buddha

28 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Duren came back into the game about the 8-minute mark in the 4th and finished the game.  He played 32 minutes total, which is more than the 30 minutes he is averaging for the series.  

it was 71-57 when duren went out (and he was doing basically nothing).   in the time duren was out reed had 6 pts, 6 rebs, and 3 blocks.  almost more than duren had in 3x the minutes.

it was 72-69 when he came back in.

duren is doing basically nothing and having either stew or reed in the game for him gives the pistons an advantage.

8 hours ago, Hongbit said:

JB finally made changes.  He played Duren and Caris less,.  He got Reed involved and kept Ausar on the floor when it mattered.

i think that game was more about orlando sucking and the pistons playing hard.

but getting duren off the floor was important.

we survived 19 minutes of jenkins, but only had 5 minutes of lavert.  thank the injury gods for that.

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?????