Pistons top Cavs
Posted by pistonsnation
LeBron took the night off. Beating a Lebron-less Cavs is like that whole “if a tree falls in the forest and no one’s around…” thing. Especially in this case though. It was a preseason game with no local TV coverage. The whole forest could have been leveled and know one would have really cared. {boxscore}
The game was played close in the first half with the two Central Div. rivals going into the tunnels knotted at 40. The Pistons then turned up the D and ran away from the James gang in the second half outscoring them 57-39.
Tayshaun finally had a game worth mentioning with 17 points (7/10 shooting) in 29 minutes. This is the first game Tayshuan has scored over 12 in the preseason:
“Tonight, I got a lot of open looks in the corner, and I was able to knock some of them down,” he said. “I was just taking the shots that came to me.” -AP
Rodney Stuckey led the Pistons scoring with 20 points on 8/12 from the field. Rodney also had 5 assists in his 24 minutes off the Pistons’ bench.
GAME NOTES: Walter Herrmann returned after missing 5 games with sore ribs. Walter scored 5 points and grabbed 2 boards in 7 minutes … Kwame Brown did not play (right shoulder strain) … Walter Sharpe DNP-CD … Amir Johnson: 8 pts/ 6 rbs / 4blks / 24 min … Pistons shot 54.1% with 26 assists … Pistons Kids Night vid …
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