4/27/26 8:00PM RD1 GM4 Pistons (1-2) @ Magic (2-1)

[Deleterious]

 

[Hongbit]

Right now the biggest problem with this team is everything.  

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Just now, DTroppens said:

I always talk about going to a Walleye game but never have. Maybe next season. 

Jalen Duren always talk about playing NBA basketball but never has. Maybe next season. Walleye games are a lot of fun though. Great atmosphere at the Huntington Center in Toledo.

[Hongbit]

The only guy that didn’t miss a wide open 3 was Javonte.  He never saw the floor again.    

[buddha]

duncan robinson and tobias' contracts were made to be traded.  shoot, a lot of us thought that was why they got robinson in the first place.  tobias and him would come off the books for abput 45-50 mil.

duren was young enough to get some real bids.  and you have 5 first rounders and multiple seconds to trade.

what did we do?  nothing.  improved our draft slot by 8.

trajan is either smart enough to know this team was overrated, or dumb enough to think they didnt need help to compete.  i'm not sure which yet.

[Deleterious]

Stewart had two more blocks (8) than the team had made 3 pointers.  

[Adullin]

Hiw do you miss that many free throws 

[Deleterious]

BTW 8 blocks in 17 minutes for Stewart.  

[buddha]

cade was garbage.  i know he's super cool dude now with his GQ cover story, but can he actually play hard and locked in for 40 minutes?  he didnt have it tonight and they needed him to be super cade.

why?  because the rest of the team blows.  ausar cant score.  duren has been exposed.  duncan is cooked.  

and where is ron holland?  is he THAT bad that he cant even get on the floor?

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Who isn't Michael Porter Jr a Piston?

[Deleterious]

Orlando shot 33% from the field and 26% from three and won the game.  

[buddha]

2 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

BTW 8 blocks in 17 minutes for Stewart.  

duren has 7 blocks in four games.

[Deleterious]

Cade had 2 points and 0 assists in the 4th quarter tonight.  

[DTroppens]

Need to check what the Pistons did the final one or two minutes of each quarter. It seemed they just got zapped at the end of every quarter. I'd think, Iet's at least keep the lead, keep it within 2 or something like that and each time it seemed it never happened. I'll have to check on that one.

[DTroppens]

20 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Orlando shot 33% from the field and 26% from three and won the game.  

20 turnovers, 20 turnovers, 20 turnovers. AUGH.

[DTroppens]

22 minutes ago, buddha said:

 

and where is ron holland?  is he THAT bad that he cant even get on the floor?

Right now, you have to play him at least a few rotations. What do you have to lose? The Pistons have lost with everyone else.

[NYLion]

42 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The Pistons have played one good quarter in 4 games

The last two games went down to the wire despite that but, yeah, Orlando has clearly been the better team.

[Deleterious]

I would probably give Sasser minutes before Ron.

They just held Orlando to 33% from the floor and didn't let them break 100.  In today's game that is great defense.  Ron pretty much only brings defense to the table.  They need someone who can hit a shot.  

I don't like Sasser and think he is pretty bad.  But Jenkins has been awful so giving Sasser some of his minutes won't hurt anything.  Maybe he knocks in a couple of threes and loosens up the Magic defense a bit.  

Odds are Sasser will also be terrible.  But give it a shot.  

[gehringer_2]

41 minutes ago, buddha said:

cade was garbage.  i know he's super cool dude now with his GQ cover story, but can he actually play hard and locked in for 40 minutes?

Maybe Cade isn't really back to being Cade yet?   That was always the possibility

Edited 9 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Mr.TaterSalad]

 

Awful. He just has to be better. 

[DTroppens]

15 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

Odds are Sasser will also be terrible.  But give it a shot.  

Sasser would be playing if he was anything, but it can be argued he's no worse than the team's second-best shooter from three. Exactly, what do you have to lose? Maybe he pops in three in four shots during a 12-2 run sometime in the early second quarter if you throw him in there. If he misses three straight shots and turns the ball over a couple of times instead, so? We've seen that anyway.

[papalawrence]

I would like to see Ron because he is a disruptor. He gets the rhythm into a transition game. Detroit isn't going to win in a half court game. In half court the lane is clogged with a bigger Orlando team which blocks Cade and Duren.

[papalawrence]

I probably watched 77 regular season games this year. Can't tell you how disappointed I am. And I don't see any adjustments being made. 

[Motor City Sonics]

Yeah, don't do anything significant at the trade deadline. 

We've seen this before

Tigers could have used just one more hitter.   Nope, we get washed up pitchers like Charlie Morton

Wings year-after-year don't do anything at the deadline - finallly get someone this year and he makes it worse. 

But the Pistons - having the season they were having - did next to nothing to capitalize on it.   And here we are.  

This team could win 3 in a row.   But not likely now.   

Edited 1 hour ago by Motor City Sonics

[Sports_Freak]

7 hours ago, NYLion said:

The last two games went down to the wire despite that but, yeah, Orlando has clearly been the better team.

Games going down to the wire only magnify the turnovers and missed free throws. Just get a basket on half of the turnovers...even a third...and it's a win.