Ex-Pistons assistant coach Mike Woodson relishes his delayed shot to lead By Vince Ellis NEW YORK -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson quickly reminded the reporter of the entirety of his summer whereabouts. Before his Knicks sent the Pistons to their fifth straight loss Saturday night, he was asked to take a trip down memory lane to his multiple interviews for the vacant Pistons job. He was an assistant on the 2003-04 world champion Pistons before lasting as coach of the Atlanta Hawks for six seasons. "Does it enter your mind that you might not get another chance to run your own team?" Woodson said with a laugh: "I struck out three times this summer. Not just with Detroit, in an interview in Minnesota and an interview in Houston as well." 原来伍德森来尼克之前，先後被活塞，灰狼，火箭三队拒绝过。 这样有算小八卦到吗? LOL He added: "I thought all three interviews were great. But ownership or whoever made the decision in those organizations decided to go in another direction and I respect that. "I was just happy I got a phone call here, giving me an opportunity to come back to New York and an opportunity to go back to work." He played for the Knicks briefly. Although Woodson might have wound up on the Pistons' bench, which might have led Pistons coach Lawrence Frank to the Knicks staff, things have worked out for him. He has led the Knicks to a 6-1 record since he became interim coach after the departure of Mike D'Antoni. Given his reputation as a defensive specialist, it isn't surprising that the Knicks have improved dramatically at the defensive end, holding five of seven opponents below 90 points and opponents are averaging less than 87 points. "They've heard (Woodson's) voice before, because he was in charge of the defense," Frank said. "There was confidence, from the players and the ownership that Mike was the best voice for it." Notebook: Back-to-back blowout losses over the weekend in which the Pistons struggled mightily to score points emphasizes how bad the Pistons need Rodney Stuckey, who has missed the last three games with a sore left big toe. Besides his scoring, defense and playmaking, despite his many critics, Stuckey has always been a low-turnover player. His replacement, Ben Gordon, had seven turnovers in the 15-point loss to the Heat on Friday and rookie point guard Brandon Knight has nine turnovers over the last two games. Stuckey averages two turnovers a game. He said Saturday that he probably would be able to play tonight against the Wizards. 我对这位Gordon好有兴趣，他目前是打替补(代替Rodney Stucket) 他如果可以来KNICKS，替补SG；NOVAK替补SF or PF，外线应该会炸开。LOL -- Julius Caesar：『I come 、I see、I conquer。』 http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/kenny7244/ --

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