Pistons 83-75 Nets (31 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

New Jersey Nets

15-17, 10-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NJ	18	11	23	23	75
DET	22	18	22	21	83

Detroit Pistons

19-11, 11-5 home

Tayshaun Prince misses 19-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 10-foot jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Amir Johnson makes two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 19-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 26-foot three point jumper
Amir Johnson makes dunk (Allen Iverson assists)
Amir Johnson makes dunk (Allen Iverson assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Amir Johnson misses 20-foot jumper
Rodney Stuckey makes driving layup (Amir Johnson assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 11-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rodney Stuckey misses 16-foot two point shot
Arron Afflalo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rodney Stuckey misses driving layup
Kwame Brown makes tip shot
Tayshaun Prince makes 9-foot hook shot
Arron Afflalo makes 20-foot jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Rodney Stuckey misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Maxiell misses 10-foot hook shot
Kwame Brown makes two point shot (Allen Iverson assists)
Arron Afflalo misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts blocks Rodney Stuckey's layup
Allen Iverson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Arron Afflalo misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 13-foot jumper
Allen Iverson misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Maxiell makes driving layup
Tayshaun Prince makes two point shot (Allen Iverson assists)
Allen Iverson misses jumper
Jason Maxiell makes layup (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Jason Maxiell misses 17-foot jumper
Arron Afflalo makes driving layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 17-foot jumper (Kwame Brown assists)
Allen Iverson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Arron Afflalo misses 42-foot three point jumper
Allen Iverson makes 21-foot jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Allen Iverson misses 19-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 21-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 13-foot jumper
Amir Johnson makes two point shot
Rodney Stuckey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Allen Iverson makes 19-foot jumper (Kwame Brown assists)
Allen Iverson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Allen Iverson makes 17-foot jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Kwame Brown makes layup (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Amir Johnson misses layup
Jason Maxiell misses 17-foot jumper
Rodney Stuckey makes 16-foot jumper
Rodney Stuckey makes 19-foot jumper
Allen Iverson makes 13-foot two point shot
Arron Afflalo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Chris Douglas-Roberts blocks Allen Iverson's 18-foot jumper
Rodney Stuckey makes 18-foot jumper (Arron Afflalo assists)
Allen Iverson makes 13-foot two point shot
Allen Iverson misses 19-foot jumper
Arron Afflalo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)
Jason Maxiell misses 18-foot jumper
Allen Iverson misses layup
Arron Afflalo misses 17-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 9-foot hook shot
Rodney Stuckey makes 19-foot jumper
Allen Iverson misses 20-foot jumper
Brook Lopez blocks Tayshaun Prince's layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 17-foot jumper (Arron Afflalo assists)
Rodney Stuckey misses 17-foot jumper
Allen Iverson makes 9-foot running jumper
Allen Iverson makes 13-foot jumper
Brook Lopez blocks Arron Afflalo's 14-foot running jumper
Rodney Stuckey misses 14-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris misses 17-foot two point shot
Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper (Bobby Simmons assists)
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Yi Jianlian misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 27-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris misses 9-foot running jumper
Brook Lopez makes two point shot
Amir Johnson blocks Devin Harris's layup
Rasheed Wallace blocks Yi Jianlian's layup
Yi Jianlian misses layup
Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 17-foot two point shot
Jason Maxiell blocks Vince Carter's layup
Devin Harris misses 17-foot two point shot
Eduardo Najera makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 18-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 18-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 14-foot running jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses layup
Jarvis Hayes misses 16-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 21-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Eduardo Najera misses 9-foot hook shot
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses jumper
Vince Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez misses layup
Brook Lopez makes two point shot
Jarvis Hayes misses 20-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez misses 8-foot hook shot
Yi Jianlian misses layup
Brook Lopez makes tip shot
Yi Jianlian makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Yi Jianlian makes dunk (Josh Boone assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes driving layup
Yi Jianlian makes dunk (Bobby Simmons assists)
Rodney Stuckey blocks Devin Harris's layup
Jarvis Hayes misses 16-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 19-foot two point shot
Yi Jianlian misses 15-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes layup (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris misses layup
Brook Lopez makes tip shot
Yi Jianlian misses 26-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes 19-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes layup (Devin Harris assists)
Bobby Simmons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yi Jianlian misses layup
Brook Lopez misses two point shot
Bobby Simmons misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bobby Simmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes 18-foot two point shot
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses 15-foot two point shot
Jason Maxiell blocks Chris Douglas-Roberts's layup
Maurice Ager makes driving layup
Maurice Ager misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 15-foot jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes driving layup (Devin Harris assists)
Brook Lopez makes layup (Devin Harris assists)
Brook Lopez misses 20-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes layup (Devin Harris assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris makes two point shot (Brook Lopez assists)
Yi Jianlian makes 7-foot hook shot (Brook Lopez assists)
Brook Lopez misses layup
Devin Harris misses 17-foot jumper
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Jarvis Hayes misses 27-foot three point jumper

