<div align="center"><font color="red">Detroit Pistons (5 - 5)</font> at <font color="black">Philadelphia 76ers (0 - 0)</font> Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </div> [div=50%] <font size="3"><u>Projected Starters:</u></font> <div align="center"><font color="black"> <font size="1">(K. Ollie, A. Iverson, A. Iguodala, S. Randolph, S. Dalembert)</font></font></div> <font size="1">Leading Scorer: A. Iverson - 28.7ppg Leading Rebounder: S. Dalembert - 7.6rpg Assist Man: A. Iverson - 7.7apg The 'X' Factor: A. Iverson - 28.7ppg, 2.9rpg, 7.7apg</font> <font size="3"><u>Backcourt:</u></font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3237.jpg[/imgl]<font color="black">Kevin Ollie</font> PPG: 4.4, RPG: 1.9, APG: 3.7 </font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3094.jpg[/imgl]<font color="black">Allen Iverson</font> PPG: 28.7, RPG: 2.9, APG: 7.7 </font> <font size="3"><u>Frontcourt:</u></font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3826.jpg[/imgl]<font color="black">Andre Iguodala</font> PPG: 12.6, RPG: 6.0, APG: 4.4 </font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3992.jpg[/imgl]<font color="black">Shavlik Randolph</font> PPG: 3.3, RPG: 2.3, BPG: 0.4 </font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3534.jpg[/imgl]<font color="black">Samuel Dalembert</font> PPG: 9.9, RPG: 7.6, BPG: 2.3 </font> [/div] <font size="3"><u>Projected Starters:</u></font> <div align="center"><font color="red"> <font size="1">(C. Billups, R. Hamilton, T. Prince, R. Wallace, N. Mohammed) </font></font></div> <font size="1">Leading Scorer: R. Hamilton - 23.8ppg Leading Rebounder: R. Wallace - 9.7rpg Assist Man: C. Billups - 7.7apg The 'X' Factor: T. Prince - 14.7ppg, 5.8rpg, 3.0apg</font> <font size="3"><u>Backcourt:</u></font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3174.jpg[/imgl]<font color="red">Chauncey Billups</font> PPG: 18.3, RPG: 2.7, APG: 7.7 </font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3330.jpg[/imgl]<font color="red">Richard Hamilton</font> PPG: 23.8, RPG: 4.1, APG: 3.6 </font> <font size="3"><u>Frontcourt:</u></font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3621.jpg[/imgl]<font color="red">Tayshaun Prince</font> PPG: 14.7, RPG: 5.8, APG: 3.0 </font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3006.jpg[/imgl]<font color="red">Rasheed Wallace</font> PPG: 13.0, RPG: 9.7, BPG: 2.1 </font> <font size="1">[imgl]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/v/nba/players/2005/3272.jpg[/imgl]<font color="red">Nazr Mohammed</font> PPG: 6.9, RPG: 6.6, BPG: 1.5 </font> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"><font size=""1"">By PAUL DiGIACOMO, STATS Senior Editor</font> The Detroit Pistons look to continue their domination of the Philadelphia 76ers and win a season-high third straight game when the teams meet Tuesday at the Wachovia Center. Detroit has won three in a row against Philadelphia and eight of the last nine meetings, and is coming off back-to-back home victories over Washington and Houston. The Pistons avoided a third straight loss with a 100-91 win over the Wizards on Friday before beating the Rockets 104-92 the next night. Detroit (5-5) is back at .500 after its worst start in six years. Richard Hamilton has led the way for the Pistons in their last two victories, totaling 57 points. He had a season-high 30 on 11-of-18 shooting from the field against Houston. "I'm always in a comfort level, but this is about being aggressive right out of the gate," he said. "I'm going hard, instead of waiting for it." Chauncey Billups added 23 points Saturday for Detroit, which will be trying to hold an opponent under 100 points for a season-best third straight game Tuesday. "This team is still finding its identity," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. "We felt like we might go through some tough times early, because of our schedule. But it is good to see that the starters are getting into a rhythm, and that we're only a game or two behind where we had hoped to be." Philadelphia (4-5) has lost two straight and five of six after beginning the season with three consecutive victories. The Sixers snapped a season-high three-game losing streak with a 96-90 win over Seattle on Wednesday in the opener of a three-game trip. Philadelphia, though, lost the last two contests, including a 103-97 defeat in overtime to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. Philadelphia