radio WDFN 1130AM
TV: FS Detroit HD

At

Palace Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI

Probable Starters

Stuckey/Iverson/Hamilton/Prince/Wallace

Williams/Brewer/Miles/Millsap/Okur

Injury Report

No injuries to report.

Kyrylo Fesenko day-to-day - Back.

Jarron Collins Out indefinitely - Elbow.

Carlos Boozer Out indefinitely - Quadricep.

TEAM LEADERS

Allen Iverson

Rasheed Wallace

Carlos Boozer

Deron Williams

Ronnie Brewer

Andrei Kirilenko

Low-Ki · Post #2 » by **Low-Ki** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:09 pm

When is the last time we beat these guys?

Goubot · Post #3 » by **Goubot** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:17 am

I remember. It was that pathetic 64-62 effort three years ago. No one deserved to win that one.

Utah generally plays Detroit close, but this is at home at... Energy Solutions Arena (a ha ha ha ha, I forgot that its name was so stupid). That's a tough building, and the Jazz are dangerous right now.

Tap Tap the Chiseler · Post #4 » by **Tap Tap the Chiseler** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:52 am

I think our guys lose this one. They always have a tough time against the Jazz. If they win they'll go to beat the Clips for a sweep on this WC jaunt.

zeebneeb · Post #5 » by **zeebneeb** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:59 am

Tap Tap the Chiseler wrote:I think our guys lose this one. They always have a tough time against the Jazz. If they win they'll go to beat the Clips for a sweep on this WC jaunt.

I will have to agree with you. Matter of fact, I cant remember the last time we beat Utah, in Utah.

Hell, have we ever?

Dtown84 · Post #6 » by **Dtown84** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:17 am

would love to see our guys win this one, but I'd be content going 3-1 on this trip.

Hunter · Post #7 » by **Hunter** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:39 am

Goubot wrote:I remember. It was that pathetic 64-62 effort three years ago. No one deserved to win that one.

Utah generally plays Detroit close, but this is at home at... Energy Solutions Arena (a ha ha ha ha, I forgot that its name was so stupid). That's a tough building, and the Jazz are dangerous right now.

Was that game when we won without scoring a single FG in the 4th quarter? lol

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that IF Amir plays at least 18 minutes we'll win this game. Why you ask? Because what usually kills us against these guys is getting out rebounded by 20. With Dice playing strong on the glass if we can get another active body out there I'm gonna say we actually have a good chance of winning. We need Tay to not like play like a puss and for our guards to hit the glass as well, but if we can keep the board wars relatively close we might just be OK.

Liqourish · Post #8 » by **Liqourish** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:14 pm

If Amir played 18 minutes, I wouldn't care if we won or lost because I would know Flip is actually serious about letting these kids play to get ready for the playoffs.

If he keeps pulling them at every appearance of trouble against playoff teams, we'll never know how they respond.

Goubot · Post #9 » by **Goubot** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:29 pm

The Jazz have a bunch of defensive weaknesses. They foul more than anyone else in the league (Jerry Sloan for you), and Deron Williams and AK are turnover prone. Detroit also needs to hit the glass to negate players like Boozer and Millsap.

tmorgan · Post #10 » by **tmorgan** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:16 pm

Jazz = Drummer, Pistons = Drum.

I'm getting tired of getting tired of getting waxed by Utah, a good but not great team. No, that wasn't a typo.

I predict a win, why not. Big game for the guards -- Bills and Rip go for 60.

Rodya · Post #11 » by **Rodya** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:15 pm

12/12/2005 L 78 92 away

1/7/2006 L 90 94 (OT) home

11/6/2006 L 101 103 away

1/17/2007 L 99 100 home

11/25/2007 L 93 103 home

They've won 5 straight against us and the last 4 have been heart breakers. If we win today, I can promise it'll be close to the final minute.

Liqourish · Post #12 » by **Liqourish** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:27 pm

They play in Minnesota tonight, so we should catch them on a back to back where they have to fly back home. Hopefully Minny doesn't just role over and we see a dog fight.... but I'm not holding my breath.

We need big games from Chauncey, Tay and Sheed and hopefully some bench production. Rebound, rebound, rebound!!!

Joe Berry · Post #13 » by **Joe Berry** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:56 pm

we're rolling, this losing streak vs the Jazz can't continue forever, this is good opportunity to end it. :pray:

Goubot · Post #14 » by **Goubot** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:12 am

Minnesota can be competitive, and Boozer will probably have a hard time with Al Jefferson, but I don't expect the Wolves to put up enough resistance to make the Jazz fatigued or anything.

Goubot · Post #15 » by **Goubot** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:35 am

Well, well, well. Looks like the pups did more than put up some resistance. I wonder if this makes Utah tired tomorrow or if they play pissed.

Liqourish · Post #16 » by **Liqourish** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:44 am

The key was Minnesota outrebounding Utah and really getting more posessions, 19 more posessions. Of course the 16 steals probably played a part. :wink:

Rodya · Post #17 » by **Rodya** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:58 am

Liqourish wrote:The key was Minnesota outrebounding Utah and really getting more posessions, 19 more posessions. Of course the 16 steals probably played a part.

Getting 19 more possessions and 16 steals to boot is usually enough to beat any team. Utah is actually below us in both rebounds and steals, slightly. Considering our recent history with them, the team hitting shots at the end of the game is going to win this one.

Edit: A better gauge would be differential. Both teams are a the top of the league in rebound and steal differential. With Utah having the edge in rebounds and Detroit in the later.

Ascheier · Post #18 » by **Ascheier** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:17 am

You guys should have an easy win tomorrow. We lost an embarrassing game to the Wolves tonight -- tell your players that all they need to do is take the ball directly at Okur/Boozer/Millsap all night long, and they'll get fouled or score every time. Pressure Deron Williams and stick to Korver and you'll come out with a 10 point win.

Rodya · Post #19 » by **Rodya** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:00 am

Ascheier wrote:You guys should have an easy win tomorrow. We lost an embarrassing game to the Wolves tonight -- tell your players that all they need to do is take the ball directly at Okur/Boozer/Millsap all night long, and they'll get fouled or score every time. Pressure Deron Williams and stick to Korver and you'll come out with a 10 point win.

Attack the basket and play tight defense...I think it just might be enough to be them.

nasty daddy · Post #20 » by **nasty daddy** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:20 am

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/ ... ng_fo.html

Detroit has lost four straight, and 15 of the last 17 games in Utah. ... During the Pistons' three-game winning streak, Amir Johnson has averaged 6.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks off the bench while making nine of his 11 field goal attempts. ... Not including Tuesday's game at Minnesota, the Jazz are 20-4 since they acquired Kyle Korver via trade from Philadelphia.