I would like to start out by saying fire are coach. Kuester has no idea how to manage the roster during the game. Also thinks Austin Daye is a power forward. Austin Daye has the skill set of a Kevin Durant and he needs to recognize that before he loses his job.
The first quarter started out like the last game. WIth Tayshaun Prince hogging the ball and taking the first couple shots. Only difference this time around is that he missed all the shots he took. The Pistons fell behind 7 points early in the first quarter but manged to stay behind lakers by only single digits. Then all hell broke loose when Richard Hamilton with no regard to human life DID NOT touch Kobe Bryant and got a foul because of that. Richard Hamilton after the call told the ref kindly that it was a bad call. The ref then gave Richard Hamilton a technical foul for complaining. Hamilton then replied back with "that's bullshit". The ref then gave Hamilton 5-10 years in a local jail and ejected him from the game.
After that Lakers just ran away with the game. Kuester just doesn't know how to manage the roster during the game. He didn't do much during the second quarter and by halftime the pistons were down 14 points.
During the second half Charlie Villanueva was used more and he really helped the team out. This begs the question though, why doesn't Charlie villanueva start? He plays so good, he has been a really good rebounder the last two games. Tonight ne scored 8 points with 4 rebounds. i know 4 rebounds doesn't seem like alot but he was really attacking missed shots like he did during the last warriors game. Tonight he faced Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, and Ron Artest and he fought for the ball constantly against them.
During the late second half Austin Daye really showed how talented he was. Sadly Kuester only plays Daye out of the 2 guard spot when there down 20 or more points. Austin Daye looked alot like Kevin Durant out there with the way he drove the lane and attacked the basket. He even hit some nice pull up jumpers. Daye finished with 12 points and a really nice rebounding night with 7 boards. He also had 2 blocks.
The fourth quarter was mostly played by the Lakers bench. At one point the pistons were only down 10 but the Lakers bench stepped there game up and finished out the game. Chris Wilcox got some end of game minutes and looked pretty good out there. But its safe to say he won't ever look that good again for the Pistons. The Pistons players worked really hard again but Kuester did another bad job coaching the team.
Final Thoughts
What i forgot to mention is that during the game Tracey McGrady got mad and attacked the hoop. On his way to attacking the hoop Shannon Brown of the Lakers tackled him mid ainr and rolled up on his ankle just something horrible after the play. McGrady was down on the ground for a few minutes. He got back up and made 1 of 2 freethrows then went to the bench. Tracey McGrady came back to play later in the game but I'm sure they'll do more checks on his ankle before the next game.
Im just going to lay these next things out quickly.
Play Austin Daye out the 2 guard spot. Live and die with him.
Start Charlie Villanuva. He is a future star for us.
Use the who team more.
Fire Kuester if he does not do these things.
The end
Next Game: Nov 21st against the Wizards at 6:00 PM
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