I know Flip Saunders said that he was most disappointed after the Wizards lost to the Toronto Raptors on Friday, but what happened on Sunday in Auburn Hills, Mich., was borderline shameful. At least the Raptors have an all-star power forward in Chris Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu, who was a borderline all-star the past few years in Orlando. The Detroit Pistons basically had Rodney Stuckey, who is pretty good...
The Essentials: Wizards (7-11) vs. Pistons (7-12) 6 p.m. Palace of Auburn Hills TV : CSN, NBATV Radio : 106.7 The Fan Notable Pistons numbers this season 18th in expected winning percentage (.422) 29th in pace (87.6 possessions per game) 22nd in offensive efficiency/offensive rating (105.3) 20th in defensive efficiency/defensive rating (107.7) Pre-game links Motown String Music, SB Nation's Detroit...
WHAT HAPPENED: Behind Chucky Atkins and rookie Jonas Jerebko, the Pistons shot 63.2% in the first quarter and built a 34-23 lead and still were near 60% (59.5) in taking a 63-55 halftime lead.
2009/2010 NBA Season vs. 6-12 (4-4 home) 9-8 (2-6 road) December 4, 2009 The Palace 7:00 PM Radio: 620 WTMJ TV: FSN Wisconsin HD Probable starters: Chucky Atkins PG Brandon Jennings Rodney Stuckey SG Charlie Bell Jonas Jerebko SF Carlos DelfinoCharlie Villanueva PF Ersan Ilyasova Ben Wallace C Andrew Bogut 105.2 (21st) - OFFENSE - 104.5 (23rd) 108.3 (21st) - DEFENSE - 103.1 (6th) 87.1 (30th) - PACE...
More photos » by Nam Y. Huh - AP "It's not your fault, their minds were poisoned all these years by that blind jackass Neil Funk. "(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Browse more photos » Pace Eff eFG FT/FG OREB% TOr Detroit 86.0 98.8 41.0% 26.9 37.0 17.4 Chicago 107.0 50.7% 31.9 34.3 19.8 Ugh, that was a terribly boring night of basketball. Not much of a recap is needed, the Bulls opened up...
There was a lot to like yesterday afternoon at the Palace as the short-handed Pistons showed tons of heart in defeating the Atlanta Hawks 88-94. John Kuester seen a way to balance the lineup with three of his stars out. Chucky Atkins got the starting point guard duties -his first start since 2007- freeing up Rodney [...]
When the Pistons signed Chucky Atkins to a non-guaranteed contract just before the start of training camp, not even Atkins thought he would be anywhere near the starting lineup. But when a team is going through a seven-game losing streak, plans go out the window.
When the Pistons signed Chucky Atkins to a non-guaranteed contract just before the start of training camp, not even Atkins thought he would be anywhere near the starting lineup. But when a team is going through a seven-game losing streak, plans go out the window.
When the Pistons signed Chucky Atkins to a non-guaranteed contract just before the start of training camp there probably wasn't one person thought he would be anywhere near the starting lineup.
Well, tonight the Clips faced another team severely depleted by injuries and barely pulled out the win. The Pistons went without Ben Gordon , Richard Hamilton , and Tayshaun Prince . And somehow the Clippers put together performance to beat them. This is not the same team we saw in Indiana, blowing it to a depleted Pacers team. Chris got back into form, and Baron continued his recent excellence. Gordon...
More photos » by Gregory Smith - AP Some of this would help tonight. Browse more photos » Home at last! And we get an interesting opponent to begin this stretch of 7 home dates in the next 9 games. The Bad Boy Detroit Pistons are coming to town. Except they're not quite as bad and they're struggling to get better...having spent every single day of the season so far within one game of .500....
Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton will miss at least two games because of a sprained right ankle. Pistons coach John Kuester says Ben Gordon will start in Hamilton's spot Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Chucky Atkins was activated to add depth. Hamilton also will not play Saturday night at Milwaukee. He was injured late in Wednesday night's season-opening win at Memphis. Postgame...
The Pistons officially waived Deron Washington today, opting to keep Chucky Atkins as the 14th man. From the team’s official release: AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the club has requested waivers on guard/forward Deron Washington. He averaged 3.3 points, 0.6 rebounds and 6.4 minutes in seven [...]
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