5/3/26 3:30PM RD1 GM7 Magic (3-3) @ Pistons (3-3)

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

this is when super casual cade hurts them.

combine that with no one else being able to dribble and all of a sudden things are getting a little too close for comfort.

Within 14 under 3 minutes is too close? 🤣🤣

[casimir]

DUNCAN!!!!

[buddha]

duren should send that one to angel reese...

[casimir]

First playoff series win since I was much, much younger.

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Within 14 under 3 minutes is too close? 🤣🤣

for me?  yes!

i get anxious when my team is up 3 touchdowns with one minute left..."well, if they score and get two onside kicks you never know!"  🙂

[DTroppens]

Time to relax. Time to celebrate. The Pistons are to the second round in forever.

[Betrayer]

Best Duren game of the series by a mile. 

[Sports_Freak]

Never a doubt....uh-huh. Right?

[casimir]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

for me?  yes!

i get anxious when my team is up 3 touchdowns with one minute left..."well, if they score and get two onside kicks you never know!"  🙂

Uh oh, Cunningham heads to the bench.

[DTroppens]

Another second half lockdown on defense - well certainly third quarter.

[buddha]

There's ron!

[DTroppens]

2 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

Best Duren game of the series by a mile. 

He actually showed up. 

[casimir]

Holland sighting!

[buddha]

1 minute ago, casimir said:

Uh oh, Cunningham heads to the bench.

dont make me take another lexapro...

[casimir]

Just now, buddha said:

dont make me take another lexapro...

Don’t take lexapro if you’re allergic to lexapro.

[DTroppens]

28 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

He runs his mouth even when he’s having a bad game. That’s his super power. 

Jenkins is the guy at the party store that rambles and everyone just knows that's what he does, and people just move on.

 

Jenkins' future here in terms of role - I don't really know. I think this team needs a PG that can spell Cunningham and probably the the reserve spot from Jenkins. But that said, his story this regular season is a huge reason why this season has been memorable.

[NYLion]

They played great basketball outside of that one terrible stretch in the mid 4th quarter. Jenkins and Harris picked a good time to have their best games and Cade was constantly good in the last 3 games although helped by Wagner being out. Hopefully they use this as a learning experience and be better next series because it's only going to get tougher especially if Cleveland is the opponent.

[Sports_Freak]

The NBA playoffs are baby steps. Advance every season, a little further. Until a team has the experiences, coaching and players to win a championship. Are the Pustons there yet? No, not quite. Still some experiences and a player or two away. But having a team that competes deep into a season and into the playoffs makes a basketball season fun for all the Detroit fans. Just pure joy...

[Deleterious]

Wow, look at that TS%.  Mid 50's is considered garbage.  

Of course, the only Pistons 55% and up were Duren, Stew, Cade, and Reed.

 

[Deleterious]

Said it all year.  That Bane trade will go down as one of the worst trades ever.

It left them with a very incomplete roster.   They don't even have a PG.  Starting this summer they are a 1st apron team with zero draft capital.  They basically have two years to win before their payroll balloons up over $500 million a year.  

[Motor City Sonics]

After game 4 I posted that They could win 3 in a row, but it's not likely now - and I am glad to be wrong on that. 

 

Now I am rooting 100% for Toronto tonight - because there were 3 teams that gave the Pistons trouble in the East.  Atlanta - gone,   Orlando - dispatched  and Cleveland.   I don't think the Pistons beat Cleveland this year, did they?    The Sixers, Raptors and Knicks don't scare me one bit.  

[Sports_Freak]

3 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

After game 4 I posted that They could win 3 in a row, but it's not likely now - and I am glad to be wrong on that. 

 

Now I am rooting 100% for Toronto tonight - because there were 3 teams that gave the Pistons trouble in the East.  Atlanta - gone,   Orlando - dispatched  and Cleveland.   I don't think the Pistons beat Cleveland this year, did they?    The Sixers, Raptors and Knicks don't scare me one bit.  

The Knicks do because of their experience. But I think Detroit wants them....payback!!

[gehringer_2]

the swing of this series was probably about Cade getting 100% back into NBA playing mode after the pneumothorax.

[buddha]

Time to enjoy my $15 worth of burger king for my $5 bet on the pistons to win the series i made after game 4!

a whopper never tasted so good.

[casimir]

1 hour ago, NYLion said:

They played great basketball outside of that one terrible stretch in the mid 4th quarter. Jenkins and Harris picked a good time to have their best games and Cade was constantly good in the last 3 games although helped by Wagner being out. Hopefully they use this as a learning experience and be better next series because it's only going to get tougher especially if Cleveland is the opponent.

Thinking back on it, it seems like they won the game in the last few minutes of the 1st half through the first few minutes of the 2nd half.  Honestly, it seemed like a tie game with 4 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.