Pistons 88-87 Clippers (4 Jan, 2009) Box Score

Detroit Pistons

21-11, 9-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	23	29	15	21	88
LAC	22	32	12	21	87

LA Clippers

8-25, 3-14 home

Detroit Pistons

starters
Amir JohnsonA. Johnson
Tayshaun PrinceT. Prince
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Rodney StuckeyR. Stuckey
Allen IversonA. Iverson
bench
Antonio McDyessA. McDyess
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace
Jason MaxiellJ. Maxiell
Walter Herrmann HeinrichW. Heinrich
Will BynumW. Bynum
Richard HamiltonR. Hamilton
Arron AfflaloA. Afflalo
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	0	1	1	0	4	0	4
41	7-18	1-3	5-8	3	4	7	2	0	3	1	1	-6	20
19	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	7	11	0	1	0	0	4	0	2
43	10-24	1-1	3-3	1	3	4	6	2	0	3	5	+1	24
42	7-22	2-7	2-2	0	0	0	10	2	0	3	0	+4	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	2-5	0-0	2-2	4	11	15	0	1	0	1	5	0	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	+7	4
6	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	4-9	1-4	1-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	+1	10
	35-89	5-17	13-16	15	32	47	20	7	5	8	24		88
	39.3%	29.4%	81.3%

LA Clippers

starters
Brian SkinnerB. Skinner
Al ThorntonA. Thornton
Marcus CambyM. Camby
Fred JonesF. Jones
Eric GordonE. Gordon
bench
Zach RandolphZ. Randolph
Steve NovakS. Novak
Chris KamanC. Kaman
Paul DavisP. Davis
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan
Baron DavisB. Davis
Jason HartJ. Hart
Mardy CollinsM. Collins
Mike TaylorM. Taylor
Ricky DavisR. Davis
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	2-6	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	-5	4
40	4-11	0-0	4-5	0	6	6	1	0	0	2	3	-7	12
42	4-10	0-0	6-9	2	18	20	1	0	2	2	2	-4	14
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+5	0
44	9-21	1-3	12-12	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	2	+3	31
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	5-9	3-5	2-2	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	+4	15
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+3	0
18	3-3	0-0	3-6	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	-1	9
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	1-7	0-0	0-2	2	4	6	12	2	0	3	3	-3	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	28-68	4-8	27-36	6	35	41	19	4	4	11	13		87
	41.2%	50.0%	75.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DET leads 1-0

Pistons
88
Clippers
87

Game 1

4/1

Clippers
90
Pistons
108

Game 2

21/3

crypto.com Arena

8:30 PM, 4 January 2009

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 17,968

Referees:
Sean Corbin
Tommy Nunez Jr.
Gary Zielinski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

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