freep.com - 2/25/2008
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PHOENIX -- The transition game is one of the Phoenix Suns' biggest strengths. But being in transition as a team is a different ballgame. The Pistons played one of their most complete games of the season Sunday and took advantage of the Suns, who are still incorporating Shaquille O'Neal into their traditionally fast-breaking offense. The result was a monster blowout -- a 116-86 victory for the ...
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Rasheed rules Shaq Suns
NBA Obsessed —
... Suns had only 10 fast-break points.
“I didn’t come down a lot on the break and shoot my three that I love to shoot,” Billups said. “That gets them into their fast break. I just wanted to control, control, control and get some guys down there with me.”
He looked in particular for Rasheed Wallace, who abused Phoenix forward Amare Stoudemire with his turnaround jumper in the post to score a team-high 22 points. He also had eight rebounds.
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The announcers did their best to keep it entertaining. Know what ...
Game #56: No contest out West
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[Box score] That picture pretty much sums it up, a 30 point blow out. It’s going to be hard for Phoenix to really gauge how the Shaq experiment is working out from the first three games they’ve played with him in uniform.
Great effort from start to finish for the Pistons. I would have never predicted all the rest the starters would be able to get in a game against the Suns, in Phoenix no less.
Good read on why Grant Hill decided not to return to the Pistons.
Sorry I don’t have much time for this recap, but you might also want to check out: ...
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