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Detroit Pistons receive
SG Edmond Ford

Indiana Pacers receive
PG Andre Channing

What this means for the Pistons
Ford, 24 and in his second season, is an extremely accurate shooter for a guard, with nice ball skills for a two and plays very good defense. Although he's on the Pistons bench at the moment, he has the talent to be a starter someday, particularly given that Galen Drayton is 31.

What this means for the Pacers
The rookie Channing is a completely non-descript player with some defensive ability and a career D-Leaguer. We're completely mystified as to what Pete LaBraggio was thinking.

Winner: Detroit
Awful trade for Indiana and just when it looked like the Pacers were finally on the rise again.

This level of quiet stuns me, but I'm sure things will pick up steam as the season wears on.

December starts with a cheerful 125-103 pounding of the Pacers captained by David Anyan and Terrence Howard with 26 and 24 points a piece. William Tackett issues 16 points and 14 assists and Jameel Williams and Mike Vines highlight the reserves with 15 and 10 points respectively.

Boston's impressive record doesn't faze us in the least as we stomp the Celtics 119-98. David Anyan rips free for 33 points, Antonio Sarchet bangs inside for 29 points and 11 rebounds, Terrence Howard picks up 16 points and 13 assists, William Tackett has 10 points and 12 assists and Jameel Williams nets 10 bench assists of his own.

After so many fourth quarter comebacks this year, we were bound to let one slip away and a 22-14 fourth quarter fritters away our lead and dooms us to a 94-91 loss to the Bobcats. So much for Antonio Sarchet's 24 points and Mike Vines's 17 bench points.

That loss took a lot of our passion out as we play flat the next two games, dropping both games of a road doubleheader. Minnesota topples us 100-87 as we can't manage much more than Terrence Howard's 14 points and 19 rebounds and the Pacers pay us back with a 116-92 embarassment, despite Terrence Howard's 22 points and 17 rebounds and 10 points a piece from reserves Nyah Boyce (on 3 for 3 3-point shots in 4 minutes) and Mike Vines. Jameel Williams also put in 10 bench assists.

A 40 point fourth quarter bails us out and stops the bleeding with a 113-105 win in Milwaukee. William Tackett leads the surge with 22 points and 10 assists, David Anyan scores 23, Antonio Sarchet and Terrence Howard both grab double-doubles of 19 points, with Sarchet nabbing 13 boards, Howard 10. Jameel Williams paces the bench with 10 points.

We rip apart the Lakers 125-79 in one of our most complete wins to date. David Anyan and Antonio Sarchet combine for 26 and 24 points, William Tackett serves up 16 points and 12 assists and Jameel Williams and Mateen Yeaton finish things off with 16 and 10 bench points.

The Hornets go cold and we get hot in our 119-85 dismantling of them. Terrence Howard brings in 22 points and 13 rebounds, William Tackett nets a pair of 12s in points and assists, Jim Johnson garners 16 points and 13 rebounds off the bench and Brandon Edmond's his reserve assistant with 10 points.

A slow start condemns us to a 113-106 defeat by the Wizards, as 24 points from David Anyan, 20 points and 10 rebounds from Terrence Howard and Jim Johnson's 11 bench points aren't enough or us to break through.

Tariel Abashize did get traded after all, shipped from the Wizards to the Heat and it's Miami we play the next game. Fortunately, we prevail 102-94 on Antonio Sarchet's 23 points, William Tackett's 12 points and 14 assists, Terrence Howard's poor man's 10 points, 10 rebounds, Jameel Williams's 12 points and 10 assists off the bench and his second man Jim Johnson, scoring 13 of his own.

David Anyan (22 points, 11 rebounds), Terrence Howard (17 points, 15 rebounds) and Jim Johnson (10 bench points) ensure that it's a merry Christmas in NorCal by conspiring to beat Golden State 94-83. Even given the ridiculously hot Suns, I'm still pretty happy with how the season's going.

We come back from the holiday break to thump the Jazz 111-96. David Anyan scores 26, Ronald King finally wakes up with 21 points and Terrence Howard pulls down 18 points and 11 rebounds.

2026 ends with a titanic 28 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocks from David Anyan and 15 points and 13 rebounds from Terrence Howard in our easy 100-78 win over the Spurs.

If we were in any other division in the West, our 20-8 record would be good enough for first place. But we're in the Pacific, where Phoenix leads us by 5 games at 26-4 and the Clippers are nipping our heels at 19-10.

Houston's half a game in front of Dallas at 17-14, while the Hornets have crashed hard at 11-17, dropping from first to fourth in one month's time. Minnesota's restored respectability to the Northwest, 16-12 good for a game lead on Seattle. Denver's nightmare season continues at 8-22.

24-6 Boston has an astounding 7 game lead on the Knicks in the East and it's pretty much a dogfight everywhere for the second best team at this point. 16-11 is enough for Chicago to stake a game claim on the Cavs in the Central, while 16-13 Atlanta fends off Charlotte and Washington by two games.

I won't post Mateen Yeaton's numbers, other than to say that he's averaging a lowly 2.8 points a game.