3/3/25 900PM Pistons @ Jazz

[Tigeraholic1]

[Deleterious]

Harris is out for personal reasons.

 

[NYLion]

Pretty manageable schedule coming up. Not that the games will be easy by any means but they have 1 real playoff contender on the schedule in the next 12 games...

@Utah, Clippers, Warriors perhaps without Butler, Blazers

Wizards (twice), Thunder at home, @Pelicans, Heat and Mavs probably without AD then Pelicans and Spurs at home

This will be an opportunity to make a real run at the 4 seed or at the very least strengthen their hold on a playoff spot.

Edited March 3, 2025 by NYLion

[Deleterious]

Remaining SoS. 

Milwaukee has it rough while Indiana and Detroit are the same.

We do play Milwaukee the finals 2 games of the season.  

https://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength

[Betrayer]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

We do play Milwaukee the finals 2 games of the season.  

It's crazy because if home court is up for grabs in a 4/5 matchup with the Bucks we could wind up with what amounts to 2 extra playoff games in that series. Not that I want any part of the Bucks in a first round series.

Indy would be the most fun with the all the ejections and suspensions that are sure to come. These teams hate each other and I can't see Stew and Holland making it through that series without getting tossed and/or suspended at least once.

Knicks could be fun based upon how we've played them so far, but you're playing 5 on 9 with the refs and Adam Silver all needing NYK to advance to the second round for ratings.

[Deleterious]

Stew now listed as questionable. 

[Deleterious]

The league announced JB won eastern conference coach of the month for February.

[Sports_Freak]

I really like the NBA review policy. It's quick and they give an excellent explanation. It's really well done...

[Sports_Freak]

I say this just about every game but dang, this Piston team is fun to watch. The fast pace makes it so exciting.

[Adullin]

How could anyone else get coach of the year? 

[RandyMarsh]

Now makes 11-7 against the west so we're not just beating up on lowly East teams. 

[Deleterious]

The odd stat of the day.

Beasley is only shooting 66% from the line.  I would love someone to dig in and find the best/worst 3PT/FT shooting seasons of all time.  

Making things even more odd.  66% is a full 10 points below his career average.  

[gehringer_2]

5 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The odd stat of the day.

Beasley is only shooting 66% from the line.  I would love someone to dig in and find the best/worst 3PT/FT shooting seasons of all time.  

Making things even more odd.  66% is a full 10 points below his career average.  

My only shot in the dark theory would be that JB has them all playing at a higher energy level - more running, more defending, that you see guys are getting to the line really out of breath. Maybe that's a bigger issue for a guy who's been in the league for a while and is acclimated to less pace.

[Deleterious]

65 guys shoot >=38% from three and have enough attempts to qualify for the leaderboard. 

The average from the line for those 65 is 82.4%.

3 other players in that group shoot sub 70%.  Dorian Finney-Smith, Josh Hart, and Ochai Agbaji.  All 3 shoot exactly 66.7% from the line.

Sam Hauser shoots 100% from the line.  But has only taken 4 free throws on 312 field goal attempts.  

[casimir]

On 3/3/2025 at 3:39 PM, Betrayer said:

It's crazy because if home court is up for grabs in a 4/5 matchup with the Bucks we could wind up with what amounts to 2 extra playoff games in that series. Not that I want any part of the Bucks in a first round series.

Indy would be the most fun with the all the ejections and suspensions that are sure to come. These teams hate each other and I can't see Stew and Holland making it through that series without getting tossed and/or suspended at least once.

Knicks could be fun based upon how we've played them so far, but you're playing 5 on 9 with the refs and Adam Silver all needing NYK to advance to the second round for ratings.

I’d have laughed at anyone suggesting home court for a play in game.  And here we are, home court for the first round is a legit possibility.