Deleterious

Good hustle from Jenkins

Not Paul Reed

If you're going to challenge Mobley it has to be a dunk. You can't lay it up against him.

One of the most amazing things about this season. The Pistons had the number three ranked defense with Harris and Robinson playing starter minutes.

Incidental contact with nobody in possession isn't a foul, right?

Pistons all over the offensive boards

What does it say to the other guys on the team that want to win?

Hope I'm wrong. But I'm feeling a blowout.

They should have won games 3 and 5. We should be talking about the Knicks today.

Big drop

The leagues last two minute report said the no call on Allen was the correct call. Here is their reasoning.

Duren has 0 total second chance points in the Cavs series so far. He averaged 6 second chance points per game in the regular season.

Tied for 140th now.

No. He is signed for one more season.

The lack of creativity from the coaching staff last night is stunning. Every single time down it was the exact same thing. Cade starting with the ball in his hand at the top of the key. The Cavs defense was in position before Cade even crossed mid-court because they knew exactly what was coming. The same exact thing over and over. We knew months ago this tactic would be deployed against Cade. The staff had the entire season to come up with a way to counter it, and they obviously have found nothing. Just running the same garbage over and over and hope it works isn't a strategy. Put 4 guys on one side of the floor and let Cade ISO on the other. Set the screen with a shooter instead of a big. How about starting Cade off ball. Put him on the baseline, set a down pick to free him up. Start him off ball in the corner, give it to Harris or Duren in the high post, bring Cade to the ball for a direct hand off. How about run a PnR with Jenkins and Duren and have Cade act as a weak side cutter. Get him moving! If a team is going to double a guy you want him moving when he gets the ball. Does that stop the double? No, its still coming. But maybe now its a step late because he gets the ball in a different area of the floor. Maybe it gets caught up in traffic. Maybe they just have a brain fart and screw up the double because they are seeing a different offensive set and have to think on the fly. Stop running the Cade sledgehammer from the top of the key every damn play. The fact an NBA coach and his staff couldn't come up with a different play to get Cade better looks is mind-blowing. It should concern everyone moving forward.

Both things can be true. Cade kept the team in the game pretty much by himself. But he also made some massive mistakes that let Cleveland send it to OT and eventually win it. He wandered off of his man multiple times leading to made 3 pointers. Strus picking his pocket for the Mitchell layup. Not boxing out Harden and giving up a huge offensive rebound for Cleveland.

Detroit had four shot clock violations in the 4th quarter.

Harris has come crashing back to earth in a big way. 3 points in the 2nd half and OT tonight. That is 3 more than he had in the 2nd half in game 4. Shot 6-19 and 1-7 from three.