NBA Playoffs Round 1. (3) New York Knicks vs. (6) Detroit Pistons

[NYLion]

48 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

The numbers don't lie.

They're better on offense and way better on defense with him on the court. Why? Because the half-court offense is bad either way so the defensive stops and transition opportunities make a far bigger difference on the offense than that 1 extra average shooter.

Also, the stats for Bruson when Ausar is on/off are bonkers. So, you're also making their best player completely inefficient.

It's the reason the team magically started playing better when Ausar got healthy and Ivey went down to open up a slot in the starting lineup. This has been true all year. They're a bad half-court offense that becomes a decent offense when Ausar is in the lineup to get stops and give them transition opportunities.

Sure but how are those numbers in the 4th quarter? You don't see many transition opportunities in crunch time, it's a lot of ISO ball and pass to shooters. Who is Cade and Schroder passing to if, say, Ausar is there in place of THJ? Harris and ??? ?you need some shooters in there. Just seeing these options, it's a miracle that the Pistons not only made the playoffs comfortably but have also pushed a healthy Knicks team to the limit. There's a real talent deficiency with this group, especially with Ivey out, they've been carried by simply playing harder than the opposition and defense.

[Deleterious]

Not a ton of minutes but here are the lineups with 4+ minutes in the 4th quarter.

Edited 12 hours ago by Deleterious

[Deleterious]

Stewart is now ruled out for tonight. 

[buddha]

1 hour ago, Deleterious said:

Stewart is now ruled out for tonight. 

do we know what the injury is?

[Deleterious]

34 minutes ago, buddha said:

do we know what the injury is?

Just what they list on the injury report.  Right knee inflammation. 

[Betrayer]

2 hours ago, NYLion said:

Sure but how are those numbers in the 4th quarter? You don't see many transition opportunities in crunch time…

That’s because Ausar’s on the bench 🤣

Seriously though, crunch time isn’t really relevant because coaches can switch offense for defense on nearly every possession in the last 2 minutes. 
 

As for the rest of the 4th, it’s the same as the rest of the game. You need your guy who clamps up their best guy and gets you into your best offense - transition.
 

Again, the numbers (facts) tell the story clearly. We can argue theory all day, but we don’t have to - the data is there. 

[Deleterious]

Hey Jalen. Dunk it.

[Deleterious]

How is that a technical on Reed?

[Betrayer]

Ausar comes out and the game swings just like that. All of a sudden Brunson is straight line driving to the rim, guys have to help, and then the defense is in rotation. 

[Deleterious]

Bull**** foul call on Cade.

[Tigeraholic1]

2 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Bull**** foul call on Cade.

How the F was that a foul? The announcer called it a veteran move wtf….

Edited 9 hours ago by Tigeraholic1

[Tigeraholic1]

Then they call that BS phantom foul on Holland….

[Betrayer]

Officiating off to a great start. 

[ben9753]

WTH these refs are terrible 

[Deleterious]

Oh see, I didn't know you could just push Reed out of bounds.

[buddha]

lol refs.

[ben9753]

Can they get a single defensive rebound?

[Tigeraholic1]

2 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Oh see, I didn't know you could just push Reed out of bounds.

It’s just another veteran move.

[Betrayer]

At least don’t make it that obvious refs. 

[Deleterious]

We should have been punching Harris in the face all year.

[Deleterious]

Great block from Tobias. 

[buddha]

the refs owed us one...

[Deleterious]

I like Thompson at center.

[buddha]

dont we have a famous shooting coach?  cant he do ANYTHING with thompson?  his shot is so broke.

[buddha]

pistons are on a run....time for the refs to make a garbage handcheck call.