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Postby Mark. on Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:15 pm

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The Pistons start the month with a away game in Charlotte vs the Bobcats.
Most would expect this to be a blowout in favour of the Pistons but you can never turn your back on the young Cats.
Look for tough battle in thr front court as Emeka Okafor tries to make his mark on the league.

NOTE: Sorry I forgot to get the boxscores for this one some im not gonna bother with a recap since I use the Boxscores as a base for info.



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Postby Mark. on Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:18 pm

Alright, sorry bout the crap recap but i accidently simmed forward without taking screens of the boxscores.

I might get the next recap up later on today, but my flatmate has called a red card tonight so gonna be getting drunk :lol: its a bloody monday :lol:

If anyone has predictions with 5 games left they should make them asap (Y)
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Postby Jing on Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:19 pm

well i dont think a boxscore was gonna be needed anyways, you owned the cats. :D
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Postby KIG1 on Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:25 pm

nice screens

I dont no why, but the Ben Wallace picture really stands out (Y)
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Postby kibaxx7 on Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:43 pm

In the top of the table :) I go with 5-1 now... amazing job Mark.
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Postby Mark. on Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:59 pm

Jing wrote:well i dont think a boxscore was gonna be needed anyways, you owned the cats.


Yeha it didnt really come as much of a supprise, i think their only player to reach double figures was G Wallace.

keepinitgansta wrote:nice screens

I dont no why, but the Ben Wallace picture really stands out


Thanks dude :D Yeah i think it might be all the orange that makes the pic stand out :lol:

Thierry wrote:In the top of the table I go with 5-1 now... amazing job Mark.


Cheers dude (Y) Yeap quite a few people at the top of the table atm ;)
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Postby Devin112 on Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:35 am

Have I ever told you that I love you sig? Amazing man (Y)

You killing them right now man, 7-1! That's what I'm tyirng to do with the Clippers, we're 5-1 right now :) But I totally got killed the other night by the Pacers, haven't recaped it yet :*(
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Postby Mark. on Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:51 am

Devin112 wrote:Have I ever told you that I love you sig? Amazing man

You killing them right now man, 7-1! That's what I'm tyirng to do with the Clippers, we're 5-1 right now But I totally got killed the other night by the Pacers, haven't recaped it yet :*(


Cheers dude, yeha we are rolling atm I tell you, oh you runined the supprise for me :p
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Postby Mark. on Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:41 pm

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After easily defeating the Bobcats the Pistons move on to salt lake city to take on the Jazz.
Utah will be different for Detroit as they face an opponent that has a good defenseive wingman.
Look for the Detroit backcourt to possibly struggle under the defensive pressure of Andrei Kirilenko.
This is arguably Detroits toughest game this month.



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As many predicted this game wasnt a easy one for the Pistons.
The score doesnt do justice to how hard Detroit had to work for this win.
If it wasnt for the poor offensive execution of the Jazz, Detroit wouldnt have been so fortunate in this game.
Rip Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace can be thanked for the Pistons coming through,
Both making some big plays when it mattered in the second half.

The Jazz started out great holding the Pistons to only 17 poitns in the first quarter,
while only putting up 17 of their own, it rattled the Pistons enough to make them feel well behind.
THe Jazz continued their great play against last years runners up, scoring 28 to the Pistons 27 in the 2nd,
taking a 1 point lead into the half the Jazz would have felt comfortable but the Pistons were pumped after a shouting to at the half.
The Pistons went on a 25-10 run to start the 3rd, they never looked back scoring 65 points in the second half, and never leading by less than 10.

Rip Hamilton top scored with 29 points shooting 10-23 and 8-10 from the FT line.
Sheed was strong in the frontcourt with 23 points, including 3 3's he also added 5 boards.
Carlos Boozer had a great game for the Jazz with 20 points and 12 rebounds.
Rookie Deron Williams posted 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists but also posted 9 TO's


Coach Flip Saunders was happy with the game:
"I think we showed true characteristics of a true champion, we were down at the half and clearly werent in control,
However we focused ourselves and showed that we can turn a game easily."


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Billups had an active night, first seen splitting the defense then seen celebrating after taking a charge.
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Price had a quite night, here seen adjusting on a layup to get the And 1 | Big Ben was dominant when he wasnt in FT


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Postby Arcane on Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:58 pm

nice this was the team i thought would challenge you most good to see you come up with the win
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Postby Jing on Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:52 pm

FT = foul trouble?
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Postby Malfa on Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:00 pm

ahhh 7 to's by billups

good game though
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Postby BOSS on Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:01 pm

Holy.
Check out dem slick graphics.
Good shit.
8-1 is a very goooood start yo.
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Postby Fresh8 on Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:09 pm

Gonna finish over .900 Mark??? :roll:
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Postby Mark. on Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:30 pm

Dragon wrote:nice this was the team i thought would challenge you most good to see you come up with the win


Yeah it was Utah or Washington that I was most worried about, its good to get one of them out of the way

Jing wrote:FT = foul trouble?


