Betrayer

Team that wins offensive glass has won every game. Orlando killing it this game so far.

2 offensive rebounds by Reed already. I’ll take that.

Stew did his job and stopped Banchero. C’mon Reed! Get that rebound.

Two bigs!!!

Should be up double digits. Feels like everyone from the coach on down hates prosperity. Like they want to give Orlando a handicap or put the video game on Hard mode for no reason. This is all on us.

That’s an offensive foul.

When will Jenkins stop trying to beat shot blockers? It never works.

I hate this lineup.

Should be up by at least 5. So many self inflicted wounds. Dumb turnovers, missed free throws, and missed opportunities left and right.

Tobias has made so many mistakes.

Moron coach.

I’m ready for Stew to come in now.

Why does Duren think he should ever dribble against this team?

Already feels like Orlando wants it more.

Nice start. Turnovers and a foul on Cade.

Cade's not getting 40+ unless Mosley is an idiot. They'll trap the ball and force him to give it up. Then they'll have one guy glued to Duncan and two more in the paint to take away the drive. They'll force Tobias, Jenkins, Lavert, and Green to hit shots on the road and live with the consequences. We can overcome that by winning the possession battle to get out in transition and get second chance points, but that would require JB to put in lineups that maximize disruption and he seems to prefer to go small and try to be a different team than we've been all year long.

Totally disagree on doubling. Don't give up open threes to a team at home where role players play better. Paulo has been bad on drives all series and he was the leagues worst jump shooter all season long. The only reason he had 45 was because he was 6 of 11 from three out of the blue. During the season Paulo had exactly 1 game with 5 threes made and one with 4. That's it. He shoots 30% from deep. Paulo taking 30 shots is a good thing for us as long as we simply keep a body in front of him. Let the most inefficient jump shooter in the league take 2s and don't double him to give shooters open looks. That's how you loose the 3 point math game. Orlando was only in that game because of three point shooting and mostly because we gave up 21 wide open threes (a crazy number) because we collapsed in the paint. They hit 10 of those open threes. Stay home on shooters and play it straight. This is just one more reason (as if we needed another) to play Stew more minutes.

Orlando will very likely blitz and double Cade to prevent him from getting into rhythm and create turnovers. They'll also run some zone when Duncan isn't in the game. What changes will JB make? Stew is the best matchup for Paolo - play him some minutes at the 4 like we did all season and inexplicably stopped doing when we need it most in the playoffs. Stop playing the Daniss + Lavert lineup that yields no points and too many mistakes. Let Duncan face guard Bane (as Bane is doing to him) instead of Ausar. Put Ausar on Suggs so he can roam without giving Bane open threes. Building on the Stew thing, stop doubling Paolo and just play him straight up. Orlando shot 21 wide open threes in Game 5 and made 10 of them. Or will he just forget all this strategy stuff and tell them to "play hard"?

In any other timeline without Wemby in the league for Ausar's whole career, he'd win multiple DPOYs.

Two best players showed up big time for the Pistons to get this one, but it wasn't easy. How long into the offseason before JB realizes they have a PF using his strength to score 45 on us and he hasn't put Stew on him once?

Please put Stew in. Please.

Harris passes up a wide open three. Luckily Cade was there to save the day.

Why shoot that Robinson!!??

Jenkins has a 99 rating in talking smack. Too bad he’s been terrible in this series in every other aspect.

That was a crazy sequence. Fouls everywhere.