3/19/26 7:00PM Pistons 49-19 @ Wizards 16-52

[Tigeraholic1]

Capital one Arena - Washington DC

[Deleterious]

Anthony Edwards will miss 1-2 weeks due to a knee injury.  

Minnesota is currently tied for 21st with two other teams.  They are 3 games back from Toronto and Phoenix for 20th.

[Shinzaki]

****!

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/12490fe9c9d0e

 

 

Collapsed lung for Cade

Edited 5 hours ago by Shinzaki

[Deleterious]

Season imploding.  

[Tigeraholic1]

Wild.... 

[Deleterious]

I would say the #1 seed is now up for grabs.  The Pistons schedule isn't that difficult, but Cade is everything for this team.

They are 7 games ahead of Minnesota.  So they should be safe there.  

[buddha]

time to step up, duren.

[Deleterious]

Playoffs start April 18th.  Even if he is back for the 1st round you have to worry about his conditioning.  

 

[1984Echoes]

23 minutes ago, buddha said:

time to step up, duren.

Actually...

The ball-handling is now going to be Sasser & Jenkins, with Ausar and some others mixed in. But I think primarily with those two (it's what they did after Cade went down...). And they were able to find Duren at a more-than-adequate rate.

But...

Look out below...

[Hongbit]

Bruh needs to lay off the dabs and switch to gummies. 

[1984Echoes]

17 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Bruh needs to lay off the dabs and switch to gummies. 

"Look out below" means that I think this team is going to go on a losing streak...

Do you think the Pistons are going to go on a WINNING streak with Cade out?

Because then I'm going to ask you what are YOU smoking... bruh?

(I know that last one is a rhetorical question...)

[Hongbit]

Schedule the rest of the way:

@Wizards

vs Warriors

vs Lakers

vs Hawks

vs Pels

@ T’Wolves

@ Thunder

vs Raptors

vs T’Wolves

@ 76ers

@ Magic

vs Bucks

@ Hornets 

@ Pacers

Dont see anyway they hold off Boston for the 1.  

5 games up on the Knicks for 2 should still be doable but that will be predicted more on the Knicks than the Pistons.  

Edited 4 hours ago by Hongbit

[Deleterious]

Boston has a more difficult schedule IMO.  Tatum probably sits on the back to back, so either against Atlanta or Charlotte.

Boston has 13 games left.  If they maintain their .667 winning% they end up with 8.6 wins, so call it 9.  That puts them at 55 wins.  Tiebreaker is head-to-head which Detroit owns (2-1).  So the Pistons would have to win 6 of their remaining 14 games to match 55 wins and keep the #1 seed.  

Let's also remember.  Detroit was 0-3 at home in the playoffs last year and 2-1 on the road.  

[Betrayer]

Collapsed season.

This was seriously painful news to hear this morning. If he's back for Round 1 you can probably expect him to be on a minutes restriction and have some conditioning issues.

Only possible good thing I can imagine coming out of this is we slip to 2nd place, manage to get through Round 1 while Cade is working himself back into shape, and get to face the Knicks in Round 2 with a healthy Cade (and Stew) for our revenge. That's the best "Glass Half Full" I can come up with.

As for the rest of the season, I'm guessing JB starts Jenkins in Cade's place.

I'd actually consider just  letting Ausar initiate the offense. We've seen him be the lead initiator before when Cade was out and it worked decently well. Ausar guards the other teams PG every night anyway, so less cross matching is needed. You can put another spacer in there to help spread the court for Ausar + Duren pick and rolls. I'd slide Green into the starting lineup at the SF. Javonte is our only legitimate 3-and-D player, shooting 37% from beyond the arc this year and whopping 50% from the corners.