Game 65 - Pistons vs. Raptors - 7pm ET

[Absolutia]

Ivey does seem to have a knack for making unlikely finishes.

[NYPiston]

I know he's had some bad shooting games recently but man do I love Sasser's game. His crossover is deadly.

[GreekAlex]

Great play from the C position today. Dominating!

Wiseman might make me change my mind about him.

[NYPiston]

Great play from the C position today. Dominating!

Wiseman might make me change my mind about him.

He's strung together like 5-6 solid games in a row together albeit against weaker competition. This could be like Killian when you just see brief glimpses of a viable NBA player then resorts back to being a negative but good to see nonetheless

[GreekAlex]

Great play from the C position today. Dominating!

Wiseman might make me change my mind about him.

He's strung together like 5-6 solid games in a row together albeit against weaker competition. This could be like Killian when you just see brief glimpses of a viable NBA player then resorts back to being a negative but good to see nonetheless

It’s possible but I hope not. A lot of Killians problems were in his head.

I think it’s easier for wiseman since his success isn’t really related to his shooting.

[bstein14]

New career high 23 rebounds for Jalen Duren beating his previous career high of 22 he had last month.

[vege]

Pathetic game, but in such a miserable season, a win is a win.

[MotownMadness]

I think we have another TO left in us when there's still 6 secs left

[zeebneeb]

The Pistons now go for their longest win streak since the 21-22 season. 3 in a row.

No, im not joking. Its been 149 games since their last 3 game winning streak.

[GreekAlex]

We’re on San Antonio’s heels, 2 wins back of 3rd worst and they have the Golden Child.

Watch us get the 3rd worst record with junk wins like this and wind up with the the 7th pick after this miserable season lol

[MotownMadness]

Read on Twitter

[bstein14]

Crazy that Duren put up 24 Pts, 23 Reb, 5 Ast in just 28 minutes played tonight. Willis Reed is the only other player to put up that statline in less than 35 minutes played.

[GreekAlex]

The Pistons now go for their longest win streak since the 21-22 season. 3 in a row.

No, im not joking. Its been 149 games since their last 3 game winning streak.

I think Miami will put a stop to the streak real quick.

Our next 8 games look tough, followed by 5 very winnable ones.

We shall see.

If we do happen to win 3 in a row, I think it will be during that 5 game span.

[Uncle Mxy]

I am 100% done with Ivey. He can't guard anyone. He can't even guard Dick who's bad, IQ just humiliates Ivey.

Gradey Dick is the second coming of Pistons legend Kyle Singler. He's not just any bad player.

[NYPiston]

The Pistons now go for their longest win streak since the 21-22 season. 3 in a row.

No, im not joking. Its been 149 games since their last 3 game winning streak.

Unfortunately it's against a Miami team that's starting to peak as we near the playoffs, unsurprisingly, so it's bloody unlikely.

[zeebneeb]

The Pistons now go for their longest win streak since the 21-22 season. 3 in a row.

No, im not joking. Its been 149 games since their last 3 game winning streak.

I think Miami will put a stop to the streak real quick.

Our next 8 games look tough, followed by 5 very winnable ones.

We shall see.

If we do happen to win 3 in a row, I think it will be during that 5 game span.

Miami just lost, as Denver busted their ass in Miami.

I fully expect Miami to win, but hopefully Ausar is back, and makes Jimmy work for it.

[tmorgan]

You don’t win many with 21 turnovers and -10 in that department, but Toronto shot like crap and we roasted them on the boards.

[zeebneeb]

You don’t win many with 21 turnovers and -10 in that department, but Toronto shot like crap and we roasted them on the boards.

Speaking of boards. One thing that gets lost on people concerning Duren, is that not only is he another in a long line of great rebounding Piston bigmen, he is also damn good from the free throw line.

Players that rebound like him, and shoot well from the free throw line, often score a bunch more points, and are not a liability at the end of games.

Very important.

[tmorgan]

You don’t win many with 21 turnovers and -10 in that department, but Toronto shot like crap and we roasted them on the boards.

Speaking of boards. One thing that gets lost on people concerning Duren, is that not only is he another in a long line of great rebounding Piston bigmen, he is also damn good from the free throw line.

Players that rebound like him, and shoot well from the free throw line, often score a bunch more points, and are not a liability at the end of games.

Very important.

61% as a rook, 77% as a soph. Very impressive.

[bstein14]

The one thing we have going for us, it that is can often be hard to beat the same team back to back on the road. We'll make adjustments from when they just beat us last week as well. I would think 1-1 is slightly more likely than us going 0-2.

Us winning both games = 1% chance
Us winning 1 and losing 1 = 50% chance
Us losing both games = 49% chance

We have been playing harder lately. Last 15 games most of our top 6 guys have a positive net rating playing together its the bench that has killed us at times.

We have the 14th ranked defense in the league over the last 15 games after being worst or 2nd worst in the league most of the season before that. We've been the 2nd best defensive rebounding team in the league the past 15 games.

Over the last 15 games we have the 23rd net rating in the league so we've been playing better than teams like Washington, Grizzles, Raptors, Blazers, Jazz, etc.

We are still near the bottom of the league in TOs at 27th so overall as a group that hasn't been corrected even tho Cade has cut back.

Kind of sad to be excited about playing like the 23rd best team in the league the past month plus but that's a vast improvement over where we were in November/December so I'll take it.