Yeah i didnt think id have enough room to write Foul Trouble, might change that as there is plenty of space

Malfa wrote:ahhh 7 to's by billups

good game though


Yeah 7 TO, but most of them were from when I try to get a steal and the ball goes out of bounds it counts as TO but in real life it doesnt, silly coding by EA :roll:

Sam. wrote:Holy.
Check out dem slick graphics.
Good shit.
8-1 is a very goooood start yo.


Cheers dude, Yeah the gfx seem to be coming out well, you can thank my video card for that. Yeha 8-1 is good, but I havent met many tough teams yet

Sit wrote:Gonna finish over .900 Mark???


Haha well i could but yeah as i just told Sam, i havent faced many tough teams, and when I faced Phx I lost so I think .900 is a bit of a big ask, If i want to finsih over .900 I can only lose one more game which is tough
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Postby zmac on Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:36 pm

.890 (Y)

Recaps are sweet as usual, and I like how you have changed the picture things, keeps it....interesting or something like that (Y) .
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Postby rongotai on Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:33 pm

Great stuff (Y)
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Postby kibaxx7 on Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:11 am

Amazing win Mark, pics are great as always.
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Postby Keo on Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:53 am

Continuing the winning ways, keep it up. (Y)
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Postby Mark. on Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:12 pm

Zmac wrote:.890

Recaps are sweet as usual, and I like how you have changed the picture things, keeps it....interesting or something like that .


Yeah thats a very likely scenario, yeah thought id make the pics bigger can take better screens that way, my old size was too restricitng.

Rongotai wrote:Great stuff


Cheers dude (Y)

Theirry wrote:Amazing win Mark, pics are great as always.


Thanks, I got more where that came from (Y)

Sensation wrote:Continuing the winning ways, keep it up.


Yeah its not that hard to win with the Pistons :lol:
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Postby Mark. on Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:38 pm

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:arrow: After the game against the Jazz Rip Hamilton complained his ankle, which was previously injured last month against the wolves, was causing him pain again.

:arrow: MRI scans have returned and he is scheduled to be out 3 weeks.

:arrow: Hamilton will miss the Eastern Conference Battle against the Wizards but will hopefully be able to return against the Lakers, although he might me limited in his minutes.

:arrow: Carlos Felfino is expected to start in his place he will slipt the time with Maurice Evans and Alex Acker.

:arrow: The is the second time that this ankle has caused Rip troubles, Team doctors think that it may not have healed properly last time and therefore are projecting a longer wait on the return this time.
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Postby Mark. on Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:04 pm

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The Pistons return to Detroit tonight for their first home game this month.
It is against the Wizards who are currently 4th in the East, thus creating an important matchup for the Pistons.
Detroit will want to win this game in case they have to go down to a season matchup review in the playoff seedings.
The Pistons will be without Star SHooting Guard Rip Hamilton



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Chauncy Billups sure made up for the loss of Rip Hamilton.
Billups set a new career high in scoring with 40 points, dominating Gilbert Arenas.
The Pistons ended up winning by 30 which you could say was 30 of Billups points.
The Pistons played great D on the Wizards forcing them into 23 turnovers and 36% from the feild.

The Pistons were up by 10 heading into the final quarter when Chauncy Billups exploded,
he then went on to score 12 straight points by himself, before taking a seat for the rest of the game with 8 minutes left.
The Pistons led from the start but had trouble up until the fourth at losing the Wizards.
There were glimpses of the Pistons early season troubles of slowing their opponents down,
but after the final result its doesnt seem to be much of a worry.

Billups had an amazing stat line with 40 points 13 assists and 6 steals on 13-28 shooting.
Tayshaun Prince did a good job on the defensive end with 6 steals and 3 blocks, he also added 8 boards and 9 points.
Caron Butler managed to evade the Pistons defense scoring 25 points to lead the Wizards.
Gilbert Arenas was held to 15 points and left the game at the start of the second half with back spasms.


Rasheed Wallace was extatic with Billups performance:
"In my opinion Chauncy just proved that he is one of, if not the best point in the league,
He is an amazing court general and then when our main scorer goes down,
he can step up and easily carry the team, I couldnt think of anyone I would rather have as my Point Guard."


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Billups dominated the Washington Defense in this game often seen scoring with ease.

Next up: vs LA Lakers
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Postby Arcane on Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:14 pm

even without rip you still ripped the shit out of the wizards
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Postby Mark. on Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:21 pm

Dragon wrote:even without rip you still ripped the shit out of the wizards


Yeah Utah and Washington were meant to be my toughest games but both didnt really show, well Utah was good for a half. Even though i was onyl up by 10 after 3 vs the Wizards it mroe on cruise control up until then.
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Postby rongotai on Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:33 pm

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