opened the game with a 25-9 run, but couldn't overcome the absence of Chris Webber as the Clippers took control by outrebounding the Sixers 49-33. "This was a game we were supposed to have," said Allen Iverson, who had 29 points and nine assists. "We went up 16 points and we tried to fix something that wasn't broken. We let them back in the game. We had all the momentum going our way, and then we switched up what we were doing." Webber, who sat out with stiffness in his back, is having a trying season. He has expressed frustration with his limited role, and is averaging 10.0 points on 38.4 percent shooting in 29.4 minutes -- well off his career averages of 21.5 points on 47.9 percent shooting in 37.9 minutes. "The focus has been on the team all year, and Chris is an important member of the team," Sixers president Billy King said. "(Coach Maurice Cheeks) has been making decisions each game that he and the staff feel will give us the best opportunity to succeed, and I support him in the decision-making process." Shavlik Randolph made his second NBA start and first this season in Webber's place Saturday, scoring eight points in 19 minutes.</div>
i always thought that ben wallace was the major road block for the sixers to win. i think without big ben the game will be much closer.
I think Dalembert will come out big in this one, let's just hope we can handle Iverson and get the win.
Wow...AI isnt playing because of tooth surgery. thats probably going to be too big of a loss for the team to win considering webber and hunter might not be playing either. Dalembert, Korver, Iggy, and Green all need to have big games to win this.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Rasheed Wallace had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons took advantage of Allen Iverson's absence to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 97-87 on Tuesday night. Tayshaun Prince added 25 points and Richard Hamilton scored 16 as Detroit (6-5) led all the way and won its third straight game. Chauncey Billups finished with 11 points and 11 assists. Iverson, who leads Philadelphia and is third in the NBA in scoring, missed the game after undergoing oral surgery to remove an abscessed wisdom tooth earlier in the day. His status for Wednesday night's game at Milwaukee is uncertain. Without Iverson, who leads the NBA in minutes per game (43.4) and is averaging 28.7 points, Philadelphia predictably struggled on offense. His replacement in the starting lineup, Willie Green, led the 76ers with a season-high 24 points while Andre Iguodala added 13. Samuel Dalembert was active inside with eight points and 15 rebounds. Still, it wasn't nearly enough. Philadelphia (4-6) shot just 40 percent from the field and missed nine first-half layups, losing for the sixth time in seven games. After a tight first half, Detroit opened up some breathing room in the third quarter. Hamilton -- who had just four points at halftime -- hit a pair of 3-pointers and Antonio McDyess followed up his own missed free throw with a layup that gave the Pistons a 73-59 lead with 37 seconds left in the period. Philadelphia made its final run early in the fourth quarter, as Rodney Carney's basket trimmed Detroit's lead to 78-72 with 8:45 left. But Prince followed with a pair of free throws, then drained a 3-pointer as the Pistons built their lead back to double digits, where it remained the rest of the way. <u>Notes:</u> Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard presented the honorary tip-off before the game. Howard, who led the majors with 58 home runs and 149 RBIs, was selected National League MVP on Monday Detroit has now won nine of its last 10 against the 76ers, including four straight Philadelphia played for the second straight game without former All-Star Chris Webber (lower back stiffness and soreness) and Steven Hunter (right knee sprain). Both players are listed as day-to-day 76ers forward Steven Smith made his NBA debut late in the fourth quarter. Smith played college basketball in Philadelphia at La Salle University.</div> <font size=""1"">Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports</font>
<div class="quote_poster">Brian Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So much for the Sixer's fast start. It's just going through the drain</div> Well you do have to remember, the most important piece of the Sixers: AI has not been in uniform tonight.
