Game Preview: Detroit Pistons at Milwaukee Bucks
By Dan Feldman
Essentials
Date: Oct. 31, 2009
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Television: Fox Sports Detroit
Records
Detroit: 1-1
Milwaukee: 0-1
Probable starters
Detroit:
PG |
SG
SF
PF
C
Rodney
Stuckey
Ben
Gordon
Tayshaun
Prince
Charlie
Villanueva
Ben
Wallace
Milwaukee:
PG |
SG
SF
PF
C
Brandon
Jennings
Michael
Redd
Luc
Mbah a Moute
Kurt
Thomas
Andrew
Bogut
Las Vegas projection
Spread: Detroit +2.5
Over/under: 184
Score: Milwaukee wins, 93-91
Statistical projection
Detroit offensive rating: 103.4 (16th)
Detroit defensive rating: 95.3 (4th)
Detroit pace: 86.6 (30th)
Milwaukee offensive rating: 87.8 (29th)
Milwaukee defensive rating: 101.1 (9th)
Milwaukee City pace: 98.0 (3rd)
Score: Detroit wins, 95-85
Outlook
Ben Wallace and Tayshaun Prince should see a little bit less playing time tonight in the second game of a back-to-back. I hope that means more minutes for Jonas Jerebko and Austin Daye.
I’m not sure those guys necessarily belong in the rotation. But I’m just excited to see what they can do.
As a basketball fan, I’m also pretty pumped to see Brandon Jennings (17 points, nine rebounds and nine assist’s in Milwaukee’s season-opening loss at Philadelphia).
Come back for the live blog at 8:30 (or so. Might start a few minutes late).