4/22/26 7:00PM Rnd 1 Gm2 Magic 1-0 @ Pistons 0-1

[Tigeraholic1]

Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI

Watch: ESPN

 

 

[Betrayer]

Let's play some trivia:

Who are the Pistons top 5 defenders and disrupters? Easy answer: Ausar, Stew, Green, Holland, Reed.

Which players played less minutes than usual? Yup, same list. Even in limited minutes that group had 7 of Detroit's 9 steals.

Which players played more minutes than usual? Duren. Tobias, and Jenkins - all of whom were not playing well and should have lost minutes. 

The answer to the Magic making it difficult to score in the half court isn't to try to masquerade as a offensive team. We don't have the roster to be anything but a lottery level offensive team no matter who we put in there. And now the issue is worse because Orlando is scoring every time (as they did in the 4th quarter) and we have to go against their set defense every time.

Complete backfire. You can't score in the half-court but you put in a lineup that makes you play in the half-court over and over again.

The real answer is a defense that can get stops, steals, and rebounds and allow you to score against Orlando when they aren't set in their half court defense. This isn't new data. It's been this way for 2 years. The team is better on both offense and defense when Ausar is in the game. It's a fact.

If the Pistons are going to come back in this series they have to address JB's lineups.

[buddha]

game opened at detroit -12.5.  quickly down to detroit - 9.5.