4/19/26 6:30PM NBA Playoffs Rd 1 Gm 1 Magic @ Pistons

[KL2]

Would be Detroit sports without a collapse

 

[Betrayer]

Just terrible coaching. How do you kiss that challenge? Why sit Ausar when you bring in Stew? You can’t have 2 guys who can play D on the court at once?

[Deleterious]

The guy had challenged the dumbest things all year and doesn't challenge something as easy as that?

[Sports_Freak]

The NBA playoff format sucks. Our reward for being the 1 seed is to sit for a week and go cold. But as long as they let 9 and 10 seeds play for meaningless extra playoff TV money, that's all that matters.

[DTroppens]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

The NBA playoff format sucks. Our reward for being the 1 seed is to sit for a week and go cold. But as long as they let 9 and 10 seeds play for meaningless extra playoff TV money, that's all that matters.

That's an excuse for a quarter.

[Betrayer]

Masterclass in suicide by rotation. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Betrayer

[Sports_Freak]

Man...Detroit has to beat these clowns by 40 points the next 4 games. Put them in their place.

Edited 2 hours ago by Sports_Freak

[Sports_Freak]

Pistons weaknesses exposed. Defending 3 point shots, giving up offensive rebounds and missing free throws.

[Hongbit]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

They are hitting everything and we’re hitting nothing and we’re only down by 4.   They won’t have any answers when the defense really picks up int the 2nd half.   This will be a double digit win. 

It was a double digit win

[casimir]

If it ain’t rough, it ain’t right?

[Sports_Freak]

4 minutes ago, DTroppens said:

That's an excuse for a quarter.

We haven't played a meaningful game since April 4th. And it showed...Orlando has been playing for their playoff lives for 3 full weeks. Our players weren't ready...thats coaching. Terrible job.

[Sports_Freak]

Just now, casimir said:

If it ain’t rough, it ain’t right?

I miss the old Cas...the snark..😅😅

[Betrayer]

Any reporter who doesn’t grill JB about Ausar’s rotation should be fired immediately.

[Deleterious]

3 of the 5 starters were useless.  People will look at Harris with 17, but he needed 15 shots to get it, that's not good.

The 4th starter was limited in minutes by the coach for some reason.  Ausar at 25 minutes is an absolute joke.

Jenkins was awful the entire game.  Couldn't score, didn't defend well.  Shot 50% from the line.

Cad and Harris were the only two players in double digits for scoring.  Two players.

Coaching was terrible.  Dumb rotations, not challenging at the right time, and just bizarre strategy.  Bane and Suggs both had 3 fouls early in the third quarter.  They should have put those guys in some sort of PnR situation every time down the court.  I can barely remember them doing that at all.  Suggs picked up his 5th and they still didn't go at him.  Best case he fouls out.  Worst case he gives up a soft hoop not wanting to get #6.  Either way, you win.  Horrific coaching not going after those guys.

 

 

[casimir]

Just now, Sports_Freak said:

I miss the old Cas...the snark..😅😅

I wasn’t able to watch this until the end.  I don’t know what happened.  Hopefully it’s just rust or a bad game or the off game of a gentleman’s sweep.

[Sports_Freak]

Just now, casimir said:

I wasn’t able to watch this until the end.  I don’t know what happened.  Hopefully it’s just rust or a bad game or the off game of a gentleman’s sweep.

Its going to give the moronic talking heads on ESPN something to talk about for the next 2 days...over and over. Pathetic showing by the entire team, coaching on down. Just totally pathetic.

[NYLion]

Well...yikes.

Our worst fears of what could plague this team come playoff time came true. Where does the offense come from when the game tightens up? Duren is not even close to a #2 option, I don't know how anybody can justify paying this guy max money and, really, they just don't have much talent offensively. If you look at a HEALTHY Orlando team on paper compared to the Pistons roster and didn't look at the records, you'd be shocked that this was a 1 vs. matchup, it's more of a 4/5.

Obviously the series is far from over but I think it's apparent that this isn't a Championship contender and also illustrates how pointless NBA regular season is.

[GalagaGuy]

Well that's certainly a wake up call I guess.  

[Hongbit]

One team was able to drive the lane at will and easily kick out for wide open shots that they were able to hit.  

The other team struggled to get in the lane and were met with hands and bodies in the passing lane making it difficult to kick out for wide open shots.  Those shots missed badly when they were able to get through.

Tobias can’t continue to play 36 minutes if he’s going to play defense like that.  Green needs some of those minutes.  

[Deleterious]

Pistons shot 19 more FT's tonight.

[Hart]

I was only half heartedly tuned into this game but the thing that jumped out at me when I was watching was Duren is not much of a rim protector and that hurts big time in the playoffs.  I think we almost need to play Duren and Stew together.  

[Hongbit]

13 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Pistons shot 19 more FT's tonight.

Most of their shots were too uncontested to get fouled. 

[buddha]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

They are hitting everything and we’re hitting nothing and we’re only down by 4.   They won’t have any answers when the defense really picks up int the 2nd half.   This will be a double digit win. 

🤔

[buddha]

psssst....some of us have been saying this all year long.

jenkins is a nice story, but he'll be exposed when other teams pick it up.

the team has no spacing and the duren/cade lob action is easily stopped in the playoffs.

duncan cant guard and is past his prime.  will be exposed in the playoffs.

JB is a great regular season coach, but was fired from cleveland because he cant get it done in the post season.

This was the year to make a move to get a star.  instead they traded for heurter and now have to pay duren.  how is the team going to be with duren as their second highest paid player?

JB's hatred for ausar is a fireable offense.

[buddha]

in better news, i made $20 on my magic moneyline pick tonight!

and its only one game.  plenty of time to bounce back.  but they'll need a HUGE game from cade to do it.