No real time for a preview so here is the ESPN preview of the game <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Detroit Pistons look to avoid falling two games below .500 for the first time in four seasons when they face the slumping New Orleans Hornets on Saturday. Chauncey Billups scored all 18 of his points in the fourth quarter as Detroit rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit only to lose for the second time in three games. The Hornets could be the perfect team to get the Pistons back on track. New Orleans has lost all seven of its games at home and five straight overall. The Hornets are one of two teams to not win on their home court this season.</div> Full Preview Davis and Magloire both out should = easy win.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Detroit 92 @ New Orleans 69 Ben Wallace's post-suspension rustiness didn't last long.Wallace made nine of his first 10 shots, even hitting an unusual off-balance fade off the glass, and finished with 22 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 92-69 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday night. Wallace's 22 points was a career-high for a regular season game. He also had eight rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals. Tayshaun Prince had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Detroit, which shot 54.4 percent. Rasheed Wallace grabbed 10 rebounds.</div> Recap No real surprise with this result, even with Mcdyess and Hunter missing the Pistons had no problems with a very poor and injury hit Hornets team. Ben Wallace with 22 points is impressive, no matter who he was facing. Shows what happens when you work hard on your offensive game.
Unfortunately I didn't get to watch it, but I liked what I saw, from looking at the boxscore. It looks like everybody contributed, and Darko got to jam home a dunk which is nice to see. But I really liked what I saw from Tayshaun. He's my favorite player, and he showed why: Verstaility. He had 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. And I saw a highlight of a very nice put back dunk off a Ben Wallace miss, who BTW had a great night himself. It's nice to see him bounce back. It was a great overall win. Next stop: Dallas.
Darko logged a career high 14 minutes against the Hornets! it's really great to see Darko starting to earn the respect of LB. Darko's learned that the way to earn minutes is to bust his butt during practice, and it looks like he's doing that.
