

November 15, 2004
Live from The Palace of Auburn Hills

L.A. Lakers


Detroit Pistons
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Starting Lineups
Detroit Pistons
C -- Ben Wallace
PF -- Rasheed Wallace
SF -- Tayshaun Prince
SG -- Rip Hamilton
PG -- Chauncey Billups
L.A. Lakers
C -- V. Divac
PF -- B. Grant
SF -- L. Odom
SG -- Kobe Bryant
PG -- Chucky Atkins
Key Matchups



Kobe Bryant ------- Rip Hamilton
1st
Pistons--37
Lakers--34
2nd
Pistons--34--71
Lakers--21--55
Key Players at the Half
L. Odom
22 Pts
Rasheed Wallace
24 Pts
8 Reb
3rd
Pistons--35--106
Lakers--27--82
4th
Pistons--37--143
Lakers--35--117


The Detroit Pistons bounce back after their last night loss against the Atlanta Hawks to take down the L.A. Lakers who had been un-defeated so far this year, until tonight. Once again the only quarters that made the Pistons hold their breathe was the 1st & 4th quarters, only winning by a total of 5 pts in those quarters. One of the main factors that kept the Lakers from staying in it was Kobe Bryants playing time.
Bryant picked up 2 quick fouls in the first 4 minutes of the game which forced Rudy Tomjanovich to but him on the bench. This resulted in Bryant only having 11 Pts and playing for 21 minutes. The Pistons increase their record to 6-1 and are among the top teams in the league obviously. If you havent found out yet, you will once you play them that you never! foul the Detroit Pistons. Why? Well they went 22/22 from the charity strive tonight, I believe that is a good enough excuse. They will face the Spurs on the 19th.
Player of the Game
Rasheed Wallace
38 Pts
15/20 FG 75%
17 Reb
Key Factors
Detroit
Tayshaun Prince 40 Pts--13/18 FG 72%---12/15 3 PT 80%
Ben Wallace 21 Pts--15 Reb--7/10 FG 70%
C. Billups 22 Pts--11 Ast--3/4 3 PT 75%
Rip Hamilton 22 Pts--10 Ast
L.A.
L. Odom 36 Pts
Chucky Atkins 32 Pts
Kobe Bryant 11 Pts--21 Mins
Other Scores
Cavaliers--97
Z. Illgauskas 27 Pts--11 Reb
LeBron James 25 Pts
Kings--113
M. Bibby 27 Pts--10 Ast
C. Mobley 27 Pts--46 Mins
Grizzlies--92
M. Miller 26 Pts
Pau Gasol 21 Pts--13 Reb
Bulls--101
Ben Gordon 24 Pts
Kirk Hinrich 17 Pts--8 Ast--8 Reb
Antonio Davis 16 Pts--14 Reb
Bobcats--79
Jason Kapono 19 Pts
G. Wallace 14 Pts--13 Reb
Emeka Okafor 15 Pts
Clippers--91
E. Brand 35 Pts--13 Reb
C. Maggette 28 Pts--10 Reb