CHARLOTTE (7-7)
AT DETROIT (9-5)
7:30 p.m., Charlotte Coliseum
Radio: WBT-AM (1110)
SCOUTING REPORT
The Pistons lead the NBA in field-goal accuracy at 47.6 percent. But the Hornets outrebounded them 45-18 Wednesday.
Pistons point guard Dana Barros was limited to three minutes Wednesday by a hamstring injury. Chucky Atkins filled in with a 25-point game off the bench.
Former Charlotte 49ers star Rodney White, the Pistons' lottery pick in June, hasn't played in five of Detroit's past six games.
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The tomb, as The Palace had been called by many in recent years, is finally showing signs of life.
Slowly, but surely, we might add. The Pistons (9-5), off to a good start, aren't exactly selling out the joint every night.
Still, there's no denying that fans are not only interested in the 2001-02 Pistons, but also want to see them play live and in person. Hence, fans are coming back to The Palace, and they are bringing their cheering voices with them.
You can also hear it on sports-talk radio shows. Given the choice of picking a prize for a contest, many insist on Pistons tickets -- even when they aren't an option.
"The fans are excited, of course," said Pistons' center/forward Cliff Robinson, whose team takes on the Hornets in Charlotte tonight. "But at the same time, it's early.
"I think the bug is just starting to bite them. We still have a lot of basketball to go, a lot of hard work to continue to put out there to show the fans that this is real."
Matt Dobek, the Pistons' vice president of public relations, said ticket sales are up 19 percent so far from last season, and they've already had three sellouts in seven home games. Last year, the Pistons had just two sellouts for the entire season. The Pistons are averaging 17,592 a game. Last season, they averaged just 14,813.
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The NBA statistics say the Pistons are the worst rebounding team in the NBA, which is rather alarming since they led the league in rebounding last season and, in Ben Wallace, they have the eighth-leading rebounder in the league.
True, when a team sets an NBA record for fewest rebounds in a game (18 Wednesday against Charlotte) and has games when it is outrebounded by 17, 21, 15 and 27, the numbers are going to look ugly.
But this is the same team that has outrebounded big teams such as Dallas (twice), Toronto and Orlando.
Just how bad of a rebounding team are these Pistons?
"I really can't answer that, yet," Coach Rick Carlisle said Thursday. "I am fairly certain we are better than we were Wednesday night. But beyond that, it's hard to gauge."
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Pistons Nov 2001 Archive
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| Nov 30, 2001
Jerry Stackhouse, who played Wednesday night after missing three games with a strained left groin, said he's not 100 percent, but practiced Thursday and likely will play.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Yes, you read correctly.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Look who wants to get back in the league -- none other than former Pistons center Bison Dele.
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| Nov 29, 2001
I went to see the "new" Pistons on Wednesday night.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Jerry Stackhouse was still hurting, but 30 minutes before the Pistons took on Charlotte Wednesday night, he decided to give it a try.
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| Nov 28, 2001
CHARLOTTE (6-7)
AT DETROIT (9-4)
7:30 p.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Cleaves has played just 19 minutes this season -- he has seen the hardwood in just five of Sacramento's 15 games.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Jerry Stackhouse knows his priorities.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Robinson, a 6-foot-10 forward playing out of position at center, is one of the team's defensive standouts.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Maybe letting Grant Hill leave wasn't so bad after all.
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| Nov 27, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Much of the pregame hype Monday revolved around Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill facing his former team -- the Detroit Pistons -- for the first time.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Grant Hill tried to downplay Monday's matchup against his former team, the Detroit Pistons
The Orlando Magic forward said that because Detroit has a new coach (Rick Carlisle) and several new players (only Jerry Stackhouse, Michael Curry and Mikki Moore remain), the game was much like any other.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Armstrong goes to bench
Magic Coach Doc Rivers made the starting lineup switch Monday that he had been hinting at since training camp began, replacing veteran point guard Darrell Armstrong with Mike Miller to give him the big backcourt he has been wanting.
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| Nov 27, 2001
It felt as if the wheels came off Monday night.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Magic Coach Doc Rivers is thrilled to have Grant Hill on his team.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Before getting 14 points and eight rebounds against the Pistons in Monday night's long-awaited rematch with his former team, Grant Hill said the best of the showdown had yet to come.
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| Nov 26, 2001
The cameras were rolling and Grant Hill, for at least the fourth time, patiently answered the question.
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| Nov 26, 2001
The verdict is in from fashionistas at The Palace.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Both Jerry Stackhouse and Grant Hill are ailing entering tonight's showdown between the Pistons and Orlando Magic.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel reports: As much as he tries to downplay the issue now -- time has passed, faces have changed, new priorities have emerged -- Grant Hill is going to feel the hair on the back of his neck stand up tonight when he steps on the court.
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| Nov 26, 2001
WHO: Orlando Magic vs.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Magic notes: Magic forward Grant Hill should return to the Orlando starting lineup tonight to face his former team.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Ah, what a difference a few days make in soothing a ruffled ego.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Last season, Jerry Stackhouse took shots the way the IRS collects taxes: with little mercy and without fail.
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| Nov 25, 2001
This isn't the first time Chucky Atkins has felt as if he were kicked in the shins.
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| Nov 24, 2001
After the Pistons' shootaround, Jerry Stackhouse said he would sit out Friday's game against the Hawks but test his strained left groin tonight against Memphis.
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| Nov 23, 2001
Allen Iverson stood near the sideline, his forearm grazing the chest of Detroit reserve Damon Jones.
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| Nov 23, 2001
The Pistons just played two teams who are supposed to represent the elite of the Eastern Conference.
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| Nov 23, 2001
During Wednesday's loss at Philadelphia, fans yelled "Psycho!" in Barry's direction.
