Sheed strolled in, had his pregame pleasantries, and was sent packing by a crippled Piston squad that had too much motivation on their side.

Scoring like it’s his job: Rodney Stuckey was out of control last night, and the Celts absolutely could not top him. As much as I hate seeing Stuckey take jump shots, they seemed to be falling this time. When he wasn’t dropping those, he had the jets on and his sights on the bucket. Rodney was born to drive to the hole, let’s hope he keeps doing it. 10 rebounds from your point guard is always good too.

Just goes to show: When Sheed is motivated, he’s still got it. He wanted to put on a show at the Palace and he did: 16 points, 7 boards, 3 steals, and a block in his Auburn Hills reuniting. However, his performance was overshadowed by the spectacular clutch shooting of our own Charlie Villanueva.

Bynum and Gordon: Get healthy already! Judging by how much Rip is being forced to handle the ball (eight turnovers last night), we need all the backcourt we can get. Rip is a pure shooter, and can’t be relied on to get the ball around the court.

17 points in the 1st quarter: However, Pierce only finished with 21 points on the night. I never understood how things like that we possible. One of the great mysteries of the NBA, I suppose.

No more Daye homonyms: Despite my awful Sheed wordplay in the title. Austin Daye finished with eight rebounds and eight points, three of them coming from a key buzzer three-ball in the waning seconds of halftime. Pretty good numbers for the little fella. Regardless, if I see “Sunny Daye” or “What a beautiful Daye” in one more Detroit media piece, I’m not reading another daye.

Holy Amir Johnson, Batman: Is it just me, or do the refs have a mission to put Jonas Jerebko into foul trouble the second he walks on the court? I think I agreed with one of his five fouls, and at least two of them were to the point of being laughable. Like guarding Paul Pierce isn’t hard enough (especially for a rookie).

Pistons for sale: If you haven’t already caught my link to the AP write-up on Karen Davidson’s Pistons yard sale, check out another great piece from the Oakland Press here.

Another Blaha gem: “Well, if you know Rasheed and you don’t like him, then you don’t like people.”

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