3/9/25 9:00PM Pistons @ Trail Blazers

[Tigeraholic1]

[Betrayer]

Feels like a must-win so we can go 2-2 on this road trip and at least beat the two weaker teams. Problem is that it's also a back-to-back and the dreaded last game in a road trip against a scrappy Portland team that's 5-5 in their last 10.

[Deleterious]

Yeah, Portland isn't a pushover.  

Rough week in general.  5 games in 7 nights.  Including a game next Saturday against OKC.  A flight back from the west coast thrown in.

One bit of luck.  We play back to back home games against Washington.  

[Deleterious]

Big thanks to @Tigeraholic1 for the game threads.  We appreciate it.

Looking forward to playoff game threads.

[Deleterious]

We are Cavs fans tonight.  They are up 11 on Milwaukee in the 2nd quarter.  

[Hart]

It's weird seeing Cade not get blitzed every time he touches the ball.  He's off to a hot start.  If Ivey can develop into all-star type player, it would bode very well for Cade.  

Edited Monday at 01:22 AM by Hart

[Deleterious]

At this point I don't even know why guys challenge Stew at the rim.

[Deleterious]

Fastbreak 3 for Beasley and a fastbreak 2 for Holland.  Both started off of Stewarts defense at the rim.

[Deleterious]

Wow that was an impressive dunk over Stew.

[Deleterious]

Man, that Clingan guy is massive.  Duren is a big guy and he looks like a little kid next to him.  

[Deleterious]

Come on JB.  If they are picking up Cade 3/4 quart you can't let him bring the ball up.  He will be dead on his feet by time the 4th quarter starts.  

[Deleterious]

5 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Wow that was an impressive dunk over Stew.

 

[buddha]

im beginning to think buzelis was a better pick than holland.

[Deleterious]

Cavs up 18 on Milwaukee with 4 minutes left in the game.  Chance to gain a game on the Bucks.

[buddha]

remember when scoot henderson was a cant miss prospect?

[Hongbit]

What a wonderful feeling having Utah +5.5

Comes back to cover from down 16 with 6 minutes to go including two Filipowski 3’s with under 9 seconds.

[Betrayer]

14 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Come on JB.  If they are picking up Cade 3/4 quart you can't let him bring the ball up.  He will be dead on his feet by time the 4th quarter starts.  

I guess Billups learned something from what Pop did to him in the close-out game of the '05 finals. Let him feel comfortable for a half and then flip the script in the second half to turn up the pressure. Luckily here the Pistons had enough of a lead and Tobias came up big to stabilize the team and secure the win.

[Betrayer]

14 hours ago, buddha said:

remember when scoot henderson was a cant miss prospect?

One of the few times I was right about a draft prospect.

[Betrayer]

14 hours ago, buddha said:

im beginning to think buzelis was a better pick than holland.

Holland was always going to be the more developmental pick. You may be right in the end, but I don't think we can call it in year one. Matas is currently getting more minutes on a worse team and he's a year older, so straight numbers don't tell the tale. Their per 100 stats are actually very similar. Yes, Matas is currently a better shooter, but his shot is nothing to write home about either. I'm willing to let this one play out for another couple years.

[Shinzaki]

Only seen Buzelus a time or two..but he looked horrible on D.  Holland works hard on D.

I wanted Shaedon Sharpe over Ivey...glad we didn't make that pick.

[buddha]

3 hours ago, Betrayer said:

Holland was always going to be the more developmental pick. You may be right in the end, but I don't think we can call it in year one. Matas is currently getting more minutes on a worse team and he's a year older, so straight numbers don't tell the tale. Their per 100 stats are actually very similar. Yes, Matas is currently a better shooter, but his shot is nothing to write home about either. I'm willing to let this one play out for another couple years.

matas is taller and longer.  dont know if he ever puts on enough weight to be solid enough to play d.  ron is solid enough, but i dont know what he's good at other than trying real hard.  matas is more projectable and has a higher ceiling if he fills out.

both their shots are broke right now.

but we'll see.  being a rookie on a bad team isnt always a good indicator of how good someone actually is.

[NYLion]

20 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Yeah, Portland isn't a pushover.  

Rough week in general.  5 games in 7 nights.  Including a game next Saturday against OKC.  A flight back from the west coast thrown in.

One bit of luck.  We play back to back home games against Washington.  

There's no such thing as a rough week when you have back to back what should be layups against the Wizards. Assuming that they sweep the Wizards, the game against OKC might be the biggest in the history of LCA, sad yes but still shows how far this team has come.