This weekend had ups and downs for our Detroit Pistons. Saturday night the Pistons lose to the Wizards 110-92 for the second time this year. They are the only Eastern Conference team with a road win over the Pistons.
Newcomer Tony Delk scored a season high of 16 for Detroit, while Rasheed scored 18, and Rip 16. But that was no match to the Wizards Arenas, who had a great game scoring 30 points. Arenas was pumped up to play the Pistons because he wanted to get the east coaches back for not selecting him for the All-Star Game. "I said that I was going to get Flip back," Arenas said. "My team was behind me, they were ready to go. Easy way to get them riled up."
The loss seemed to have motivated the Pistons because Sunday their undenying denfense returned with a 94-78 victory against the Bobcats. This after losing three of the five past games. While my faith in the Pistons stayed strong, I admit that I was getting disheartened by the losses.
Yesterday's win was a show of the defensive team we know the Pistons to be. Ben Wallace had 15 rebounds and 8 points, but he did give us a scare in the 1st quarter when he rolled his ankle. (He came back before halftime.) Tayshaun Prince's offensive magic returned as well with 23 points.
This win marks the 50th win for Detroit, breaking the record set by the 88-89 team by 4 games. They need to go 14-6 in their final 20 games to break the franchise mark of 63 wins.
-Jovina
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