Pistons vs. Seattle
Tonight was a night to honor Bill Lambier. One of the most famous bad boy legends. He now is one of the two broadcasters for the Pistons games on WB20. During his career he would be known as one of the bad boys. He helped the Pistons win the NBA title in back to back seasons, the 1989 season and the 1990 season, and tonight, the Pistons would tried to make Bill proud by giving him a win in his honor.
The first quarter began with a Sheed three on the very first shot of the game. Then on the next possession Rip Hamilton was able to find Big Ben for the alley oop throw down giving the Pistons a four point advantage. Later on in the qaurter Chauncey Billups was able to find Tayshaun through traffic for the easy lay up. After the Sonics rookie had a few good dunks, Ben was not going to allow it any more and sent the ball back out where it came from. Then the Pistons put a few good possessoins together before the end of the quarter with Sheed slamming it home, and Chauncey on a baseline drive to the hoop. Chauncey led the Pistons to a 26-21 first quarter lead with six points and six assists.
The Pistons would look to keep the lead with the bench, but they weren't able to produce except for los dos (Carlos Delfino and Carlos Arroyo). The Sonics were able to come back and at one point get a 39-36 lead on the Pistons before the starters got back in the game. When Flip made the switch back to the starters again, they were able to produce led by a couple of plays made by Tayshaun. One was a blocked shot that led to him makeing the slam on the fast break, and later he had another jam to end the half with the Pistons on top of the Seattle Supersonics 45-44.
The Pistons, began the third quarter like they usually do. They came out firing, almost as if the Bill Lambier honoring presentation fired them up to perform. Billups started out with a turn in jumper, and that was followed by a Ben Wallace one handed backwards dunk. Rip Hamilton was able to connect later on a double clutch lay up and one giving the Pistons a 62-54 lead. Unfortunatley, the Pistons were unable to maintain that large lead. Going into the fourth quarter, the Pistons led 62-56.
The stat leaders:
Scoring: Tayshaun and Chauncey both led the team with 21 points, much of these points came at times when we were in need of a score keeping the Pistons in control of the game.
Rebounds: What a night for Big Ben, he had 21 boards and nine offensive rebounds with several tip ins after Pistons misses.
Blocks: Sheed had several nice blocks that sparked several fast break opportunities as he led all Pistons with three blocks followed closely by Big Ben who had two.
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