Via Detroit Free Press:

AUBURN HILLS — Detroit rookie Rodney Stuckey broke his left hand in the third quarter of the Pistons’ 104-85 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

That’s a big time bummer. I guess we’ll find out just how bad it is tomorrow. The Pistons seem to be getting snake bitten with injuries, and all ON THE LEFT SIDE for some crazy reason. If I’m not mistaken it was Rip and Amir’s left ankles, Nazr’s left calf, and now Rodney’s left hand.

UPDATE via Detroit News:

Stuckey’s hand got tangled in one of the Wizards’ jerseys. The play looked innocent, but Stuckey’s immediate reaction indicated something was wrong.The course of treatment and recovery time is unknown. He will be reevaluated today.

“I don’t know what happened, my fingers just went the other way,” Stuckey said, with his left (non-shooting) hand wrapped in a cast. “I was in so much pain, I just knew. This is my first break, ever. It’s always disappointing when you break something or when you have to sit out. But I’ll bounce back, it’s not going to be that long. It’s only going to make me better.”

I’ve got three words for Pistons’ fans: Ronald “Flip” Murray

I did a favor for a friend which required me to miss the 3rd and 4th quarter of the game on tv, but I did get to hear most of the two quarters on the radio. Mark Champion and Rick Mahorn were doing the game on WDFN. Let me just tell you I love listening to Rick Mahorn doing color commentary. The dude is out cold. He says the first thing that comes to his mind, he just don’t care what anyone thinks with usually translates into color commentary gold. Here are three such examples from the Wizards game I’ll paraphrase for you:

• Mark Champion comments on someone’s son who is going to play basketball for Ball State which Rick replies something to the effect of he must be desperate because Ball State sucks.
• Rodney Stuckey hurts his wrist and ‘Horn says he hopes it’s not one of those microfiber injuries
• Mark Champion points out that Wizard’s rookie Dominic McGuire was named Second Team All W.A.C. in college just before McGuire misses a free throw, to which Mahorn blurts “That free throw was WAC”



You get quotes like that from Rick nearly every game he calls. Gotta love ‘Horn.