NETS

PISTONS

TIME		NJ	DET
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Brook Lopez vs. Amir Johnson (Rodney Stuckey gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Tayshaun Prince misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	0	0
11:14	Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper	0	0
11:11	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	0	0
10:53	Rasheed Wallace makes 10-foot jumper (Rodney Stuckey assists)	0	2
10:36	Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:33	Amir Johnson defensive rebound	0	2
10:29	Allen Iverson bad pass (Devin Harris steals)	0	2
10:22	Devin Harris misses 17-foot two point shot	0	2
10:21	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	0	2
10:14	Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper (Bobby Simmons assists)	2	2
9:48	Amir Johnson makes two point shot	2	4
9:32	Devin Harris makes driving layup	4	4
9:32	Allen Iverson shooting foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)	4	4
9:32	Devin Harris makes free throw 1 of 1	5	4
9:22	Rasheed Wallace lost ball (Yi Jianlian steals)	5	4
9:19	Devin Harris makes driving layup	7	4
8:57	Rasheed Wallace misses 19-foot two point shot	7	4
8:56	Bobby Simmons defensive rebound	7	4
8:49	Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper	7	4
8:48	New Jersey defensive rebound	7	4
8:34	Bobby Simmons personal foul (Amir Johnson draws the foul)	7	4
8:26	Rasheed Wallace misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	4
8:25	Amir Johnson offensive rebound	7	4
8:19	Amir Johnson makes dunk (Allen Iverson assists)	7	6
8:10	Devin Harris lost ball (Amir Johnson steals)	7	6
8:04	Amir Johnson makes dunk (Allen Iverson assists)	7	8
7:47	Yi Jianlian makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)	10	8
7:28	Rasheed Wallace makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)	10	11
7:16	Amir Johnson personal foul (Yi Jianlian draws the foul)	10	11
7:09	Yi Jianlian misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	11
7:09	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	10	11
6:50	Amir Johnson misses 20-foot jumper	10	11
6:48	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	10	11
6:30	Yi Jianlian misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	11
6:28	Amir Johnson defensive rebound	10	11
6:26	Rodney Stuckey makes driving layup (Amir Johnson assists)	10	13
6:26	Yi Jianlian shooting foul (Rodney Stuckey draws the foul)	10	13
6:26	Rodney Stuckey misses free throw 1 of 1	10	13
6:24	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	10	13
6:03	Rodney Stuckey personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	10	13
6:03	Detroit full timeout	10	13
5:52	Devin Harris misses 9-foot running jumper	10	13
5:50	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	10	13
5:50	Brook Lopez makes two point shot	12	13
5:28	Rasheed Wallace makes 11-foot two point shot	12	15
5:03	Amir Johnson blocks Devin Harris's layup	12	15
5:01	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	12	15
4:56	Amir Johnson offensive foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	12	15
4:56	Amir Johnson turnover	12	15
4:39	Rasheed Wallace blocks Yi Jianlian's layup	12	15
4:37	New Jersey offensive rebound	12	15
4:37	Yi Jianlian misses layup	12	15
4:35	Devin Harris offensive rebound	12	15