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| Nov 22, 2001
As any good agent would, John Wolf, who represents Pistons point guard Chucky Atkins, put in a call to team president Joe Dumars and player personnel director John Hammond to get a feel for Atkins' worth to the organization.
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| Nov 21, 2001
The Raptors always knew that Zelijko Rebraca could play.
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| Nov 21, 2001
Last night, Rebraca, a 29-year-old NBA rookie, spent an evening with Hakeem Olajuwon and while his Detroit Pistons beat the Raptors 88-84, it was a night Rebraca will not soon forget.
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| Nov 21, 2001
Pistons point guard Chucky Atkins said Tuesday night if he doesn't fit in coach Rick Carlisle's plans he'd like to be traded.
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| Nov 21, 2001
According to the Detroit Free Press, Pistons point guard Chucky Atkins said Tuesday night if he doesn't fit in coach Rick Carlisle's plans he'd like to be traded.
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| Nov 21, 2001
When you've been involved in the NBA for more than 17 years, the last thing you would expect is to be without a job.
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| Nov 20, 2001
It takes more than a sprained ankle to stop Pistons power forward Ben Wallace.
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| Nov 20, 2001
They're off to a 6-2 start, and if they stay on this pace, they'll win more than 60 games this season.
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| Nov 19, 2001
Be careful what you wish for.
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| Nov 19, 2001
O'Neill joined the Pistons over the summer, one of the first hires of new coach Rick Carlisle.
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| Nov 19, 2001
Pistons coach Rick Carlisle said he doesn't want to play three point guards, but Damon Jones gave more than a good account of himself Saturday night against the Indiana Pacers.
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| Nov 17, 2001
Rick Carlisle was forced to come clean: Tonight's game against Indiana is more than just another meeting with a Central Division rival.
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| Nov 16, 2001
One night after an impressive victory at Cleveland, the Mavericks looked as if they had blown an engine while driving on a dark, winding dirt road.
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| Nov 16, 2001
Admit it.
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| Nov 16, 2001
The only people who aren't surprised by how well the Pistons are playing right now are the Pistons themselves.
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| Nov 16, 2001
Ben Wallace, the Pistons' best rebounder and the NBA leader in blocked shots, joined teammates Jerry Stackhouse and Cliff Robinson on the NBA All-Star ballots released Thursday.
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| Nov 15, 2001
Joe Dumars has kept his promise to Rick Carlisle, and the Pistons coach is appreciative.
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| Nov 15, 2001
As a backup center, Rebraca's initiation to the NBA has gone better than expected, the Pistons say.
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| Nov 14, 2001
You knew, watching Rodney White last season, that he didn't care much about defense.
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| Nov 14, 2001
Despite owning the league's No.
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| Nov 14, 2001
It might be too early to label it a weakness.
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| Nov 14, 2001
Despite owning the league's No.
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| Nov 12, 2001
The Pistons continue to rue the day they traded away Bonzi Wells.
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| Nov 11, 2001
Maybe it was the uniforms.
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| Nov 11, 2001
New Jersey and Detroit are improved, but don't start printing playoff tickets.
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| Nov 10, 2001
Former Pistons great Joe Dumars began his career off the basketball court when he was named Detroit's vice president of player personnel in 1999.
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| Nov 10, 2001
So many things are new to Zeljko Rebraca.
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| Nov 10, 2001
The Pistons leisurely returned to practice Friday to prepare for Sunday night's home game against Portland.
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| Nov 9, 2001
Rick Carlisle is no longer the NBA's best-kept coaching secret.
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| Nov 8, 2001
UNLIKE HIS PREVIOUS SIX SEASONS, IT'S NOT JUST JERRY STACKHOUSE'S OFFENSE THE BULLS WILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN HE LEADS THE DETROIT PISTONS AGAINST THE BULLS TONIGHT AT THE UNITED CENTER.
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| Nov 8, 2001
First there was MJ, then Carter, and now Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry.
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| Nov 8, 2001
Who said the Detroit Pistons were a one man team? The Chicago Bulls focused on shutting down the prolific Jerry Stackhouse as the Pistons came through Chicago, the scars still healing from his 57 point effort the last time he was in town.
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| Nov 7, 2001
Just a few months ago, life could not have been much better for Rodney White, Tyson Chandler and Eddie Curry.
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| Nov 7, 2001
Winning has its benefits.
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| Nov 7, 2001
Cliff Robinson savors the opportunity to test high school draftees Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Michael Jordan scored 19 points in 22 minutes Sunday, but the Detroit Pistons humbled the visiting Washington Wizards 100-78.
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| Nov 5, 2001
With so many new faces, it wasn't supposed to come together this quick for the Detroit Pistons.
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| Nov 5, 2001
Rodney White's rookie season is off to a slow start.
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| Nov 5, 2001
Washington coach Doug Collins didn't want Jerry Stackhouse to beat the Wizards from the free throw line after two exhibition games against the the Pistons.
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| Nov 5, 2001
It didn't take long for Michael Jordan to get a taste of what life has been like for the Washington Wizards.
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| Nov 3, 2001
To his credit, Pistons coach Rick Carlisle admits that he's learning on the go as a first-year coach: making judgments; rethinking those judgments; trying come up with the right answers.
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| Nov 3, 2001
OK, so they weren't going to win them all, anyhow.
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| Nov 2, 2001
Growth.
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| Nov 2, 2001
They began the season competing for the starting job at small forward.
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| Nov 2, 2001
Coach Rick Carlisle spent about 20 minutes with rookie Rodney White after the Pistons' practice Wednesday.
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| Nov 2, 2001
As a power forward, Cliff Robinson has averaged 16.
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| Nov 2, 2001
A new era of basketball began in a state crazy about college and high school hoops.
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