buddha

cade, tobias, duncan, and defense win this game.

and the fact that orlando SUCKS!  23 straight misses!

reed 11 minutes: 6 pts 6 bds

duren 32 minutes: 8 pts 9 bds

even in garbage time jalen duren ****s up.

does he have naked pictures of jb or something?

On 4/29/2026 at 9:53 PM, Hongbit said:

 

I’m not saying there’s no chance but it’s very, very slim they win on Friday.

The reason is that despite Orlando being a tough matchup, JB refuses to make any changes or adjustments in order to maximize their chances to win.  He’s taken the foolish approach of playing their game and focusing just on themselves thinking that’s good enough to win.  There’s very little adjustment for their opponent.  The same rotations, the same sets, same defensive assignments.    There are buttons he can press to counter what the Magic is doing but he’s such a bad coach in game that he’s incapable of doing anything different. 

On 4/29/2026 at 9:16 PM, buddha said:

youre forgetting the part where orlando sucks.  the pistons arent great, but they can definitely beat this orlando team.

point for me.

23 straight mossed shots.  wow.

what did we say?  lean into defense!  

who knew it would be paul reed and not stew that started the turnaround?

DUNCANNNNNNNN!!!!

Just now, Betrayer said:

This game is costing me years of my life.  

you sit through 82 games of slog to get to this.  watching nba teams actually try is fun.

the beat offensive player on the floor and the best defensive player on the floor getting it done.

AUSAR!!!!!

cade!!!!!

why is duren in this game?

why is ausar taking a 3?????

lets gooooooo cade!

down 9.

that's doable.  but we need DEFENSE and super cade.

duren getting cut on his hand might be the best thing that happened to this team.  forced JB to go to reed.

****ing paul reed outplaying duren.

trajan, please, are you watching?

danniss hits the SIDE OF THE BACKBOARD on a wide open 3.

and holland cant get off the bench.

1 minute ago, Betrayer said:

Maddening that they could have been playing this hard all game. 

AND you sit your main energy player in stew in order to play JALEN DUREN.  its ****ing maddening.

Just now, Betrayer said:

Maddening that they could have been playing this hard all game. 

a thousand times this!

its an  elimination game.  HUSTLE!

ausar is BY FAR the second best pkayer on this team.  how many open threes can duncan and tobias miss?

WHY IS STEW NOT IN THIS GAME?????

AND orlando is missing wagner, one of their starters.

and were still down 20.

2 minutes ago, DTroppens said:

The Pistons wanted to stick with what they had at the trade deadline to see what they have. I doubt they are happy with the answer.

This is what the front office wanted.

yes, and its bull****.  you never know when you'll be a 60 win #1 seed again.  indiana is loaded next season.  boston too.  this was a year to take advantage of the east before your team becomes too expensive to add another piece.

but trajan did nothing.  he didnt even add marginal pieces like a shroeder or a coby white, he did nothing but move up in the MIDDLE of the draft.

its gm malpractice to go along with jb's usual coaching in game malpractice.

5 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

So you expect him to average 45 points in this series? He has 2 pts less than Paulo and he has no help at all. Oh, and just came off a collapsed lung playing 40+ minutes in this series. I’d be tired too. 

i accept that cade is human.

i also accept that he has to be superhuman to get this team to win.  which is not bis fault.  his gm decided he wasbt worth trading for a second great player.

dont get me wrong, i love cade, he's luka light.  but he has to be luka if this team has a chance tonight, which means he has to score every time.  no standing around hoping tobias hits a 3.