Game #10: Suns burn Pistons
Posted by pistonsnation
The overall road trip I think can be considered a success, but last night was not. {box score}
This game is why we need Antonio McDyess. Kwame Brown (10p, 3r) played well, but when he wasn’t in the game the Pistons had no inside presence. When Kwame had to leave the game because of foul troubles the Suns got inside with ease and the Pistons turned into a jump shot exclusive club. When you’re shooting under 40% as a team and the opposition isn’t you’re going to struggle.
Allen Iverson had his most trying Pistons experience going 4/17 for 9 points and 5 turnovers. On a positive note there seems to be a chemistry building between AI and center Kwame Brown.
Amare Stoudemire had himself a nice 26th birthday courtesy of the Pistons. With Shaq tossed (more on that in next paragraph) Amare picked up the slack, scoring 29 points and grabbing 11 boards.
Shaq was tossed just before the half for clobbering an airborne Rodney Stuckey (video). O’Neal was angry about a an offensive foul he received at the other end of the court so a few plays later when Rodney went hard to the hoop Shaq took out his frustrations on Stuck snatching him out of mid air like King Kong does with airplanes. The Big Sir Isaac Newton 
didn’t see it as a dirty play:
“The laws of physics say that a body in motion stays in motion. So if you have two objects meet in the air, the smaller object is going to fall much harder,” O’Neal said. “I’ve never been the type of player to take anybody out, so I obviously went to the ball. The little guy ran into a brick wall. -espn
It’ll be interesting to see what how the league feels about the hit.
GAME NOTES: Detroit News recapper … Pistons take on Cleveland on Weds … Valley of the Suns recapper …
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