Deleterious

5 seconds? Come on.

The last minute of regulation was the full Russ experience. I think he got two key offensive rebounds. Then dribbled out the clock at the end of the game without getting a shot off.

Just let Brunson shoot.

Another Thompson foul 40 feet from the basket.

Tough series for the haters. One of Russ or Harden has to win.

Knicks have done a great job taking away the lob.

Cade needs to be smarter with his fouls. I know 2 were not even shooting fouls.

Any chance you could send me the data set you are using? I have become a bit of a data hoarder and even though baseball isn't really a sport, it would be nice to have. Especially if you have Negro League box scores. If you paid for it I could send some money to offset your cost.

Dumb fouls. Thompson picking up a foul in the first minute of the game 80 feet from the basket. Dumb. Duren getting his third 40 feet from the basket. Dumb Frustrating 1st half. As good as Harris and Beasley were on offense, this game should be a big lead for Detroit. Problem is, those guys are equally bad on defense. So here we are.

I thought they would black out ESPN. They didn't.

Looks like I wont be watching the first 3 games. I will not subscribe to that POS app again.

I agree. Here is what he said about Cade on the podcast. It really hits home when they start talking about the 2nd best player on each team for Cade, Mitchel, Ant, and Lebron. It should play where they start to talk about Cade. If no FF to 3m15s.

I haven't listened yet. But look who Sam has on 1st team all NBA.

Lakers get it on Saturday. I can understand that.

Ausar staying out of foul trouble will be huge. I expect NY to run some double action at him. Early screens to try and force Hardaway to switch onto Brunson and then go into their PnR with Hardaway/Duren defending instead of Thompson/Duren. Even if the Pistons don't switch, it's an extra screen for Thompson to run through and maybe pick up a foul. I was encouraged to see Stew on KAT in the 4th last week. But it probably needs to happen earlier. If Brunson and KAT are murdering the Pistons with the PnR in the 1st half, it might not matter who plays the 4th quarter. Cade needs to be efficient. Scoring 28 on 25 shots won't cut it. He also needs to watch the unforced TO's. He has a habit of throwing some of the dumbest/laziest passes sometimes. KAT is a marshmallow so Cade can get to the rim with ease. Might even see some double big lineups with Robinson if Cade is getting to the rim a lot. Cade needs his Robin. He needs another player to be in that 20 point range.

Just change his last name to Runsadive. Don't forget, he once seriously proposed this. Kings Owner Proposes Idea of Playing 4-on-5 Defense to Allow for a Cherry-Picker Pretty sure he got the idea watching his daughter's peewee team.

Knicks in 5. I have tried every way possible to pick the Pistons and just can't get there. Cade is good enough to get them one win but he wont have enough help to do much else.

Ya knew it was coming.

Glad they are going traditional.

Almost better off losing this to get your Flagg lotto ticket. Pretty small chance, but it beats getting your teeth kicked in by the Cavs.