[DetBNyce]

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Detroit Pistons (49-27) vs. Chicago Bulls (44-32)

Time: 8:30 PM
Date: April, 11, 2005
Venue: United Center</center>

Starting Lineups:

Chicago leads the season series 2-1:

Game 1: 89-82 L
Game 2: 87-80 W
Game 3: 100-89 L


500 points for whoever can predict the score the closest. Predict the games leading scorer as a tiebreaker

 

[kamego]

Pistons 103
Bulls 87

Leading Scorer Rasheed

 

[P33r~]

99-91

Top scorer: Rip

Even though we are back to back on the road, this isn't a game we should lose. I hope we blow them out this game to show who is at the top of the central, but I think it will be close, this is our first back-to-back in some time. Some bulls fans are already saying they will sweep us in the playoffs, let's give them a wakeup call.

 

[Darvin Ham]

104-95

 

[TheHeff]

87-81 Pistons and Rip I'd love to see us blow them away but it should be a good game

 

[MLKG]

95-87 Tayshaun

We clinch the number 2 seed with a win tonight. The guys know a win tonight means a lot of rest over the next couple weeks. I think that's enough motivation.

 

[Midnight_Marauder]

Detroit wins by around...eh..lets say 10..

97-87

Look for Tayshaun to have a big game

 

[Brian.]

Should be a game we win. No Curry and Deng for the bulls. I hope we win I put all my ucash on this game...

 

[DetBNyce]

Should be a game we win. No Curry and Deng for the bulls. I hope we win I put all my ucash on this game...

Ditto...

Like Mike said we shouldn't have a problem geting up for this one. They've already beaten us twice (on our homecourt at that) so they already know they can play with us and with a win we can rest and truly focus on the playoffs and the playoffs only. Plus 5 games would be great for guys like Campbell, Arroyo, Delfino, and hopefully Dupree, etc. to work out kinks in their games.

 

[Brian.]

The Pistons have won 12 of their 13 visits to the United Center since Michael Jordan left the Bulls in 1998, including the last nine straight.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/preview?gid=2005041104&prov=ap

 

[Copper]

Pistons 98 Bulls 87
I see a big game from Tay as well, I am getting tired of these Bulls fans all of a sudden thinking their team is the #1 or #2 in the east and believeing they will come out of the east. All I can say to that is " DONT DO DRUGS" :banana:

 

[Lope31]

I went all out and dropped over 25,000 ucash points on this game. We better win.

 

[DetBNyce]

Encouraging to see the guys fighting through screens early on, something we weren't doing earlier in the year.

Gotta say I like Harrington taking a lot of early shots as well.

 

[MLKG]

3 offensive rebounds already for Chicago. Miami got a lot against us too. Most of them coming on balls the Wallaces look like they have secured only to lose control of when guys jump up their backs.

Gotta make sure we pull those down strong.

 

[DetBNyce]

We get an early look at Arroyo and Dice.

 

[MLKG]

Arroyo hit a jumper!!!!

 

[DetBNyce]

Funny block by Sheed on Gordon and Arroyo goes up with confindence and hits nothing but the bottom.

What was Rip complaining about?

 

[MLKG]

A lot of bench minutes early tonight.

Probably a good idea coming off the back to back.

 

[DetBNyce]

Chandler picks up 2 very quick fouls... Nocioni in at power forward, Dice should have his way with him in the post.

 

[MLKG]

From that angle they showed Nocioni didn't even look like he was even close to having his feet set.

Very physical game so far.