The PRE Report - November 8, 2009
A preview of today's Pistons game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

A preview of today's Pistons game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Charlie Villanueva's fourth-quarter explosion didn't get Detroit a victory Friday night, but it did illustrate what pests the Pistons have become to the Orlando Magic, even when they lose. Villanueva scored 22 of his game-high 28 points in the final period, enough for the Pistons (2-4) to put a scare into the Magic in the final minutes of a 110-103 victory that felt more like a loss.
Dwight Howard made up for a miserable performance against the Pistons three nights earlier. Even so, he was still irked by what happened in the fourth quarter. Howard's 22 points and 12 rebounds were enough to help the Orlando Magic hold off Charlie Villanueva and Detroit 110-103 Friday night, but the win was soured by the Pistons' 35-point fourth quarter.
Allen Iverson has a message for anyone who thinks his game is slipping at age 34: Just watch him play.
Thanks to money raised by the 2009 Pistons Care Telethon in support of Feed The Children (FTC), the Pistons organization is delivering supplies to 400 military families in critical need at Selfridge Air Base through the Family Support Center.
A preview of tonight's Pistons game against the Orlando Magic.
Without Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince in the lineup, the Pistons are affected in both their frontcourt and their backcourt, on offense and on defense. Rodney Stuckey is bearing the brunt, but not all effects are for the worse.
The Detroit Pistons are paying Tayshaun Prince $10.3 million and team president Joe Dumars has said he would...
If the Grizzlies think Allen Iverson will get used to coming off the bench – or losing – they better think again.
Pistons Mailbag - Thursday, November 5, 2009
Pistons at Raptors
One night after spilling their guts at The Palace to beat Orlando, the Pistons almost overcame a 17-point deficit at Toronto. But John Kuester saw more fight and gained a few more clues about his rotation puzzle. Read True Blue Pistons.
Rip Hamilton Mini Bobbleheads Also Given Away to First 7,500 Fans
A preview of tonight's Pistons game against the Toronto Raptors.
The Detroit Pistons realized in the preseason that they might have found something in the small, speedy guard combination of Ben Gordon, Rodney Stuckey and Will Bynum. Tuesday, they discovered they were right. With Tayshaun Prince (back) missing his first game in six years and Richard Hamilton (ankle) also sidelined, the Pistons got 63 points from Gordon, Stuckey and Bynum in a 85-80 victory over...
Professional basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing has been re-elected Detroit mayor. The 65-year-old Democrat defeated accountant Tom Barrow in Tuesday's nonpartisan general election. Bing's NBA career lasted 12 seasons, nine with the Detroit Pistons. As mayor, he has laid off workers and demanded a 10 percent wage cut to help address the city's ongoing budget deficit.
Detroit Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince will miss Tuesday's game against the Orlando Magic with a back injury, ending his consecutive-games streak at 496. Prince will be sidelined for at least three games before his status is re-evaluated this weekend. His games-played streak was second among active players, trailing Andre Miller, and his games-started streak of 439 was the longest active run.
Already missing Rip Hamilton, the Pistons went into Tuesdays game against powerful Orlando minus Tayshaun Prince as well. But they all contributed to a big win and a win that figures to have significant carryover effect.
Pistons vs. Magic
Just when you were ready to give Allen Iverson the benefit of the doubt and say, OK, maybe the whole situation...
After one game, Allen Iverson is already angry about his playing time. The Grizzlies should have seen this coming.
A preview of tonight's Pistons game against the Orlando Magic.
Through three games, the stat that probably means the most to the Pistons is their record with and without Rip Hamilton. But one pattern theyd like to discontinue is their woeful third quarters, which sunk them twice over the weekend.
Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd will be out two weeks with an injured left knee, a source tells the Journal...