Pistons coach Michael Curry said when Wallace and Hamilton are scoring, Prince sometimes winds up as "the forgotten man," so he decided to give Prince extra rest in the first quarter, then run him out again in the second and make him the offensive focus. The strategy worked perfectly against the Raptors.
"We can feature him a little more during that time," Curry said. "Sometimes we've got to move Tay around with his minutes to make sure we take advantage of him and get him a lot of opportunities to be aggressive. He was really good offensively and defensively tonight."Prince shot 5-for-6 in the second and added two assists, three rebounds and a block.
"When I'm out there with [the second unit], I've got to be aggressive and make plays for them but at the same time, look for opportunities," Prince said. "I know that, starting games, we are going to go to Rasheed and obviously try to get Rip involved. If I start the second quarter, that's the time for me to make some plays and it just so happened that they went in."
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