Cade Cunningham on dropping Game 5:
"It's first four wins, though ... We've had our back against the wall before. At the end of the day, if we can't win a game on the road, how far we really gon' get in the playoffs? ... Gotta go win a game on the road, that's what we gon' do."
Look at that huge ass pad to protect his rib/lung. 45 points and he played 44! minutes a couple weeks removed from a collapsed lung. What a valiant effort from #2.
Pistons continue to dominate on defense 🔒
Entering today, Detroit ranked No. 1 in SPG (10.5) and BPG (6.3).
They racked up 11 steals and 9 blocks in their road victory 😤
Pistons HC J.B. Bickerstaff on the 65-game rule, via @HunterPatterson:
“If you have serious injuries and you’ve played a certain way throughout the season, you’ve played a certain amount of games and minutes, you should still be able to qualify for those awards. I get the intent, but there’s got to be a better way.”
@mdeenx@lazchance Levert has the worst +/- every single time he touches the floor. If you also watched with your eyes you’d realize he’s clearly the worst player on the court at all times from both teams. Jenkins has been horrible recently and he’s still a much better option than Careless Pervert.
@lazchance We have no other fuckin better guard
When are u gonna learn
Jenkins sucks
Sasser sucks
Levert as much as u hate him is more reliable than both at least defensively
@spurstopia@AriWagner_@ryumashimaa@Bball_paul The reason we don’t play well against the spurs and cavs is because we’re weak from 3 and so dominant in the paint. Wemby is a 1 of 1 paint defender that throws off our whole offense and the cavs have allen/mobley - two premier paint protectors. Terrible matchups for us
@AriWagner_@TulipsOnDetroit@ryumashimaa@Bball_paul Wemby was the one clamping Cade. Cade got pressed and doubled by castle and Julian and he couldn’t get in a rhythm. Obviously wemby in the paint effects drives. But he looked lost even at half court
@ryumashimaa@spurstopia@AriWagner_@Bball_paul We been playing like that all year… Best record in the East for a reason. Bad referees, allowing for flopping on one end of the floor. We played bad and didn’t have Ausar or Ron for a long part of the game, but that was a huge part of the game that didn’t let us get into it
@TulipsOnDetroit@spurstopia@AriWagner_@Bball_paul When 1 singular player is drawing 12 fouls from your whole roster and your all star center has 4 fouls at the half, maybe its a better idea to actually adjust the defensive gameplan than using that sorry ass excuse of masking illegal holding and grabbing as “physical defense”💀