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@jasonrmcintyre Mitchell is legit like Cade. If Harden was on the Thunder, you would be calling out his flopping and leg kicks. He’s not quick enough anymore to consistently draw legit fouls. All the other players are comparable. Disparity shouldn’t be 2 to 1.

@bdsimpson21 Detroit doesn’t drive besides Cade Other guys are jump shooters Cleveland has attacking guards in Mitchell and harden Allen / Thompson looked incidental, can’t decide a game that close with :01 left

Can’t wait for the Cavs to blow this and y’all mock me for it. Love being on an island before the playoffs taking Cleveland > Detroit 🏀

@Sam_Vecenie @Pistons__Talk “I only play him when we’re losing”

At some point, I'm gonna need to understand why JB Bickerstaff refuses to go to Paul Reed in the first half of a basketball game.

@stoney16 Leland level stubbornness

Why does Reed only play when they are losing? Sparkplug.

@Charlottean28 Shocking

Reed started the 4th terribly but he’s since settled in and he’s been the spark the team needed.

@omarisankofa If only there was a guy on the bench that instantly produces.

End of 3: Cavs 84, Pistons 80. Cleveland won the quarter 32-20, with just two turnovers after the Pistons forced 10 in the 1st half. Pistons shot 6-18 overall and 1-6 from 3 in the 3rd.

@itsAntWright Cancun

What do the Pistons talk about at halftime

@omarisankofa Isn’t it Paul Reed time?

LeVert leaned back to avoid contact and still got whistled. Lol. JB just challenged it

@jasonrmcintyre Don’t worry refs got their backs.

Nooooo, Donovan Mitchell turns an ankle FUDGE Come on man

@League_Him Go get him Dusty

19-year-old Italian center Luigi Suigo measured in at 7’2 ¾” barefoot with a 7’5 ½” wingspan and a 9’6” standing reach at the NBA Draft Combine.

@jasonrmcintyre And only win by 10 after Pistons worst game of season. Pistons lock for game 5

The Pistons starters scored a total of 51 points Donovan Mitchell scored 42 points

@Charlottean28 He matched Duren’s production already again…

…and that’s why you don’t play Paul Reed against starting centers.

@Charlottean28 Cade passing up open looks to give it to Thompson

I would be very tempted to just pull all the starters and let the bench finish the game. They never came out of the locker room. They have done nothing that was working for them in the first half. There’s getting outplayed and there’s giving up and this feels like giving up.

@omarisankofa Thompson -31

Cavs open the 2nd half with a 16-0 run. Pistons are facing their biggest deficit of the night, 68-56, at the 8:16 mark. Shooting 0-5 with two turnovers

@JohnNiyo Paul Reed time now

Sometimes the plus-minus doesn't lie. Caris LeVert checked in when Pistons were on the ropes early, down 16-5. Hit a pull-up and two big 3s, added a couple assists and some good defense to spark a 19-5 run the final 7 minutes of the quarter.

@omarisankofa Duren playing terrible. Shocker

Harden has three 3-pointers and the Pistons are down 13-5 at 7:45 mark.

@itsAntWright Can’t remember who said Michigan got smaller in the preseason

Major W today for the Michigan frontcourt.. Yaxel grew quarter of an inch taller from last season With shoes they were 7’4”+, 6’10”+, 6’10” All wingspans at least 7’3.5” with aggressive guard play Not a surprise it was the #1 defense in the country

@Pistons__Talk @FDSportsbook Duren should be +2,500

Cade Cunningham is -700 to score 20 points on @FDSportsbook

@Fullcourtpass @firekennyatkins They blamed Bickerstaff for this

Dean Wade reaction to Donovan Mitchell not fighting through the screen 😬 (h/t @firekennyatkins)

@jasonrmcintyre @BenAxelrod Good thing they didn’t take Jalen Green with that pick. Someone actually suggested they should. Number one pick is no guarantee.

@BenAxelrod Yeah they were awful for years and years and got the 1st pick You can have titles and playoff success or futility and 1st pick

The unfortunate reality is the Cavs are just the 2010s Raptors (pre-Kawhi). High floor, low ceiling. A well built team that will also rarely have the best player on the floor past the first round.