3/23/26 7:00PM Lakers 46-25 @ Pistons 51-19

[Sports_Freak]

Wow...dont even look at what our next opponent is doing tonight. Just enjoy this one for a bit. And I hope some of the fans are a bit more positive now. Defense never rests....

[Sports_Freak]

5 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

They are beating the teams they should beat so far. 

Two more easy games then things get more interesting.

Atlanta next and they're hot. 9-1 in lastc10. Winning by 40 points in the 4th tonight. I wouldn't call it easy...call every game a challenge.

[Tigeraholic1]

Great win! Glad I made the drive over to see it. Watching LeBron with his head down running to the locker room was even sweeter.

[Deleterious]

8 minutes ago, NYLion said:

They should have beat a healthy Lakers team? Lets give them some credit

The Lakers are the most overrated team in the league.  No defense, no bigs to speak of.  Luke Kennard played 28 minutes a guy that would get zero minutes on Detroit, and they need shooting.  LaRavia has started 34 games this year for them, he has zero starts in his previous 4 seasons.  

Much like last year when LA finished 3rd in the west, they are going to be a first round loser.  

[Deleterious]

11 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Atlanta next and they're hot. 9-1 in lastc10. Winning by 40 points in the 4th tonight. I wouldn't call it easy...call every game a challenge.

It was against Memphis.  Did you see their recent win streak opponents?

Brooklyn

Wizards

Wizards

Portland

Bucks

76ers (No Embiid or PG13)

Dallas

Brooklyn

Bucks

Orlando

Dallas

Golden State

Two wins against playin teams, the rest of their wins are against teams already out of the playoffs.  It's not like they are running through OKC, San Antonion, Boston, etc.  They are beating bad teams, most of which are trying to lose.  

 

 

[Deleterious]

 

[NYLion]

14 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The Lakers are the most overrated team in the league.  No defense, no bigs to speak of.  Luke Kennard played 28 minutes a guy that would get zero minutes on Detroit, and they need shooting.  LaRavia has started 34 games this year for them, he has zero starts in his previous 4 seasons.  

Much like last year when LA finished 3rd in the west, they are going to be a first round loser.  

They won 9 in a row with some of those wins against good teams and you literally said it was a rough matchup earlier in the thread. Sure they're probably overrated but I don't know why the Pistons don't get credit for beating them without two of their best players, nobody was saying that the Pistons "should" have won this game. In fact, a lot of people were writing the Pistons obituary the moment the Cade injury news came out and they're showing that they're a lot more than just Cade.

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[Sports_Freak]

8 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

It was against Memphis.  Did you see their recent win streak opponents?

Brooklyn

Wizards

Wizards

Portland

Bucks

76ers (No Embiid or PG13)

Dallas

Brooklyn

Bucks

Orlando

Dallas

Golden State

Two wins against playin teams, the rest of their wins are against teams already out of the playoffs.  It's not like they are running through OKC, San Antonion, Boston, etc.  They are beating bad teams, most of which are trying to lose.  

 

 

Good teams do what they have to against bad teams. The Pistons can't afford to take any team lightly, remember the Nets!

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

36 minutes ago, NYLion said:

They won 9 in a row with some of those wins against good teams and you literally said it was a rough matchup earlier in the thread. Sure they're probably overrated but I don't know why the Pistons don't get credit for beating them without two of their best players, nobody was saying that the Pistons "should" have won this game. In fact, a lot of people were writing the Pistons obituary the moment the Cade injury news came out and they're showing that they're a lot more than just Cade.

I said from the minute Cade got hurt the Pistons had a very easy schedule remaining.  I also said they will retain the #1 seed without much of a problem.  

I also said if Cade is not back by the 1st round, they will lose in the 1st round.  Playoffs are a totally different animal.  Maybe if they get a scrub team like Charlotte they can win or even Philly.  But I think Miami and Orlando might beat them.  

[Betrayer]

Great win against a team we should have lost to without Cade and Stew. Say what you will about the Laker being frauds as contenders - they certainly are - but they're still a playoff team that should have beaten us without Cade.

Clutch performance by Jenkins, who seems to have found his groove again now that he's starting. I only hope it continues when Cade comes back and he goes back to being a backup. The Jenkins we've seen these last few games would be huge off the bench in the playoffs.