Hart Posted Tuesday at 02:20 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:20 AM (edited) Th Pistons have been very physical with Brunson. I am not really too upset with him getting some calls as long as Cade does too. Which it feels like he is. Edited Tuesday at 02:21 AM by Hart Quote
Betrayer Posted Tuesday at 02:27 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:27 AM Playoff drought snapped! Winning this game on the road when the three ball completely abandoned you is huge. Also wonder if JB discovered something here. Nobody is stopping Brunson’s flopping, but maybe more minutes with Schroeder harassing him so Ausar can work his off-ball roaming, stealing, and disruptive help defense without fouling out. Worth trying. 2 2 Quote
RandyMarsh Posted Tuesday at 02:28 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:28 AM Nice to get a win when you go 6-27 from 3 and Cade, THJ, Tobias and Beasley going 3-22. I know the Knicks didn't shoot well from deep either but still it shows that it didn't take them shooting out their minds to get the win which gives me more hope going forward. Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:29 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:29 AM Damn it. Game 7 is May 3rd. We are going to be in Louisville that day. Pistons better wrap this up in 6. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:31 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:31 AM JB should be talking about the Brunson hook nonstop until Thursday. 1 Quote
RandyMarsh Posted Tuesday at 02:39 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:39 AM Granted most non Knicks fans probably are rooting against them so they may be biased but if you look on social media its amazing how many people you will see that aren't pistons fans talking about how favorable the officiating has been for the Knicks. 2 Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:42 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:42 AM 2 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Granted most non Knicks fans probably are rooting against them so they may be biased but if you look on social media its amazing how many people you will see that aren't pistons fans talking about how favorable the officiating has been for the Knicks. I was just on /r/NBA and people over there are just roasting Brunson for his foul seeking. Quote
RandyMarsh Posted Tuesday at 02:48 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:48 AM Another fun tidbit about our playoff drought, the last win before this Linsday Hunter was in the lineup who was born in 1970 and drafted in 1993. In today's game we had a guy born in 2005 and drafted in 2024 in Ron Holland. Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:52 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:52 AM Knicks shot 35% from the field and 26% from three in the 2nd half. Towns had 3 shots and 0 points. Mikal "5 FRPS" Bridges shot 2-8 Thompson and then Schroder did a nice job on Brunson. He shot 37/14 Quote
oblong Posted Tuesday at 02:53 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:53 AM The last time they won was when my wife and I finally got a chance to get away just the two of us, after we had kids. My oldest was 7. This was for our 10th wedding anniversary and we went to south haven. I remember watching the Celtics series. I got tickets Thursday, nose bleeds, for my son and I. He’s now 24. He’s had a rough couple of weeks between a breakup and totaled car. I’m glad I was able to perk him up. It’s only money. 3 Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:57 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:57 AM A bit shocked Payne played 0 minutes in the 2nd half. Quote
papalawrence Posted Tuesday at 04:20 AM Posted Tuesday at 04:20 AM Been a long road since 2008! Quote
RandyMarsh Posted Tuesday at 08:24 AM Posted Tuesday at 08:24 AM BTW in early September if you were told 2 Detroit teams would win playoff games in the next calendar year how many people would've guessed it would be the Tigers and Pistons? 1 Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted Tuesday at 11:53 AM Posted Tuesday at 11:53 AM 8 hours ago, oblong said: The last time they won was when my wife and I finally got a chance to get away just the two of us, after we had kids. My oldest was 7. This was for our 10th wedding anniversary and we went to south haven. I remember watching the Celtics series. I got tickets Thursday, nose bleeds, for my son and I. He’s now 24. He’s had a rough couple of weeks between a breakup and totaled car. I’m glad I was able to perk him up. It’s only money. Thats great Rob. Top Dad honors. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted Tuesday at 12:21 PM Posted Tuesday at 12:21 PM That's probably the best defense I saw the Pistons play all season. Especially considering the competition, circumstances and significance of the game. Just...a huge effort. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted Tuesday at 01:15 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:15 PM I know KAT isn't known for stepping up in big playoff situations, but we can't expect him to choke like that all series long. That said, it was awesome to watch our star player dominate the game after a rocky start in Game 1 and one of their star players fall flat on his face and go scoreless in the second half. Quote
MichiganCardinal Posted Tuesday at 01:42 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:42 PM (edited) 11 hours ago, ben9753 said: Now I remember why I don’t watch much NBA anymore I watched the 4th quarter and this was my takeaway. There was no flow whatsoever. I’m not basketball savvy enough to really know what should or shouldn’t have been called, but a lot of it felt soft, and the whining anytime an official had the gall to make a call against them drove me crazy. Along with a guy like Brunson just playing for the foul. I don’t get it. Edited Tuesday at 01:44 PM by MichiganCardinal Quote
Sports_Freak Posted Tuesday at 02:06 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:06 PM 11 hours ago, Deleterious said: A bit shocked Payne played 0 minutes in the 2nd half. I'm rewatching the national broadcast after watching Blaha last night and Payne has 3 fouls in the first quarter. Foul trouble and NY went away from him. Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:43 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:43 PM Not sure why Thibs took out the sledgehammer and ran iso Brunson over and over. But thank you. Not taking away from the nice defensive effort by Detroit, but its much easier to defend a team running the same play for the same player over and over. Letting us hide Duren on Hart is quite the gift. It's letting Duren come off of Hart and help a bit since Hart isn't a 3PT threat. He can get to the rim a bit though and is a good passer, averaging 6 APG. They should be running PnR with Hart as the ball handler and KAT screening. Harris and Duren defending the PnR together is something a team should want to exploit. Can anyone remember a single time it was run last night? Where were the doubles and traps on Cade? Cade will kill you if you can't speed him up and make him uncomfortable. The Knock on JB is he doesn't adjust well. Not a real X's and O's type of coach. He was smart last night letting Cade go one on one without screens. It helped keep the doubles away from Cade a bit. In game 1 when Cade came off of a screen he had one or two defenders waiting for him. That never happened last night. That with the hiding Duren on Hart has JB winning the coaching game so far. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted Tuesday at 02:57 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:57 PM I made a post before the series about how bad Detroit is at allowing wide open 3's. So far, the Knicks are attempting a wide open (No defender within 6 feet) 3PTA only 13.8% of the time. That ranks the Knicks as the worst team in the playoffs in the category. FWIW, we are the second worst at 14.4% but who cares, we split on the road. Quote
Shinzaki Posted Tuesday at 03:25 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:25 PM I thought KAT was going to dominate with Stew out (I like Duren...but that's a challenging match up physically) stunned that he was such a non factor Quote
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