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Old 02-25-2010, 02:46 AM   #340
Radii
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Join Date: Jul 2001
March 11, 2014

Detroit(32-31) at Charlotte(42-23)


CHA: DET
93:91 OVR
87:89 OFF
95:90 DEF

I mainly wanted to play detroit not b/c of their 32-31 record but because their ratings are relatively close to ours. I do expect to win, possibly handily at home.

Detroit Scouting

PG Rodney Stuckey - 83 OVR - 20.3 ppg/6.8 apg - Stuckey has never hit 20 points/game, this is a banner year for him. A- hands/B- inside/A- outside/A- perimeter D

SG Leonard Pollard - 76 OVR - 12.3 ppg - 2012 1.2, a 2nd year man on the way up presumably. B hands/B inside/B outside/B perimeter D.

SF Tayshaun Prince - 73 OVR - 6.9 ppg - Prince is 34 years old and fading. After 10 points/5 boards for 9 straight seasons, last year Prince was at 9.4 ppg/4.7 rpg, and this year just 7 points/3.5 boards. B outside, nothing else above a C.

PF Tim Duncan - 82 OVR - 12.5 ppg/10.2 rpg - Duncan is starting to fade but still averaging a double double. A rebounder, A- inside, A- post D.

C Rolando Faulk - 85 OVR - 9.9 ppg/12.1 rpg - Two high quality big men came out of the 2010 draft, one was Samuel Padgett, the other is Rolando Faulk. Faulk is a 7'3 beast, A rebounding/A- inside/A- post D.


Bargnani is rated 80 OVR, he's having an amazing season, putting up 18 points in just 25 minutes/game. He's really getting quality minutes. Backup PG Derek Schroeder(74 OVR) averages 6 points/game off the bench.


First Quarter

Detroit 26
Charlotte 21

Detroit gets off to a 14-4 lead and leads the entire quarter. Faulk is just amazing. 8 points/9 boards... that's right, almost a double double in the first quarter. Duncan, Prince, Pollard have 4 each. Padgett has 5 but its on 2-6 shooting. Mayo 4, Henderson 4, others 2. Wallace picked up two fouls 6 minutes in and had to sit.


Second Quarter

Detroit 56
Charlotte 39

Detroit: 7 blocks

We cannot get to the rim and score. Faulk has 2 blocks, Bargnani has 2, Prince 1, Pollard 1. We're holding Detroit to 44% shooting but we're only shooting 36% ourselves. Mayo has 9 points on 4-10 shooting. Wallace 6, Felton 5, Padgett 5. Felton 1-5, Padgett 2-10... Pollard and Bargnani lead Detroit with 11, Duncan 9, Faulk 8 points/12 boards. We are just having such a hard time scoring, we can come back but we have to pick it up somewhere. Pollard and Prince should really be weak links, Wallace and Mayo have to take advantage.


Third Quarter

Detroit 82
Charlotte 67

That second quarter is going to kill us. Faulk... holy god Faulk. 17 points/17 boards. Pollard 15, Duncan 15, Stuckey 13, Bargnani 11. Mayo has 15 for us, Wallace 12, Padgett 8 points/6 boards, Felton 7 points/5 assists. But its all on horrid shooting. 6-16, 4-8, 3-13, 2-7 for Mayo/Wallace/Padgett/Felton.


Fourth Quarter

9:50 to go - Faulk has 4 points and maybe a few more rebounds, its 90-71 and we have no shot. i have my starters in to try to force something to happen.

...

1:08 to go - Heh, Detroit went up by 20+ and put in their backups. We've just been playig 1 on 1 and pushing a lot and all of a sudden Mayo just hit a 3 to cut the lead to 9, its 108-99.

Yeah, no chance, but we made the final score look respectable.


Detroit 112
Charlotte 103



Mayo: 24 points
Wallace: 19 points/5 boards
Padgett: 13 points/9 boards
Sparks: 12 points/8 boards
Felton: 12 points/5 assists
Swanson: 8 points
Henderson: 6 points
Chandler: 6 points/11 boards

Rolando Faulk: 25 points/20 rebounds

Faulk has one of the most impressive games that a CPU player has had against me, just as impressive as Danny Granger's 50 point game a few seasons ago. Stuckey 18, Duncan 17, Pollard 17.

Detroit ends up with 9 blocks and 8 offensive boards leading to 16 second chance points. A very impressive win for the Pistons.
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