11/29/25 8:00PM Pistons @ Heat

[Hart]

What is going on with Cade and turnovers again lately?  It's debilating the offense in key moments.  

[Deleterious]

Bam told Spo not to challenge because he thought it went off of his rib cage.  But Thompson touched it after that IMO. 

[Hart]

It is insane how Miami is doubling us up in free throw attempts now.  Give me a break on that bs.  

[Hart]

Cade learned his lesson and gave the ball up that time after getting doubled.  

[Sports_Freak]

Whew.

[papalawrence]

Thankful for Jenkins. Cade looked spent that last quarter 

[Sports_Freak]

23 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

I see Giannis is back early for Milwaukee.  Pistons play the Bucks in 2 of their next 4 games.  His originally diagnosis gave him a good shot at missing both Pistons games.  

So it'll feel so much better beating the Bucks with him in the lineup. 😆

[Deleterious]

Finish was concerning.  But I will chalk it up to fatigue on a b2b.

[Deleterious]

Weekly ratings.

[papalawrence]

Hearing Spoelstra's post game interview, it's clear what he thinks about the Pistons. He said the Heat have been playing well, but last night was the first time this year they faced a team on a higher level. He praises Detroit's defense, how they cut off the passing lanes and are "relentless." He said the Heat will grow from the experience, to see what that next level looks like. It's still a bit surreal to hear that, after several years of bottom of the league Pistons ball.

Edited Sunday at 02:28 PM by papalawrence

[casimir]

I was comfortable enough with a 22 point lead that my attention trailed off a bit until the last few game moments.  Kudos to Miami for not giving up.  My guess is that any game that hits a 20+ point deficit in the 2nd half rarely results in a comeback victory for the trailer, my guess being less than 5%.  But I might be thinking too old school with slower and more deliberate offenses that aren’t as reliant on the 3 point shot as much as nowadays.

[casimir]

14 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Finish was concerning.  But I will chalk it up to fatigue on a b2b.

That’s a fair point, especially with travel tucked in there.  Fortunately with a back to back that ends in Miami, there’s limited time to catch the Miami flu.

[Deleterious]

NBA.com has an MVP ladder where they rank MVP candidates. Their current top 5 in order: 

Jokic

SGA

Luka

Gianni's

Cade 

[papalawrence]

4 hours ago, Deleterious said:

NBA.com has an MVP ladder where they rank MVP candidates. Their current top 5 in order: 

Jokic

SGA

Luka

Gianni's

Cade 

So great to see. Don't see him climbing above those 4 this year, but getting closer

[Deleterious]

Hawks are heading to double OT with Philly right now.  They are playing in Philly, so Atlanta will have to travel for tomorrows game.

Edited Monday at 01:58 AM by Deleterious

[Shinzaki]

Daniss Jenkins has been a key factor late in getting at least a couple of wins...I really like him

[buddha]

16 hours ago, papalawrence said:

Hearing Spoelstra's post game interview, it's clear what he thinks about the Pistons. He said the Heat have been playing well, but last night was the first time this year they faced a team on a higher level. He praises Detroit's defense, how they cut off the passing lanes and are "relentless." He said the Heat will grow from the experience, to see what that next level looks like. It's still a bit surreal to hear that, after several years of bottom of the league Pistons ball.

he's praising the pistons' defense when they almost gave up 140 points.  take that with a grain of salt.

is 140 the new 110?

[Deleterious]

6 hours ago, buddha said:

he's praising the pistons' defense when they almost gave up 140 points.  take that with a grain of salt.

is 140 the new 110?

Sort of.  7 of the 16 teams that played last night scored >120 points.