Game 57: LA Clippers (19-37) VS Detroit Pistons (42-16)

Post #21 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 4:45 am

55-42 Pistons at the half. Kaman is 1 rebound away from another double double. He's 4-12 shooting though. Maggette leads us in scoring with 13.

thanumba2clippersfan wrote:The Pistons are just dominating us. I saw some where that the Pistons has beat us 10 straight times

Detroit is just a well-oiled machine. Prince & Wallace taking care of business on both ends. Sheed 7-7 from the field. We have to make our free-throws like you said. Maggette missed a couple early and Thornton is only 1 of 4. Ball movement needs to be more fluid as it was in 1st quarter. Isos aren't going to cut it.

Post #22 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:04 am

Clips down 13 halfway through the 3rd.

Post #23 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:12 am

We continue to miss free throws

Post #24 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:14 am

thanumba2clippersfan wrote:We continue to miss free throws

It's ridiculous. Clips shooting 58% from the line.

Post #25 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:24 am

76-63 at the end of the 3rd. Clips played much better as the quarter came to an end. They scored 11 of their 21 3rd quarter points in the last 2 1/2 minutes. I was glad to see Ross in their guarding Prince at the end because Tayshaun was having his way with Thornton.

PlinkingPanda · Post #26 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:30 am

About damn time Thornton got a shot.. This quarter is ugly ><

Post #27 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:37 am

Nice pass from Thornton to Kaman for the layup.

Post #28 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:43 am

4:30 left in the game and Clips concede. Barrett-Ross-Thornton-Fazekas-Powell in the game.

Post #29 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:47 am

Even Detroit's bench is killing us

JJ LoDuca · Post #30 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:48 am

In the 3rd quarter, they showed close-ups of Livingston a bunch of times, so I'm assuming that Ralph & Mike were talking about his recovery/return, but I'm at a party w/ a bunch of people and there was no possible way to hear what they were saying. Anybody know whats the word??

Post #31 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:52 am

We see in this game that Detroit is a championship contender while Denver isn't. 30 point loss, I never like being on the losing end and I'm very upset. Not much can be said. 103-73 Pistons

Post #32 » by **mkwest** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:56 am

Schedule for March has been posted. 10 games are open starting Monday against Philly. I hope to see some new people sign up. :wink:

Pistons win 103-73. Detroit had a lot of fan support in attendance tonight to top it off. Al's streak of double digit points comes to an end. Prince was definitely the player of the game for Detroit. He scored at will against anybody the Clippers threw at him. Great defensive performance by him as usual. Corey provided the best performance for the Clips with 22 points on a dismal 5-15 shooting. He of course made up for it at the free-throw line making 11 of 14. Glad to see this one end. Thankfully not as many people have NBATV as they do ESPN.

Post #33 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 6:03 am

I also forgot to add that I'm sure the Pistons saw what Al did to the Nuggets and made sure that he wouldn't do it to the Pistons. They guarded him tight and double teamed him. I was hoping that Al would have a good game, but he only had 7. Hopefully we get healthier by Monday against Philly.

Also MK you'll see Pistons fan where ever you go. I saw the Pistons and Clippers last season and there were a lot of Detroit fans then.

Post #34 » by **SD2042** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 8:38 am

You should see Pistons fans when the Pistons play against the Magic in Orlando. They can be all over the place if they have too. As for the game, it;s the second time the Pistons have killed a team with a 30pt win, remember PHX last weekend? Really brutal.

jgustav1 · Post #35 » by **jgustav1** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:03 pm

Too many wild drives to the basket by Chris Kaman in this one. The Clippers need a low post threat with Brand out but when he shot isn't falling, there is no reason to force it up 17 times.

Would have liked to have seen more from Thornton, but maybe the defense of Prince didn't allow him to get off many shots. It is always tough to try to win going back to back against a quality team like Detroit.