In what universe is that a foul on Maxiell?
In what universe is that a foul on Maxiell?
well, we're playing a special brand of careless right now.
Bynum needs to start. There is nobody in command of the offense right now. Stuckey is being way to careless on his drives.
Could be a lot worse, surprisingly.
21-17 isnt terrible, but we will lose this game by 20 if we keep playing like this.
Stuckey needs to develop some finesse. He cant plow into a defender every time down the floor. Defenders are stepping out of his way now and it's resulting in horribly missed layups, because he;s anticipating getting hit.
This could be where it gets ugly.
Bynum keeping us in it. What else is new?
Bynum disagrees.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBeau
That was a great play by Will. Too bad Jerebko couldn't finish.
Fantastic play by Will, love the hustle by Jerebko.
Stuckey usually plays better than his stats indicate. That is not the case tonight. He has fucking KILLED us.
we're down 10 right now, and I'm not sure we wouldnt be leading this game if Stuckey didnt play at all.
He's missed 8 shots in the 1st half, and I swear each one has been a fucking backbreaker.
Yeah, guy is pissing me off tonight.
48-38 at halftime.
Huge surprise, we cant score. Again.
Cant take care of the ball. Again.
Cant close out the last 2 minutes. Again.
Zero floor leadership. Again.
No offensive balance. Again.
I love the hard work they put in on defense, but each and every night that great effort is totally going to waste.
Our terrible offense will not allow us to get back in this game.
We've defended Portland better than anybody could have imagined in this quarter, and we're down more than we were at halftime.
Same old story. Jerebko is left wide open, and his man traps whatever Piston has the ball.
This is just awful to watch.
To be clear, we could have the best PG in the league running the offense right now, and we would only have 2-3 more baskets than we do now.
When you only have 3 guys on the floor that can make a shot, eventually the other team will clamp down on you.
This is what's happening to us for the 3rd straight game.
Jerebko either needs to start making shots or he cant start anymore. His defense is secondary at this point. We cant have two defensive specialists on the floor that cant shoot.
It's also killing our defense, because we're being forced into terrible shots that are being funneled into fast break dunks.
Kwame of all people is the guy to net us a shot.
For the first time, I'm seeing a lack of effort on defense, and it's understandable.
When you play as hard as they are defensively and you arent seeing any results, its very mentally draining.
it was a 6-point game 7 minutes ago. It's 20 now.
50 points in 3 quarters isnt going to get it done. We need some offense.
I'll say this: at least Summers is aggressive with the ball. Both Daye and Jerebko look scared as shit to even handle it.
I wouldnt be opposed to starting Summers and bringing Jerebko off the bench early. Just start the game with 4 guys that can hit an open shot, please.
8 point game with 3 minutes left. About the same position we had ourselves in last night.
Hopefully this time we can close.
3 point game with 89 second sleft. This is ridiculous.
Wow.
...and once again, all it takes is one defensive lapse to end the game.
1-point game with under 30 seconds left, you do NOT give up an open 3, and we gave up two of them.
Now we're worse off than we were when we had the ball last.
Portland can salt this game away with FTs now.
I don't even remember that 08 Minnesota game George was talking about.
foul anybody but Roy.
I like that foul.
bah. He picks NOW to hit both FTs....
extra effort by Daye keeps us alive.
feels like the basketball gods wont allow us to come all the way back. Portland has played perfect ever since we cut it to 1.
yep.
Once again, an amazing comeback only to be kicked in the nuts at the very end.
This hurts, but at least it feels like we're going to win a lot of games eventually.
Rodney shot 6-21. If I hear Blaha credit him for any of this shit one more time, im flying to portland and shooting him.
Austin Daye looks like a keeper. Has pretty good footwork on the offensive end.
We're going to Beat Utah. I'm calling it.
Btw, don't see the Pistons beating Utah. They've got to be gassed right now. And it's Utah.
they have 2 days off. And fuck Utah.
Jerry Sloan could suit up right now and drop 20 on the Pistons with the way the series has gone lately.
As for our offense why don't we start Ben, Wilcox, Nova, BG, Stuckey or start Daye at SF or give the freaks what they want and start Will Bynum?
This business of getting kicked in the nuts is getting old
Let's go out and play hard while winning a game for once.
Gonna try this chat thing with Keith:
http://www.nba.com/tvc/index.html?ga...TUTA&brand=DET