Matt Way

Michigan fans' ability to get mad at the hype that they themselves created in the offseason is unmatched.

For @MotorCityHoops, I wrote about how Detroit used Duncan Robinson so effectively as a screener in Game 6: open.substack.com/pub/motorcityh…

@SmoothsHoops He really is. He was an amazing culture guy as a player and he's a part of an elite one now. Wouldn't surprise me to see him as a head coach before long.

@waymatth He’s the best. He was doing some serious coaching tonight. Like he was out there playing.

Watch Jarrett Jack once the ball is in the air. Legendary stuff.

@pistons_jack best part is how Kenny Atkinson didn't even flinch

I can’t stop laughing man 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ausar has 28 steals and 23 blocks through 13 playoff games, so I went to @stathead to see how many other players in the play-by-play era have done that. And yeah, it's just he and Ben Wallace, but Ben had 35 steals and 38 blocks through 13 games in '03. Dude was a true phenomenon

Final thought for the night: I think this Pistons team handles adversity as well as any team I've ever seen. When the noise is at its loudest, the Pistons play their best basketball.

Great game for JB, as well. Pistons were prepared for all the stuff that's hurt them all series defensively and JB pressed all the right buttons tonight.

Incredible Jalen Duren game. Box score doesn't close to doing it justice. Do that again in Game 7 and you're playing in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Ball don't lie

@DuncanSmithNBA That’s what Kobe stans think Kobe assists always looked like

Duren with a crazy Kobe assist to Ausur

Bright side is Jalen Duren looked like regular season Jalen Duren. That’s the difference in the Pistons looking like the 1 seed vs looking like the same team as last year.

Such a disappointing end to the half. Can’t have those Cade live ball turnovers when the half court defense has been so good.

Good Paul Reed usage by JB. Get him in when Cleveland is going to be staggering the starting bigs. Doesn’t work nearly as well when they’re both in there.

Tony Brothers deciding NBA playoff games. Because why not.

You just can’t play Sasser if he’s not going to look for his shot.

I vow now to donate to Tony Brothers' mayoral opponent.

The double standard in how this game is being called on either end is getting outrageous

@MotorCityHoops I love Javonte forever, but there was a noticeable difference in jumping the clear reads vs cheating unnecessarily without him in there that half.

Overall, you definitely take that half if you are the #Pistons For me, the key to the defensive success...how many passing lane steals, deflections, disruptions can they have in the 2nd half??? When they get them they force TOs or closeout for contests....when they don't #Cavaliers knock down a 3PA

@NekiasNBA Temecula

Genuinely where would the Cavs be without Max Strus?

Nice to see Duren working hard on the boards, screening well, and making good passes. Needs to keep doing that stuff - his confidence is clearly super low in terms of scoring it and forcing things isn't going to help that.