Betrayer

Looks like the plan is not to have both Duncan and Tobias in at the same time.

Lavert turnover immediately

JB won’t do that though. His script says Cade comes out at the 6:30 mark so he or Ausar are the next substitution. Don’t react to the game, just follow the script.

Good time to sit Tobias for a bit. He’s not hitting and you need a better defender out there. Get Green in or go double big with Reed or Stew.

So many mistakes on the offensive end again. You can’t give away possessions.

They’re wearing Tobias out right now. Every switch targeting him.

Oh that’s a foul now?

Starting Daniss even with Duncan available. This is an interesting twist.

Interesting. The report I heard earlier said he was out. Not sure if I'm happy or sad about this. I hope next year Trajan picks up a player or two who can do both the 3 and the D.

I'm worried about the same. A lot of teams will just lie down after what happened in Game 5. But this team has been pretty resilient so we'll see.

No Ducan tonight.

Sorry, I'm not buying "that's just how it is", because it's actually not how it is. If it was, this wouldn't be the first time in league history. Compound that with the fact that the Pistons attack the paint and the Cavs shoot threes and it's even worse. Jarrett Allen. A Center. A guy who's boxing out Duren and fighting in the paint all game. He got his first foul in the 4th quarter. In the middle of the 2nd quarter the Cavs were whistled for their second foul of the entire game. Their second foul. The same thing happened in the last game when the Cavs where whistled for their first foul at the end of the 1st quarter. Meanwhile, they're grabbing and holding just as much as the Pistons on every screen and every drive. Sorry, that's not legitimate. Let's be real here. The Pistons are playing with one hand tied behind their backs. Could they have won anyway. Yup. Should they have to be 15 pts better than their opponent to win a game? No. Not in a real league that isn't bowing to the almighty the gambling dollar.

Sure, that explains why they might be getting more free throws than us. I expected that. But that's not what we're seeing. We're seeing something historic. Something that has literally never happened in the history of the NBA.

Honestly, that might be one of the positives to come out of this playoff run. Duren has been exposed and the organization should respond accordingly. Let the market dictate his value since he's an RFA and maybe work out a sign and trade. I doubt they'll do the latter, but at the very least his agent should get laughed out of the room if he requests over 30M. Then again, sometimes these things are worked out during the season with the expectation that they'll happen in the offseason. They may have been stupid enough to already commit to a deal which would explain the long leash he's been getting from JB.

Exactly. I said in the other thread, but the Pistons are being forced to play on "Hard Mode" and spot Cleveland 15pts every game. It's kind of obvious and ridiculous and someone should be pressing the league about the disparity rather than just debating the one missed foul call on Ausar.

I'm not sure how to just link the video, so here's a link to the post on Reddit. KMart coming at Duren hard.

Well, of course, he was doing what they told him to do. Now they need to explain the literally historic foul disparity that's higher than any 3 game playoff span in league history. That's not an exaggeration, it's a fact. That disparity has resulted in the Cavs shooting 100 free throws to Detroit's 54. I'm happy to say that the Pistons blew this lead, but they're also being forced to play on "Hard Mode" and spot their opponent about 15pts every night. That lead should have been something more like 24, not 9. I don't think they would've come back from that in 3 minutes. The Pistons will need to play perfect basketball to a standard much higher than the Cavs if they want to pull this out. I'm not a fan of conspiracy theories in general, but it's so damn obvious the league wants the Knicks versus Cavs. More home games in New York and a far better chance of the Knicks going to the Finals for even more ratings and home games in New York. It couldn't be any more obvious than it is.

Exactly. Blaming the guy who had 39 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, and 2 steals is ludicrous. Yea, he's going to make some mistakes because his usage is through the roof, he's playing 40 minutes, and the other team is keyed in on him non-stop. He's going to miss a close out or two because you can't be perfect the entire game with that much usage on both ends. Cade was 6 of 10 from three. The rest of the team was 5 of 23. That includes Beef Stew going 2 for 3. That means everyone else was 3 for 20. Cade was getting them open looks all night. You've got to make more than 15% of your threes. Just one or two of those and the game is over. Cade shot 8 free throws and everyone else shot a total of 12. Without even getting into the officials giving Cleveland 38 shots to our 20, Cade was getting to the line when the refs decided to blow the whistle. The lack of free throws are not on him. Cade (and Ausar/Reed) were the only reasons they even had the lead. And they would've walked away with it easily if any single other person on this team would have hit an open three or got to the line in the closing minutes when Cade was getting blitzed and making the right play to give them a 4 on 3 advantage. Tobias, Jenkins, and Lavert were garbage down the stretch and blew this game. Then the refs capped it off with a(nother) no-call just like last year.

And the refs too. They let us all down.

No. That’s how turnovers happen. You don’t go 1 on 2 or 1 on 3. Cade did everything to bring this game home. He was let down by his coach and his teammates.

Well, can we win one on the road now?

You can’t miss that box out.

He’s doing what he’s supposed to and getting rid of it early so the team can go 4 on 3 behind the trap. Teammates need to score on those.

That foul doesn’t let the Knicks avoid us and get to the finals. Gotta think about those ratings.

So many missed wide open three in the second half of this game since they’ve been trapping Cade.