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Stealing this game would be HUGE

Took the phone out of my hands because I was too angry when they went down 20

Gritty performance since then

This is just a pathetic effort tonight man

Simone Fontecchio has been a huge disappointment to start the season:

2023: 47.9/42.6/84.6 splits
2024: 36.8/32.6/81.0 splits

Sure, he’s only played in 14 games… but man he’s been a net negative on the court this year

Bad game. 5th game in 7 days. It happens.

Takeaways:

Duren couldn’t defend any switches tonight. Surprising to see him get 30 minutes to Stew’s 19

THJ and Ivey combined 4 for 22

This is a game where you REALLY miss Ausar

Think I’ve seen enough tonight. Duren with a disastrous performance

That play by Fonte with 25 seconds left was painful

He’s been SO bad this year. Leads to a chance for the Bulls to add to the lead

Terrible play by Fonte there…. Hold the ball for the last shot!

Aaaand Duren is back

Duren shouldn’t play another minute tonight

Get Duren off the court holy shit

Leaving vuc wide open for every outside look is certainly a choice

5th game in 7 days and it’s showing

Ugliest quarter in ~7 games

Bets:

Duren Double/Double
Ivey o4.5 boards
Ivey leading scorer
Pistons -4

Pistons will improve to 7-8. Chance to get to .500 tomorrow night at home against the Bulls (opened Pistons -3)

Standout stats:

Cade 10 assists to 2 turnovers
Cade 5(!) steals
Beas 26 points / Ivey 28 points
Stew 1/2 from deep

22 point lead with 6:50 left in the 3rd Q- they’ve blown similar leads over the last 6 games (despite being 3-3 over those games)

Need to hold onto this thing and cruise to an easy W. Heart can’t handle another high blood pressure game

Ivey knocking down 3s completely changes this team’s offense

Beasley with 13 points on 5/5 from the field. Have to keep him in the starting lineup moving forward, right?

I don’t know the last time the Pistons signed a FA with as much of an immediate impact as Beasley

Put Sarr in a torcher chamber

Last year the Pistons weren’t favored by more than 2.5 points all year

Pistons are 5.5 point favorites on the road vs the Wizards today. Have to keep winning the winnable games, especially because our December schedule is a certified gauntlet

The Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors despite shooting 21.1% from 3 on 38 attempts.

In the roughly 5,000 games played since 2020, only 7 teams have won despite shooting that poorly from deep on at least 38 attempts.

Next game Sunday (11/17) on the road against the 2-9 Wizards. Hopefully THJ will be ready to go by then. Win that game and you’re flirting with being .500 16 games into the season for the first time since 2018

I was begging for JB to put in Beas over him because the offense was stagnant, and I was wrong… and that’s something Piston fans weren’t wrong about last year when it comes to questioning lineups. It feels great to be wrong!

Sasser being included down the stretch of last night’s game was a great call. Had multiple key plays including the steal and finish with less than 3 minutes to go.