Tigeraholic1 Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Scotiabank Arena - Toronto, ON Watch: FD Det Pistons 42-34 Raptors 28-48 Looking ahead: Vs Grizzlies 44-32 Quote
Deleterious Posted April 3 Posted April 3 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. Quote
Betrayer Posted April 3 Posted April 3 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. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted April 3 Posted April 3 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. Quote
Deleterious Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Congrats on the win, Milwaukee. Nice of Philly to start 5 guys who would never start an NBA game under normal circumstances. Quote
buddha Posted April 4 Posted April 4 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! Quote
NYLion Posted April 4 Posted April 4 (edited) 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 April 4 by NYLion Quote
Betrayer Posted April 4 Posted April 4 6 hours ago, NYLion said: 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. Agreed, Duren's perimeter defense is a problem in most matchups. It's not even unique to Duren, traditional Centers have been getting played off the court in the NBA playoffs for a few years now. Even the "best" ones like Gobert. It's part of the reason I'm all for removing the corner three to help bring back the big man. Against the Knicks there's an easy answer. You flip Stewart and Duren so Stew matches KATs minutes and Duren matches Mitchell Robinson. JB won't do that because he's very regimented with his rotations and he's more of a player's coach that's going to roll with the lineups that got him there. Still, it's the obvious answer to at least finish with Stew on KAT in the 4th even if you're not going to start him. Quote
buddha Posted April 4 Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Betrayer said: Agreed, Duren's perimeter defense is a problem in most matchups. It's not even unique to Duren, traditional Centers have been getting played off the court in the NBA playoffs for a few years now. Even the "best" ones like Gobert. It's part of the reason I'm all for removing the corner three to help bring back the big man. Against the Knicks there's an easy answer. You flip Stewart and Duren so Stew matches KATs minutes and Duren matches Mitchell Robinson. JB won't do that because he's very regimented with his rotations and he's more of a player's coach that's going to roll with the lineups that got him there. Still, it's the obvious answer to at least finish with Stew on KAT in the 4th even if you're not going to start him. stew should be on kat the whole time. kat is a pussy and when the going gets tough, stew will remind him and kat will shrivel up like he usually does. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted April 4 Posted April 4 44 minutes ago, Deleterious said: Cade is out tonight. I still like our chances with most of the suspended guys back. No Stew or Harris, right? Quote
Deleterious Posted April 5 Posted April 5 6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: I still like our chances with most of the suspended guys back. No Stew or Harris, right? Correct. They should be OK. It would be nice to see Cade get a few games in before Milwaukee to knock the rust off. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted April 5 Posted April 5 I've never been hit in the Adam's Apple but Kesler says it feels like swallowing a golf ball. Lmao Quote
Deleterious Posted April 5 Posted April 5 That clinched it? Nice. Real gunslinger coming in tomorrow night. 1 Quote
Hart Posted April 5 Posted April 5 THJ picked a good time to get hot from three and have some of his best games of the season. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Playoffs Clinched ! What an accomplishment. And doing it without Ivey most of the year and without Cade the last couple of weeks. Stellar job, J.B. - Coach Of The Year right there. Need to keep Malik around a couple more years. Imagine how much better they could have been if Fontecchio played like last year. 1 Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted April 5 Posted April 5 I do want the Pacers - because the two teams hate each other and that'll be fun. We haven't had anything close to the Wings-Avs series' for over a decade now. Pistons-Pacers could be like that. Stupid schedule maker didn't have these two teams play the entire second half - and they're in the same division. Just odd. 1 Quote
Hongbit Posted April 5 Posted April 5 1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said: I do want the Pacers - because the two teams hate each other and that'll be fun. We haven't had anything close to the Wings-Avs series' for over a decade now. Pistons-Pacers could be like that. Stupid schedule maker didn't have these two teams play the entire second half - and they're in the same division. Just odd. I don’t want any part of the Pacers. The knack they have for miraculously winning games at the end sets up the potential for a gut wrenching series. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted April 5 Posted April 5 I like Ausar guarding Hali a lot more than him guarding a healthy Brunson. He only played in 3 of the Indiana games, and all 3 he still had minute restrictions. He played 19, 21, and 11 minutes. They will be a healthy underdog to both teams. Quote
Betrayer Posted April 5 Posted April 5 45 minutes ago, Deleterious said: I like Ausar guarding Hali a lot more than him guarding a healthy Brunson. He only played in 3 of the Indiana games, and all 3 he still had minute restrictions. He played 19, 21, and 11 minutes. They will be a healthy underdog to both teams. Hali is the least of my fears when it comes to Indy. It's Siakam, Turner, Carlisle, and (surprisingly) McConnell that worry me. Quote
buddha Posted April 5 Posted April 5 if cade isnt healthy they will an early out and probably get swept. Quote
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