@hardtoget725@KuKhahil Definitely were! Still had a shot to win it after them but they could have gone ahead with a solid 3 possessions instead of 3 absolutely awful passes by Cade.
Pistons should’ve won this game.
They blew the chance to go up 3-0.
They had so many chances to win this game. Just absolutely sold their chance to go up 3-0.
That’s a tough one to lose.
@KuKhahil That 3 turnover stretch sure killed the Pistons. Sure they still got within 1 but they could have flipped the script with solid possessions on those 3 plays.
Why is Ausar not on the floor, he is a team-high +12 they could not score with him on the floor.
He ain’t play that much in the first half cause of foul trouble, he should be playing damn near all 24 this half.
@PistonsThoughts I don’t know what Orlando game it was but in one the games he got up up for a block but he came down with one leg straight. Similar to ANT but without the knee folding in. That’s the incident that likely has him hurt.
Stew hasn’t really looked right since the 8 block game
Wonder if the knees are bothering him and if so, may be time to commit to some consistent Paul Reed minutes
After Game 1, the loudest noise out of Cleveland was about the free throw line. Detroit got too many calls. The whistles were unfair. If the officiating evened out, the Cavs would be just fine. In Game 2, the officiating evened out. Cleveland got 27 free throws to Detroit's 20 and shot 81 percent on them. The Pistons still won by ten.
The free throw argument was always a misdirection. The actual problem for Cleveland is that when this series gets physical — when there are bodies in the paint, when shooters are getting hit on closeouts, when guards are getting picked up at half court — the Cavaliers do not have an answer. The Pistons do.
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The Cavaliers have very much benefited from Donovan Mitchell’s public critique of the officiating from Game 1.
Just getting some really odd calls their way. Not a good night from this crew.
Cleveland just scored 32 in the third quarter, not a coincidence it’s the quarter AT couldn’t play in.
He has to be so much smarter. He’s been great with fouls in the postseason until tonight. He’s too important to find himself on the bench. Has to be better.
@dafrogger11@TheNBACentel Is SGA worse than Brunson and LeBron? Brunson seemingly tries to bait a call everytime he handles it. LeBron does it often, but is perhaps, a worse actor than a kid in a 1st grade play.