4/2/25 9:30PM Pistons @ Thunder

[Tigeraholic1]

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Paycom Center

National: ESPN

Pistons 42-33

OKC 63-12

Looking ahead 4/5 Vs Memphis 44-31

 

Edited Tuesday at 05:24 PM by Tigeraholic1

[Deleterious]

Was a bit worried Stewart would get a few more.  This isn't that bad.

 

[Deleterious]

Pistons have until 5PM today to release their injury report for tomorrow. 

[Deleterious]

Cade is doubtful while Harris is listed as probable.  He was probable last game though.

Wiggins is the only rotation guy out for OKC it looks like.

[StrangeBird]

With the Hawks loss today, the Pistons’ magic number is now down to 1. 

They are in the playoffs with one more win, or one more loss for both the Hawks and Magic.

[Deleterious]

I guess it won't matter for a few games.  But Stew is at 15 technical fouls for the year.  One more and he is suspended for a game.  Then he is suspended another game every 2 techs after that.  They reset in the playoffs and suspensions start again after 7. 

[buddha]

stew is going to have to learn to control himself.

[RandyMarsh]

I wonder if all these games Cade is missing at the end of the year will effect his All NBA chances? 

[RatkoVarda]

they can lose with Cade playing 38 minutes, or lose with Cade sitting out this one, too

 

[Deleterious]

1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:

I wonder if all these games Cade is missing at the end of the year will effect his All NBA chances? 

You never know when it comes to reporters/broadcasters voting.

2011-12 they voted Tyson Chandler DPOY but put him on 2nd team all defense behind Dwight Howard.  The best part, D12 didn't even finish 2nd in DPOY voting.  That was Serge Ibaka. 

[Betrayer]

4 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

I wonder if all these games Cade is missing at the end of the year will effect his All NBA chances? 

Nope. He has the required 65 games and most people I've heard nationally think he's guaranteed 3rd team and will probably make 2nd team. Narratives don't change that fast in the NBA.

[Deleterious]

ESPN Insiders have him at 7th in the MVP voting.

 

[Deleterious]

Cade has his sights set higher than 7th.

 

[Deleterious]

 

[RandyMarsh]

37 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Cade has his sights set higher than 7th.

 

I don't know about best especially as long as Jokic is playing but I do think with the right supporting staff to compliment and maximize his game he has a chance to be in that top 3ish discussion.

[Deleterious]

Someone on Reddit said this, so no clue if it is true.

They said OKC could take all the games they won by less than 10 and count them as losses.  They would be 49-26 and the #1 seed in the west still.

[Betrayer]

From reports it sounds like the Pistons might be running a bunch of G-League players out there tonight. Good. Sit most of your players and tank the ratings for the game they flexed to national TV.

Serves them right for deciding to suspend a bunch of players who were involved in a pushing match that the other team started after Naz Reid got his feelings hurt and came at Ron about a common slap-away foul and Donte decided to lay hands on Ron as well. Still trying to figure out how he got suspended for being the victim of a 2-on-1 that got him shoved to the bottom of a pile of dudes.

[Deleterious]

I still say that nobody gets suspended if that happens at mid-court.  I didn't see a single punch get thrown.  They only suspended people because it spilled into the crowd, IMO. 

[Sports_Freak]

47 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

I still say that nobody gets suspended if that happens at mid-court.  I didn't see a single punch get thrown.  They only suspended people because it spilled into the crowd, IMO. 

Didn't they used to stagger suspensions so teams can still put a competitive team out there? Too many minutes could fatigue players and lead to injuries 

[Deleterious]

12 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Didn't they used to stagger suspensions so teams can still put a competitive team out there? Too many minutes could fatigue players and lead to injuries 

They will still have 10-11 guys dressed. 

[Deleterious]

A Knicks-Cavs appetizer. 

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

 

[casimir]

19 hours ago, buddha said:

stew is going to have to learn to control himself.

He hasn’t by now, so what do you think the odds are that he will?

[Deleterious]

Duren getting abused. Need to settle down.