reflections
October 30th, 2008 Prince Leads Pistons over Pacers in Season Opener
Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince dunks in victory over Pacers.

Pistons FINALLY kicked off the regular season last night and in their first home game of the season beat the Indiana Pacers 100-94. Prince led the way for the Pistons with 19 points 5 boards and 3 assists in only 32 minutes.

Game Notes:

  • One of the most impressive stats of the night was the Pistons outscoring the Pacers 19-4 in fastbreak points. Michael Curry said the team wanted to run more this season and so far they’ve lived up to that which is a good thing to see.
  • Prince was very aggressive offensively finishing with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 block in 32 minutes. It was obvious he looked more aggressive from the start and hopefully he’ll keep that attitude even when the competition is a bit better.
  • Amir Johnson debut as a starter was very nice. Amir finished with 6 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks in just over 20 minutes and most importantly stayed out of foul trouble. Amir finished with just one foul on the night.
  • Bench contributed very well being led by Walter Hermann who finished with 10 points last night. Stuckey struggled going 3-9 from the field and didn’t play a lot because of foul trouble but overall the bench crew did very well last night. Just about everyone got decent minutes as well, no starter played over 35 minutes last night which is a good sign.
  • Danny Granger will be a star in this league. Granger finished last night with 33 points shooting 10-16 from the field also racking in 5 boards and blocking 3 shots. Overall great game from him last night…

Overall it wasn’t the smoothest game but its the first game of the regular season under a new head coach and a lot of guys are playing and playing decent minutes so it’ll take time for things to completely jell. They pulled through with the win though and that’s the only thing that matters so off to the next game….

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Regular Season Game 2
Saturday, November 1, 2008 – 8:30 pm ET
Palace of Auburn Hills (Auburn Hills, MI)
Game aired on FSN

Projected Starters

Pistons- G Chauncey Billups G Richard Hamilton F Tayshaun Prince F Amir Johnson C Rasheed Wallace

Wizards- G Antonio Daniels G Deshawn Stevenson F Caron Butler F Antawn Jamison C Ethan Thomas

Injury Report:
Was- Arenas Knee (Out), Brendon Haywood Wrist (Out)
Det- None

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