Mike Abdenour, Arnie Kander, a towel, a timeout and some gauze stuffed up his nose finally stopped Villanueva’s bleeding. Then, the forward went to the free-throw line and finally stopped the Pistons’ bleeding.Sure, they snapped a snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 94-88 win over Atlanta. But more importantly, they became a team I – and I suspect many other Pistons fans – can be passionate about.
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PistonPowered is seeing the win over the Hawks as a turning point, where the team finally started exerting full effort and shook off their lethargy to win as a team. This without Ben Gordon, Rip Hamilton, and Tayshaun Prince.
Of course, Ben Wallace has 10 points, six over his average (though no one is a better rebounder this season. Not Howard, nobody). The Hawks only drew 8 free throws, and Jonas Jerebko had 10 on 13 shots in 42 minutes. But still. Effort!
In closing, the fact that Will Bynum is not starting is abject lunacy. And what the hell are they going to do when Hamilton and Gordon both get back? Just bury Bynum, who has been their MVP so far?
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Big Ben has been the MVP so far. And nobody expected it.