NBA
Regular Season Round 55: Detroit P. - Indiana P. 119-109
Date: December 26, 2014
Maybe putting all the focus on defense during practice after allowing 100 points for three straight games was just what Detroit needed to get its offense going. Greg Monroe had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Andre Drummond scored 20 points and the Pistons ended a four-game skid with a 119-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. 'What speaks to my coaching, better than anything, is we spent three days working on almost nothing but defense, give up 109 points, and our offense was fantastic,' Stan Van Gundy said with a smile. 'That tells you how good my teaching was, right there.' Brandon Jennings scored 14 and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 for the Pistons. Roy Hibbert paced Indiana with 19 points, but foul trouble sent him to the bench in the third quarter, and the Pistons took advantage. They outscored the Pacers 36-29 in the period to take an 11-point lead into the fourth. Hibbert fouled out at 5:53 of the fourth quarter, putting a damper on Indiana's comeback bid. Solomon Hill and C.J. Watson both added 14 points in the losing effort. 'I was a little tentative, and that ultimately bit me,' Hibbert said. 'I could have done a better job.' The Pistons came out strong, netting 32 points in the first quarter and leading 57-53 at halftime - the team's second-highest first-half output of the season. The Pistons also set a season high with 36 points in the third quarter. 'I think the ball just moved,' Monroe said. 'Guys were aggressive, but they were smart at the same time. We just took good shots.' The usually stalwart Indiana defense, which ranks No. 1 in the NBA in opponents' points per game (96.1), allowed the Pistons to shoot 54.7 percent from the field on the night, well above their season average of 41.3 percent (30th in the league). The Pistons hadn't shot better than 49.3 percent all year. They topped their best scoring output of the season 7:30 remaining. 'It's definitely a sign of how we should play, but it's only one game,' Jennings said. Indiana shot 50.6 percent, but never could get the lead after Detroit tied it at 15 with 5:54 to go in the first quarter. 'They're a good team,' Hibbert said of the Pistons. 'They have a lot of pieces that have been there for a while. I didn't think it would take them long to get the chemistry going again.' Courtesy of: yahoo.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 55: Detroit P. - Indiana P. 119-109
Date: December 26, 2014
Maybe putting all the focus on defense during practice after allowing 100 points for three straight games was just what Detroit needed to get its offense going. Greg Monroe had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Andre Drummond scored 20 points and the Pistons ended a four-game skid with a 119-109 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. 'What speaks to my coaching, better than anything, is we spent three days working on almost nothing but defense, give up 109 points, and our offense was fantastic,' Stan Van Gundy said with a smile. 'That tells you how good my teaching was, right there.' Brandon Jennings scored 14 and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 for the Pistons. Roy Hibbert paced Indiana with 19 points, but foul trouble sent him to the bench in the third quarter, and the Pistons took advantage. They outscored the Pacers 36-29 in the period to take an 11-point lead into the fourth. Hibbert fouled out at 5:53 of the fourth quarter, putting a damper on Indiana's comeback bid. Solomon Hill and C.J. Watson both added 14 points in the losing effort. 'I was a little tentative, and that ultimately bit me,' Hibbert said. 'I could have done a better job.' The Pistons came out strong, netting 32 points in the first quarter and leading 57-53 at halftime - the team's second-highest first-half output of the season. The Pistons also set a season high with 36 points in the third quarter. 'I think the ball just moved,' Monroe said. 'Guys were aggressive, but they were smart at the same time. We just took good shots.' The usually stalwart Indiana defense, which ranks No. 1 in the NBA in opponents' points per game (96.1), allowed the Pistons to shoot 54.7 percent from the field on the night, well above their season average of 41.3 percent (30th in the league). The Pistons hadn't shot better than 49.3 percent all year. They topped their best scoring output of the season 7:30 remaining. 'It's definitely a sign of how we should play, but it's only one game,' Jennings said. Indiana shot 50.6 percent, but never could get the lead after Detroit tied it at 15 with 5:54 to go in the first quarter. 'They're a good team,' Hibbert said of the Pistons. 'They have a lot of pieces that have been there for a while. I didn't think it would take them long to get the chemistry going again.' Courtesy of: yahoo.com
 DETROIT P. (coach: John-Blair Bickerstaff)119 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 0 | CildTRll-OIpR, KRjUiLaIus | 43 | 3-2 (05%) | 8-0 (35%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 66 | 5 |
| 65 | bIjQIR, GQRD | 46 | 9-66 (14.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 0-2 (18.0%) | 0 | 65 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 45 | 5 |
| 5 | gQuBBIjd, SjdQR | 82 | 7-68 (90%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-2 (80%) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 85 | 68 | 5 |
| 9 | zRjjajDs, mQijdIj | 82 | 3-9 (09.6%) | 8-0 (35%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 86 | 5 |
| 44 | zRQRMVI, zIjis | 82 | 8-3 (05%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 68 | 5 |
| 63 | SuDusUaj, g.z. | 83 | 0-0 (655%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 62 | 5 |
| 80 | AajDlRQ, KFlR | 88 | 6-3 (80%) | 8-0 (35%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 85 | bRRVs, zIdaR | 86 | 0-9 (96.3%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 7 | 5 |
| 46 | muUlRQ, CiQIj | 60 | 5-6 (5%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 05 | SjUhIjF, zIRl | 7 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 5 |
| wIUil | 49-15 (16.9%) | 65-81 (42.0%) | 60-87 (06.9%) | 68 | 45 | 38 | 80 | 88 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 667 | 667 | |||
 INDIANA P. (coach: Rick Carlisle)109 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 33 | Hall, AIlIBIj | 49 | 4-1 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 0-0 (655%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 62 | 5 |
| 48 | WiUsIj, C.z. | 48 | 3-0 (25%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 61 | 5 |
| 86 | WRsU, giLad | 87 | 4-68 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 0 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 4 | Hall, GRIQDR | 89 | 8-3 (05%) | 4-2 (49.0%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 9 | 5 |
| 3 | AZIli, vuas | 83 | 9-68 (02.4%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 7 | 5 |
| 00 | HaMMRQU, eIF | 84 | 0-65 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 7-65 (75%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 67 | 68 | 5 |
| 0 | SllRj, viLIF | 67 | 0-1 (24.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 65 | 5 |
| 8 | AUuZVRF, eIdjRF | 67 | 4-1 (05%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | balRs, C.z. | 62 | 5-6 (5%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 60 | AlIij, gIjild | 2 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 88 | CIpRlijd, ChQasUIphRQ | 4 | 5-5 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 38 | WhaUUajDUIj, AhiFjR | 6 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| wIUil | 44-14 (08.3%) | 7-85 (30.5%) | 61-88 (98.9%) | 66 | 44 | 33 | 80 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 657 | 72 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
