4/25/26 1:00PM Rd1 Gm3 Pistons 1-1 @ Magic 1-1

[Deleterious]

Great defense from Duren

[Deleterious]

Cade!

[buddha]

boom!

great block by duren, and a good screen gets cade open for 3.

[buddha]

against 95% of the league, the pistons will always have the best player on the floor.

[Sports_Freak]

Pistons waking up just in time?

[buddha]

tobias with a great 4th too.

[buddha]

magic stopped doubling cade just in time.

[Deleterious]

Detroit with the lead after trailing by 17

[buddha]

are you ****ting me?  franz ****ing wagner hits 2 clutch shots in a row?

mr 0-9 with 3 airballs in the elite 8 for michigan now cant ****ing miss.

[buddha]

2 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Detroit with the lead after trailing by 17

cade got tired and the rest of the team cant score without him.

[Deleterious]

Ballgame

[Deleterious]

You can't play 8 good minutes and expect to win

[GalagaGuy]

Seems all that "disrespect" the Pistons were getting was right on the mark.  This team is soft AF and was never a threat to make the Finals.  

[Adullin]

Disappointing loss but this series is going the distance 

[Deleterious]

Another game where Suggs had 5 fouls for at least 6 minutes. I don't think Detroit went at him once.

[NYLion]

4 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

You can't play 8 good minutes and expect to win

Yep, that spurt in the 4th just masked the issues that this team has. They've outplayed Orlando 2 out of 12 quarters roughly, it's just not good enough.

[Sports_Freak]

Well, we only needed a split to get HCA back. Game 4 is a must win.

[buddha]

jalen duren: 27 minutes, 8 points, 9 boards.

paul reed: 7 minutes, 4 points, 5 boards.

 

[Betrayer]

Terrible performance. I’d like to say Orlando might be the better team, but honestly most of the Pistons just looked like they were taking it easy for most of the game. Where’s the intensity? Where’s the movement and cutting?

[Deleterious]

9 TO's for Cade.  He shot 8-23 from the field.  

[buddha]

ron holland, top 5 pick in the draft.  

dnp-cd

[buddha]

Just now, Deleterious said:

9 TO's for Cade.  He shot 8-23 from the field.  

he was terrible until the 4th quarter.  played in slow motion.  no intensity.

its the freaking playoffs, can you stop sleepwalking?

[Deleterious]

Defense was bad all game.  Late on my close outs and when they did get there, they left their feet a lot and let the shooter reset.  

Not to keep hounding Cade, but multiple guys beat him off the dribble today.

 

[buddha]

the whole team was **** other than ausar and tobias.

and ausar showed his limitations late when they needed a bucket, they just left him alone and he wouldnt shoot.  which is probably wise because he cant.

same with duren.  whenever he got the ball outside of the paint - which was rare - they left him alone.  he either dribbled his way into a bad spot or forced a layup that he missed.  put backs and lobs, that's all he can do.

[buddha]

all year long we've all (well, all of us that arent blinded by pretty stats against bad teams) said this team was flawed and cade dependent.  all year long weve all said they are a try hard team who beats teams that dont care.  all year long we said they didnt have enough spacing and teams would take away the lane/pick and roll come playoff time.

and that's exactly what has happened so far.  theyve played better than orlando in ONE quarter so far.  thats it.