5/5/26 7:00PM RD2 GM1 Cavs @ Pistons

[Tigeraholic1]

Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI

Watch: Peacock

Regular season series: 2-2

 

[Stanley70]

I just had to activate my You Tube TV yesterday after cancelling it for the summer. Amazon had the Friday game.

[Shinzaki]

Cursed!!

[Deleterious]

Love the schedule

 

[buddha]

Will we see ron holland in this series?

i hope so.  tired of seeing duncan abused and missing threes.  he puts the other team in the bonus almost single handedly.  if he's not making threes there's little point to him out there.

#freeronholland

[Betrayer]

Harden and Mitchell on the perimeter. Allen and Mobley inside.

Really tough matchup because it's not just about who you put Ausar on and if Cade will have the energy to guard the other. These are much better offensive creators than Bane who stands there and waits to shoot a three. Expect to see a ton of screens targeting Duncan and Harris to get them on Mitchell/Harden. Also, there are real concerns about foul trouble for both Ausar and Cade against some of the best foul baiters in the business.

That's just the perimeter. On the inside you also have to deal with the fact that Mobley and Allen can totally shut down the inside and that's really the only place we can score. Allen is also a terrific offensive rebounder and we're not great at stopping that.

If you're hoping for Super-Cade to save us, just know that he had a 44 TS against the Cavs this season. He also averaged 5.8 turnovers and was a -7.3 on the court.

They had 4 matchups this season:

Game 1: Loss 116-95. They killed us. They had everyone but Harden.
Game 2: Win 114-110. No JD for us. No Allen or Harden for them.
Game 3: Win 122-119. No Mitchell or Harden.
Game 4: Loss 113-109. No Mitchell.

This matchup is Piston's kryptonite because they can hunt mismatches on offense, get guys in foul trouble, and shut down the paint. We need our guys to get hot from three for a series to keep up with their ability to score since the paint will be very difficult to navigate, but that's just not really our strength.