4:33	Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	15
4:30	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	12	15
4:09	Rasheed Wallace misses 28-foot three point jumper	12	15
4:09	Detroit offensive rebound	12	15
4:09	Arron Afflalo enters the game for Allen Iverson	12	15
4:09	Jason Maxiell enters the game for Rasheed Wallace	12	15
4:09	Jarvis Hayes enters the game for Bobby Simmons	12	15
4:05	Rodney Stuckey misses 16-foot two point shot	12	15
4:03	Jarvis Hayes defensive rebound	12	15
3:48	Amir Johnson shooting foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	12	15
3:48	Brook Lopez makes free throw 1 of 2	13	15
3:48	Kwame Brown enters the game for Amir Johnson	13	15
3:48	Eduardo Najera enters the game for Yi Jianlian	13	15
3:48	Brook Lopez makes free throw 2 of 2	14	15
3:33	Arron Afflalo misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	15
3:31	Jarvis Hayes defensive rebound	14	15
3:24	Vince Carter makes 17-foot two point shot	16	15
3:01	Rodney Stuckey misses driving layup	16	15
3:00	Kwame Brown offensive rebound	16	15
3:00	Kwame Brown makes tip shot	16	17
2:45	Jason Maxiell blocks Vince Carter's layup	16	15
2:44	Kwame Brown defensive rebound	16	15
2:36	Kwame Brown offensive foul (Jarvis Hayes draws the foul)	16	15
2:36	Kwame Brown turnover	16	15
2:36	Chris Douglas-Roberts enters the game for Vince Carter	16	17
2:18	Devin Harris misses 17-foot two point shot	16	17
2:17	New Jersey defensive rebound	16	17
2:06	Tayshaun Prince lost ball (Jarvis Hayes steals)	16	17
1:54	Eduardo Najera makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)	18	17
1:54	Jason Maxiell shooting foul (Eduardo Najera draws the foul)	18	17
1:54	Eduardo Najera misses free throw 1 of 1	18	17
1:53	Arron Afflalo defensive rebound	18	17
1:37	Tayshaun Prince makes 9-foot hook shot	18	19
1:37	Jarvis Hayes shooting foul (Tayshaun Prince draws the foul)	18	19
1:37	Tayshaun Prince makes free throw 1 of 1	18	20
1:22	Jarvis Hayes misses 18-foot jumper	18	20
1:21	Chris Douglas-Roberts offensive rebound	18	20
1:13	Jason Maxiell shooting foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)	18	20
1:13	Devin Harris misses free throw 1 of 2	18	20
1:13	New Jersey offensive rebound	18	20
1:13	Josh Boone enters the game for Brook Lopez	18	20
1:13	Devin Harris misses free throw 2 of 2	18	20
1:13	Kwame Brown defensive rebound	18	20
57.5	Arron Afflalo makes 20-foot jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)	18	22
33.9	Jarvis Hayes misses 18-foot jumper	18	22
31.9	Rodney Stuckey defensive rebound	18	22
22.9	Rodney Stuckey bad pass (Eduardo Najera steals)	18	22
1.0	Devin Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper	18	22
0.0	New Jersey offensive rebound	18	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	22

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Pistons
96
Nets
103

Game 1

8/11

Nets
75
Pistons
83

Game 2

31/12

Pistons
98
Nets
111

Game 3

2/4

Nets
93
Pistons
100

Game 4

11/4

The Palace of Auburn Hills

8:00 PM, 31 December 2008

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Derrick Stafford
Dan Crawford
Pat Fraher

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	1	.941	-	W1
Milwaukee	7	9	.438	8.5	W3
Chicago	7	10	.412	9	W1
Detroit	7	10	.412	9	L2
Indiana	6	10	.375	9.5	L3

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