Betrayer

They better not call this a flagrant.

Should be a foul on Merril and a tech on Ausar.

Ausar and Reed together is a beautiful thing.

Robinson is going to have us in the penalty in 2 minutes.

Reeeeed!!!

He clearly hooked cades arm first. Garbage call.

Jenkins playing hard.

JB is back to the play everyone in the first quarter strategy.

I’m ok with Duncan not playing the playoffs. He’s a bucket…for the Cavs. Cade, confidence is great, but one on one against a DPoY is not smart.

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.