Just so we’re clear, here is a quick look at five of the Pistons players who — in the absence of Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton — helped Detroit overcome a 21-point deficit to defeat the Wolves last night:

Cheikh Samb (pictured): A 7-1 rookie from the Senegal who was recalled from the D-League on March 22.

Walter Hermann: A 6-9 second-year forward who did not play college basketball and who looks more like an Allman Brothers roadie.

Amir Johnson: A third-year player who also did not play college ball but did play close to three times as many minutes against the Wolves as he averages. His minutes were apparently cut a couple weeks back as he fell out of the rotation when Theo Ratliff arrived. Not so on Tuesday, apparently.

Aaron Afflalo: UCLA rookie only starting because Hamilton only played big minutes (34) with Hamilton out. He, too, was pretty much out of the rotation as of a couple weeks ago.

Rodney Stuckey: Rookie guard from Eastern Washington who, to be fair, we think is going to be quite a player. Still his 27 points were about 20 more than his average.

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