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I expect the Spurs to win big.
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I expect the Spurs to win big.
Acker has never played a game in the NBA. And he's a Combo guard (I'm pretty sure he played mostly SG in college). Not sure a game in San Antonio is the best day to make your debut in the NBA AND as a PG, but oh well. Flip did just mention a couple minutes ago on the radio that Lindsey definately won't play, and that Acker will play if Arroyo is suspended. I imagine if he totally sucks it up Chauncey will be back in immediately to play the entire game. Hopefully there's is no foul trouble, or we're completely screwed.
Hamilton, Prince and Delfino can all play point guard, at least for stretches. And since they would be playing against Nick the not-so-quick Van Exel, it might even favor Detroit.
Flip knows that he IS suspended right? It's not an if.Flip did just mention a couple minutes ago on the radio that Lindsey definately won't play, and that Acker will play if Arroyo is suspended.
Oh .. I got the memo from the NBA about an hour ago. I thought it was announced before that.
[QUOTE]Pistons will probably be without their backup point guard, so it's just another meaningless game, unless Detroit wins, in which case it's a vitally important statement game.
The Pistons will suit up Alex Acker and he's got a chip on his shoulder so look out. Plus he plays much better defense than Arroyo so this game shopuld be interesting.
I doubt it. He has the potential to be a great defender (very long arms), but he's so inexperienced at this level that he is no better than Arroyo at this point. The game speed is about a mile ahead of him, and that was just in pre-season. He can hit some jumpshots though. Pretty crafty scorer.
Ohh, well, I just noticed I was listening to the replay of the interview (should have known, it was a morning show), so I assume it was earlier in the day. It sounded like he knew, but didn't want to say it officially.
Seeing Acker make his NBA debut ought to be interesting, all right, but if he doesn't get totally schooled, I'll be stunned.
Bold prediction: Alex is gonna light it up, and officially knock Arroyo out of the rotation.
oh please let that happen!
i have not even heard arroyo got suspended yet. oh well more time for chauncey to kill you guys.
he probably will if he plays against beno.
He's suspended for 1 game.
Detroit’s Arroyo Suspended
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 – Detroit Pistons guard Carlos Arroyo has been suspended one game without pay for making physical contact with a game official, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations.
The incident occurred with 7:43 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Pistons 96-86 road victory over the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets at Ford Center in Oklahoma City. Arroyo will serve his suspension Thursday night when the Pistons visit the San Antonio Spurs.
Acker will suprise some people, this i vow.
I REALLY hope so, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. If he can light it up under that kind of pressure (NBA debut, against the champs on their floor, backing up the team's probably MVP), that'd be unreal.
Just hilarious.
Nope, no it's not.
If the Pistons win this one, I don't think it would be that meaningless.IMO, this game (as was the christmas game) is completely meaningless outside of HCA implications.
If the Spurs win this game, which puts the series 1-1 for the regular season, would the team that finishes with the best record get HCA???
The team with the best record always gets HCA, no matter what the season series was.
The usual second tiebreaker (after head-to-head) is conference winning percentage. That's what they use for the conference playoffs, I guess they might also use that for the Finals, although it wouldn't really make sense.
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