NBA Playoffs Round 1. (3) New York Knicks vs. (6) Detroit Pistons

[buddha]

perfect pass to the best 3 point shooter (in the regular season) on the team for a wide open 3 or he takes a contested deep 3 with hart in his face.

cade made the right play and it was a perfect pass.  beasley jist dropped it because beasley sucks.

get on cade for the two previous possessions when he 1) refused to shoot MULTIPLE wide open looks and then 2) drove to the jole and threw up a wild layup over robinson that hit nothing.

that's when they lost the game.

well....that and jb blowing a lead by taking ausar out.

[Tigeraholic1]

I still put that loss on JB. That tech changed the end of game from trying to tie with a three or a more manageable two.

Edited 18 hours ago by Tigeraholic1

[Adullin]

I honestly thought Brunson pushed off to get open in the end. 

[Motor City Sonics]

Hell of a season, Pistons. One of the greatest single-season turnaround in Detroit sports history. Right up there with the 2006 Tigers. Couldn't close them out in 3 of the games in the playoffs. That's common for a young team, gotta learn that. Need a healthy Jaden Ivey and one more player next year. You've got expectations now. That's a good things. The Bad Boys and Goin' To Work Pistons went through this at the start too.   I'm not bagging on Cade too much, it's part of learning.   Remember, Isaiah threw the inbound pass away against the Celtics.   

[Deleterious]

JB with the dumb lineups was a big reason for the loss.

Cade can't go 9-22 and 0-8 from three in a close out game.  Big responsibility comes with max contracts. 

[buddha]

cade has a LONG way to go before he's even in the same arena as isiah thomas.  

isiah and those pistons teams lost a hard fought seven games against one of the best teams of all time.  the pistons just lost to a knicks team with one great player and a fat three point shooting center.

[Betrayer]

2 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Hell of a season, Pistons. One of the greatest single-season turnaround in Detroit sports history. Right up there with the 2006 Tigers. Couldn't close them out in 3 of the games in the playoffs. That's common for a young team, gotta learn that. Need a healthy Jaden Ivey and one more player next year. You've got expectations now. That's a good things. The Bad Boys and Goin' To Work Pistons went through this at the start too.   I'm not bagging on Cade too much, it's part of learning.   Remember, Isaiah threw the inbound pass away against the Celtics.   

Agreed. Great post and kudos for getting over the emotions of the loss faster than most of us, lol. But you’re dead on. This season was a smashing success and more than even the most insane homer could have hoped for. And this team is very young in their first playoff series without Stew and their second scoring option. Next year should be real fun 

[Deleterious]

In defense of Cade.  Nobody on Detroit not named Cade would start for the Knicks. 

[Shinzaki]

8 minutes ago, Adullin said:

I honestly thought Brunson pushed off to get open in the end. 

And he travelled on the stumbling shot he made before that.  Not going to hammer Beasley or Cade a whole bunch...Beasley was hitting all night...including the buzzer beater at the half.  This is literally Cade's 1st rodeo...I thought he had a good to great series.  Got to get him more help.

Brunson gave me some serious Bernard King in 1984 flashbacks against the Pistons at the Joe.  Hate that little bastard but I sure wish we had him.

  Getting to the early part of the playoffs is the easy part..now comes the hard part..becoming actual contenders

[Deleterious]

I thought Duren was excellent tonight.

[buddha]

2 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

And he travelled on the stumbling shot he made before that.  Not going to hammer Beasley or Cade a whole bunch...Beasley was hitting all night...including the buzzer beater at the half.  This is literally Cade's 1st rodeo...I thought he had a good to great series.  Got to get him more help.

Brunson gave me some serious Bernard King in 1984 flashbacks against the Pistons at the Joe.  Hate that little bastard but I sure wish we had him.

  Getting to the early part of the playoffs is the easy part..now comes the hard part..becoming actual contenders

king had 44 points and 12 boards in that game.

isiah had 35 points and 12 assists.  great back and forth.

[RatkoVarda]

reiterating what others said, its been a long time since they were relevant. so very glad to emerge from the wasteland! keep it moving forward Langdon.

[buddha]

brunson with 40 and 7 assists tonight.

cade with 23 on 22 shots and 0-8 from 3.  got to be better than that, kid.

[Deleterious]

Would love to see that series with Ivey and Stew playing. 

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

I thought Duren was excellent tonight.

you gonna pay to keep him?  🙂

[Deleterious]

Just now, buddha said:

you gonna pay to keep him?  🙂

Not this summer.  They don't have to worry about it until 2026 though. 

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

How do you lose 3 home games in a series. 

[Deleterious]

6 minutes ago, buddha said:

you gonna pay to keep him?  🙂

Are you paying to keep Beasley? 

[Betrayer]

6 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

This was the game right here. Called it as soon as I saw it happen. And it wasn’t just this game either. Ausar has been mishandled by JB for most of the series. 

[Deleterious]

2 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

This was the game right here. Called it as soon as I saw it happen. And it wasn’t just this game either. Ausar has been mishandled by JB for most of the series. 

Year

[Shinzaki]

21 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

I thought Duren was excellent tonight.

He had a nice season...needs to develop a shot.  If he can just hit the occasional mid range jumper..he'd be enough of a threat to play 35 a night for a contender

[buddha]

18 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Are you paying to keep Beasley? 

nope

[Motown Bombers]

Beasley fumbled the bag. Literally. 

[buddha]

beasley was great this year.  **** in the playoffs when teams play harder, but great in 82 games.

but i'm not paying for past performance, i'm betting that his future performance wont be nearly as good.  

go out and find another cheap shooter (easier said than done, i know).  but i think someone will grossly overpay beasley and i dont want it to be detroit.