Betrayer

Just terrible coaching. How do you kiss that challenge? Why sit Ausar when you bring in Stew? You can’t have 2 guys who can play D on the court at once?

Duren doing nothing on offense and terrible on defense. Give me Stew or Reed.

Tobias can’t guard anyone.

JB still killing us with his self imposed Ausar minutes restriction.

Ron’s not ready for the playoffs. Use Green.

Javonte and Ausar kept us alive in the first half. Ausar on the bench and Javonte hasn’t seen the court in the second half.

What a flop.

Wouldn’t mind seeing Reed in at the 4.

Playing poorly on both ends.

Ausar sits. Orlando run begins.

These free throws are killing us.

JB isn’t a strategist.

Not so sure. He’s an RFA so we have his rights. Let the market determine the value. Nobody else will offer him a max and nobody else can give him as many years on his deal.

Anyone still want to pay Duren big money this offseason?

Every time they get close they do something stupid to give Orlando another little run.

Ausar and Javonte keeping us in it.

Franz is such a flopper.

Love that block from Stew. Time to wake up.

The Pistons will win, but I'm not nearly that confident enough to call it a sweep. Orlando has a lot of issues, but one of them has been health. With their core together they're definitely better than an 8th seed. Like you said, we put teams on the line the most and they get a really good whistle - bad combination. They're also a big lineup which negates one of our strengths. Who does Duncan guard? Suggs maybe, but do you really want him on the point of attack? Also, Duren averages near 4 turnovers against the Magic, which is double his average. Orlando are reckless defenders. Every game I watch they're undercutting someone in the air or diving into someone's legs. As I said in the other thread, I watched Bane alone do both of those things against Charlotte. They're a dirty team defensively and I'm hoping we can get through this series healthy. On the plus side, Tobias seems to come alive against the Magic and Cade has had some monster games against them this year after struggling against them in previous seasons. You never know what Orlando team you're gonna get but I think this series will definitely go 5 and could easily go to 6.

A team led by this clown will never be successful.

I'm rooting for Toronto, but I expect they'll lose in 4 or 5. I just really don't want Cleveland in the 2nd round.

This is exactly what I'm thinking while watching the game. So many people I hate on both sides. But, I put a bet on the Suns, so I guess I'll root for them for the money.

Not looking forward to the reckless defense of Orlando in the first round. Seems like they undercut someone in the air or dive into someone's legs in every game I watch. Bane alone checked both of those boxes in this game against Charlotte. They're also bigger and just as punishing defensively as we are. For some reason they get a great whistle as well, so you can expect to see Paulo and Franz shooting free throws all day. I'd rather have had Philly, Toronto, or Atlanta. Not that Orlando is necessarily a better team, they're just a worse matchup for us. Same with Cleveland who we'll likely get in round 2 if we top the Magic. Probably the worst first round and second round matchups for the Pistons - this is going to be a tough road.

I bet the Magic to win because I figured that they would beat Charlotte for the same reasons we do - Magic play good defense and Charlotte can't protect the paint. I didn't think it would be like this though: 68 to 37 at the half is crazy.

I'm already so tired of the term "physicality". SVG has managed to work it into every other sentence.