Hornets @ Pistons PREVIEW New Orleans Hornets (19-11) @ Detroit Pistons (17-13) Previous Game Pistons 87 @ Hawks 84 Hawks 79 Hornets 109 Streaks Pistons-Won 1 Hornets-Won 1 Head Coaches Tim Floyd/Larry Brown Probable Starters Baron Davis/Chauncey Billups David Wesley/Richard Hamilton George Lynch/Tayshaun Prince PJ Brown/Ben Wallace Jamaal Magloire/Mehmet Okur 6th Men Darrell Armstrong/Chucky Atkins Players To Watch Baron Davis/Chauncey Billups Davis: 23.6 points, 4.30 rebounds, 8.4 Assists, 2.73 Steals Billups: 18.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5.3 Assists, 1.21 Steals Injury Lists New Orleans Hornets Courtney Alexander Jamal Mashburn James Lang Detroit Pistons Hubert Davis Lindsey Hunter Darvin Ham Keys To The Game Hornets -Controlling the boards will be key in this game.It will be a real good battle between Brown and Magloire v Wallace and Okur as the starting frontline.The main match-up will be at point guard.Baron Davis V Chauncey Billups.Whoever controls the game and basically plays a better all-round game will likely come way with the win.Baron must attack the rim every chance he gets.If he keeps Shooting 10 threes a game that will hurt his team.Get David Wesley shots early and not give Pistons a quick start which has happened in the past Pistons -Try to contend Baron Davis by stopping him from driving to the basket.He is at his best when he is driving and kicking.So make him shoot the long three...He can be very good from deep but putting him under pressure is the best way to defend him.Don't let Magloire get going inside.Last time he killed the Pistons by not only scoring but crashing the boards really well.Okur and Campbell will have to do everything in their power to stop him downlow.Him and PJ Brown are the underrated players on that team.People eye Davis,Wesley and Armstrong a long with the current injuried Jamal Mashburn as the key guys but Brown and Magloire know their role so well by getting it done in the post and on the boards.Contending them will be key.Rip Hamilton needs to continue to attack the rim and play his style of basketball.He is coming off a 28 point performance on saturday night in Atlanta so more of the same again will help the Pistons cause. Allnet's Prediction-Pistons are at home and need to take advantage of that.Pistons have for some reason struggled with the top teams in the east so far.The record against the conferences elite needs to improve...A statement game is needed here.This prediction is purely down on home court and the fact the Pistons need to pull one over on one of the east favourites. Pistons by 3
I think B.Diddy and the Hornets will take this one. I don't think the Pistons will contain as much as they need to. The Hornets have also been playing good basketball lately. All B.Diddy has to do is stop shooting 3's and drive to the basket. If he does this then Hornets walk away with the W. Hornets by 7.
I hate to say it, but the way the Pistons have been playing lately, odds are definitely tilted in the Hornets' favor. The Pistons just have such inconsistency, and you never know if you'll get the hard working team or the unmotivated one. I would watch out for Rip, though, because it seems he has a hot hand as of late.
As everybody knows, the Pistons have not been a good team this year. We have been inconsistent and lacked any real effort like we showed last year. We need to establish a good streak, and this is an important game for that reason. We play a large sum of home games in the strech, so we need to regain the crowd's favor. The Pistons need to come out strong and never stop, and we should come out with a win. Pistons by 5.
Look for the Pistons to come out hard on the defensive end. I dont think the Hornets will be able to break them. Pistons by 6.
Well, the Pistons won. I was worried when the Hornets went on a 12-0 run to tie the game, but the Pistons held their ground. Good game! Glad that Billups found his stroke. 108-99, we win by 9! Now we have tied the longest streak ever of holding opponents to under 100 points a game since the shot clock was introduced! 23 straight games! I was worried since they could have broken our streak. I think that we have proved that when we play our game, we are the best team in the East. If they did not go on a 12-0 run, we could have won by 21! Look at it that way! :mrgreen: Also, lets hope that this allows the Pistons to get a winning streak going, the Hornets are a good team and this game should build some confidence.
Pistons get the win 109-99 Finally some SCORING.....The key to the game was stop Davis when driving and I thought that was done very well tonight.Billups dominated him..with 31 points on 10-16 shooting. Can we say the Chauncey of old is back? he also hit 4 three-pointers.Ben Wallace had 16 points 18 rebounds and 2 blocks... 12 point lead going into the 4th quarter and suddenly a tied game...I thought to myself "Oh no..Not again" But they stayed focused and got a huge win.Baron Davis threw up 10 threes once again.When will this guy learn to drive more? He has the game for it...but settles for the outside shot. I will post recap and box score shortly.
The score was 108-99, not 109-99 but not a big deal. I'm just glad we got a quality win over a quality opponent.
What is with the .....? Do you want me to make it if you can't? If you want me to make this preview I can, assuming that you can't find the time.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting PyroManiac:</div><div class="quote_post">What is with the .....? Do you want me to make it if you can't? If you want me to make this preview I can, assuming that you can't find the time.</div> Nothing,thats just what I do from time to time after each post.However if you want to make a preview feel free to do so.
Oh, I never noticed those on any of your posts before. I won't make a preview unless you can't though, since it would suck to have two previews. Just tell me if you will be able to or not.
I won't be able to do previews for the games at the weekend Jan 2nd v Suns Jan 3rd v Warriors So if you like you can do previews for either or both of those games?
