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This second weekend of November was a big weekend with big games from big players. The Yaos, Tayshauns, Derons, Zachs, and Dwights of the NBA put together one hell of a show for their fans, and brought home big victories for their teams. Personal bests were met or shattered, franchise records were inflated, and those watching this weekend were very pleased… Here’s a quick left-brained look at what happened this weekend:

If you’re a Pistons fan, like this blogger, that last little statistic isn’t easy to look at. On Saturday night, the Pistons were handed a 111-79 loss from the Golden State Warriors. Golden State outplayed the Pistons with 33 assists to Detroit’s 18, and five players in double digit scoring with two others sitting at 9. It was an ugly game for Detroit, closing out a four game tour of the west coast on a low point. Flip Saunder commented on Detroit’s inconsistency:

“You’re concerned no matter when it is (in a season) because you want to get consistency, and we’ve got to get consistency,” Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. “We came out kind of flat and they were hitting some shots in the beginning and pretty much just beat up on us.”

On the lighter side, Tayshaun Prince had a huge game for the Pistons in Friday night’s win over the Lakers at the Staples Center. Tayshaun matched his career record with 31 points, also collecting 7 rebounds and 3 assists. This isn’t a shock to Detroit fans, who watched Tayshaun dominate in the post-season last year, putting up some impressive numbers throughout (and, in this blogger’s opinion, being the only concrete reliable player in last year’s shaky post-season).

In other news:

• Yao Ming broke a career record with 7 blocks, in a 103-94 win over New York. Yao shut it down with 35 points, 17 rebounds in addition to those 7 blocks. Is this the year of the Yao? If he continues to put up numbers like this, it would be hard to argue otherwise….
• Zach Randolph gave the Portland Blazers a 31 point, 12 rebound performance including the winning free throw with 2.4 seconds left. Randolph helped the Trail Blazers come back from a 27 point deficit to sting the Hornets with a one point win.
• Dwight Howard led the Magic to a 109-98 win over Minnesota, putting up 21 points and grabbing 22 rebounds against his childhood hero, KG himself. This was the 6th time in Howard’s career where he has pulled down 20+ boards.
• Chris Bosh had a monster game against Atlanta– unfortunately not “monster” enough. While Bosh put together one hell of a line, with 19 points, 17 rebounds, and 6 assists, that wasn’t enough to overcome Atlanta, who went home with a 111-102 victory.
• Deron Williams helped Utah overtake Milwaukee with a 113-111 win. Williams scored 27 points and dished out a career record 15 assists.

Thanks for tuning in, my Basketballr Brethren. Detroit has three chances to improve their record this coming week, against NOK, Washington and Houston. The media may have written you guys off, but this blogger– and our readers, i’m sure, are filled with die hard confidence in our boys in blue. Let’s see what you got!!

(By the way, do you like this Weekend Review section? Let us know in the comments, we’ll be sure to make this a weekly thing)