I'm going to trying something new here tonight. I don't feel comfortable writing normally. I feel like I'm just saying what every other sports writer is. Were all just repeating the same stats, the same thoughts, what ever we have to say to make us look right. Here i go at doing the same thing they do by in my own way.
First Quarter
Maxiell started at Power Forward for this game. Which means Austin Daye won't play in the game at all. No matter how bad TayShaun Prince plays at the Small Forward position.
John Wall was active for this game but he didn't dress, thank god. Gilbert Arenas was impossible to stop from the get go. I can't imagine the Pistons have to guard both of them.
The Pistons started out the first quarter strong and ended strong winning twenty-four to seventeen.
Second Quarter
The second quarter is when the Wizards just pushed and pushed and pushed the ball and scored at will on the Pistons. Gilbert Arenas as hitting shots and making perfect passes. I honestly don't know how the pistons stayed in the game. They were scoring on hustle and skill alone. The Wizards almost never missed an open jumper during the whole second quarter.
Tracey McGrady seems to be back. Halfway thru the second quarter he caught and alley oop from Will Bynum and threw it down hard. His legs are back and there seem to be no after effects from the injury he suffered in the last game against the Lakers.
At this point in the game Javale McGee of the Wizards has started dunking on the Pistons. All of them, at once. He was a force of nature the whole game.
The Pistons defense didn't exist and they somehow kept up with the Wizards to the point they were only down fifty-two to fifty-five at the end of the first half.
Third Quarter
Rodney Stuckey started of the second half by getting a steal and going on the fastbreak for an easy two. The Wizards scoring started to slow down for the first part of the third quarter.
At this point i have noticed that Tayshaun Prince has missed a large chunk of his attempted shots. I wonder why Austin Daye doesn't get his minutes. Austin Daye is seriously talented Small Forward with Shooting Guard skills. He needs to get playing time in the right positions.
The Wizards get hot on bottom half of the third quarter and some how the Pistons manage to stay close and end the quarter down seventy-seven to seventy-eight.
Fourth Quarter
During the fourth quarter the Pistons kept falling behind but they would somehow fight back. All the close games they've been in this year have really taught them how to fight for the win. Whenever the Wizards got hot the Pistons would keep up with them.
Midway thru the fourth Quarter Fox Sports Detroit did a short piece about how Austin Daye and Charlie Villanueva were good friends off the court. I thought that was awesome. Just wanted to say that.
Charlie Villanueva put the team on his back in the fourth quarter and forced the Wizards into overtime. Charlie Villanueva was a force of nature whenever he was on the court. He deserves to start.
Charlie Villanueva drove the lane with under twenty-four seconds left and tied the game at one hundred and two a piece. The Wizards missed there chance to win and the game went to overtime with the score still tied the same.
Overtime
In overtime Rip Hamilton was just unconscious and would barely miss a jumper. He scored all but one point for the Pistons. Early on the Wizards still scored easily each time Rip did. Then the Pistons defense kicked in out of nowhere to constantly stop the Wizards. Rip scored enough points and the defense held up. The Pistons beat the Wizards in overtime one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and ten.
I did my best to leave stats completely out of this. I'm tired of sports writing just being repeated. Thanks for reading this.
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