4/4/25 7:30PM Tigers @ Raptors

[Tigeraholic1]

Scotiabank Arena - Toronto, ON

Watch: FD Det

Pistons 42-34

Raptors 28-48

Looking ahead: Vs Grizzlies 44-32

[buddha]

i'd almost rather play the knicks than the pacers.

[Deleterious]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

i'd almost rather play the knicks than the pacers.

People will laugh.  But Nembhard worries me.

Not saying he is a great defender or even good.  He wont lock Cade down or even contain him.  But he is a bad matchup for Cade.  Quick enough to hang with him on the perimeter.  Big and long enough to body him in the paint.  Teams usually have to pick one or the other when defending Cade.

Plus, nobody wants to play a Carlisle coached team in the playoffs. 

[Betrayer]

3 hours ago, Deleterious said:

People will laugh.  But Nembhard worries me.

Not saying he is a great defender or even good.  He wont lock Cade down or even contain him.  But he is a bad matchup for Cade.  Quick enough to hang with him on the perimeter.  Big and long enough to body him in the paint.  Teams usually have to pick one or the other when defending Cade.

Plus, nobody wants to play a Carlisle coached team in the playoffs. 

Yup.

Nembhard has given Cade fits and Nesmith has been a problem for him as well. Carlisle will take the ball out of Cade's hands with traps, have his team picking up full-court defense, and simply out-strategize JB who's been great for this team's identity but is also pretty predictable. Turner will rain triples on Duren's head all day and Harris can't guard Siakam.

The Pacers are a nightmare matchup and I agree, I'd rather face the Knicks + the refs.

That said, the fights and ejections should be fun.

[Deleterious]

The injury report has Cade as questionable.  I think he has been listed as doubtful, so this is a small improvement.

Harris is listed as out with right heel soreness. 

[Deleterious]

Cancelling FanDuel was so satisfying. 

[Deleterious]

Congrats on the win, Milwaukee.  Nice of Philly to start 5 guys who would never start an NBA game under normal circumstances. 

[buddha]

7 hours ago, Betrayer said:

Yup.

Nembhard has given Cade fits and Nesmith has been a problem for him as well. Carlisle will take the ball out of Cade's hands with traps, have his team picking up full-court defense, and simply out-strategize JB who's been great for this team's identity but is also pretty predictable. Turner will rain triples on Duren's head all day and Harris can't guard Siakam.

The Pacers are a nightmare matchup and I agree, I'd rather face the Knicks + the refs.

That said, the fights and ejections should be fun.

i think every team will double cade and take the ball out of his hands.  they may end up starting shroeder because of that.  or giving him a lot more playing time.  its why losing ivey was so huge.

marcus sasser time!

[NYLion]

17 hours ago, Betrayer said:

Yup.

Nembhard has given Cade fits and Nesmith has been a problem for him as well. Carlisle will take the ball out of Cade's hands with traps, have his team picking up full-court defense, and simply out-strategize JB who's been great for this team's identity but is also pretty predictable. Turner will rain triples on Duren's head all day and Harris can't guard Siakam.

The Pacers are a nightmare matchup and I agree, I'd rather face the Knicks + the refs.

That said, the fights and ejections should be fun.

I'm not worried about the guard matchups, the nightmare matchup is Turner like you mentioned. Duren can't cover him, the guy becomes Jokic when he plays the Pistons. Siakam isn't a good matchup either because the Pistons don't have a true 4. Against the Knicks, KAT is the matchup problem, any big that can step out on the perimeter is a problem for Duren. We all like the progress but until he improves his perimeter defense, it's going to be a problem in a league that is filled with stretch bigs.

Edited 3 hours ago by NYLion