1/23/26 - Pistons vs. Rockets - 7:00 PM ET

[ComboGuardCity]

Sengun is allowed by the refs to make up for his lack of athleticism. It’s actually crazy.

[MortSahlfan]

MPJ bad defense may have cost the Nets the game.

I really don't want a guy who doesn't play defense, unless we're trading a guy who doesn't play defense for him...
However, he seems to nonchalantly protect the rim here or there. And when he's cold, he just hurts the team. He's a catch and shoot guy, always moving to the side before he shoots.

[VicVinegar]

When is the last time Cade has had a high of 16 points in a four game span? Something clearly seems off.

[Kalamazoo317]

The wrist wrap was finally off but Cade’s shot is still not back. We can win without him being the best player on the court but at least need him to score like a number one if we want to contend.

[dVs33]

JB should have ridden the bench rather than the starters. The starters just didn't have it.
Houston took Cade out of the game and no one else stepped up.

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[bjones521]

When is the last time Cade has had a high of 16 points in a four game span? Something clearly seems off.

You clearly arent watching. Teams are blitzing cade on every single pnr and when he gets in the paint they are sending a second guy. Team are forcing everyone but cade to score. This is where we miss having a 2nd best player. Even if we had Beasley we woulda won.

[VicVinegar]

When is the last time Cade has had a high of 16 points in a four game span? Something clearly seems off.

You clearly arent watching. Teams are blitzing cade on every single pnr and when he gets in the paint they are sending a second guy. Team are forcing everyone but cade to score. This is where we miss having a 2nd best player. Even if we had Beasley we woulda won.

Teams have been blitzing Cade for a year and a half now, it's why his assists have skyrocketed, but he still usually finds ways to score. He's shooting 30% over his last four games. I'll assume the wrist is still an issue.

[Collymore]

When is the last time Cade has had a high of 16 points in a four game span? Something clearly seems off.

You clearly arent watching. Teams are blitzing cade on every single pnr and when he gets in the paint they are sending a second guy. Team are forcing everyone but cade to score. This is where we miss having a 2nd best player. Even if we had Beasley we woulda won.

you make it sound like we haven't won most of the games when they are doing this

[MortSahlfan]

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[catari11]

Not the best effort, guys flat footed not blocking out, Coach couldve been better with using reserves.

I wouldve like to have seen more Green, Ivey and Reed.

THIS. On yet another night when Cade performed wretchedly (guy clearly is injured or ill or both), JB doesn't make the needed substitutions. Reed should've been out there. He would grabbed rebounds and protected the rim. He's also an underrated scorer. JB should've experimented a bit more with the line up given Cade's limitations.

[Kalamazoo317]

Green had a bad night too, I thought. I think Houston is one of very few teams in the league that can make us struggle against their size.

[NYPiston]

Poor three point shooting and the starters getting outplayed, it's a continuing theme. A starting lineup of Cade, Robinson, Ausar, Harris and Duren isn't a championship level starting lineup, it just isn't, and it's going to show out against the better teams.

[Kalamazoo317]

Poor three point shooting and the starters getting outplayed, it's a continuing theme. A starting lineup of Cade, Robinson, Ausar, Harris and Duren isn't a championship level starting lineup, it just isn't, and it's going to show out against the better teams.

I don't think Cade is there as a number one scorer yet. He's an MVP candidate because he's a very good defender, one of the best passers in the league, and because he *can* score on all three levels. But against good defenses he's very inconsistent when it comes to making shots and the offense as a whole can come and go on that basis. If Cade isn't making buckets in the half court offense, then we're pretty much reliant on hitting corner threes (not our strong suit) and scoring in transition.

We're pretty inconsistent at the foul line too, which does us no favors.

[Snakebites]

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Thick skin has never been one of Durant's qualities.

Cade has been struggling on offense of late.

[Canadafan]

When is the last time Cade has had a high of 16 points in a four game span? Something clearly seems off.

You clearly arent watching. Teams are blitzing cade on every single pnr and when he gets in the paint they are sending a second guy. Team are forcing everyone but cade to score. This is where we miss having a 2nd best player. Even if we had Beasley we woulda won.

Yep, this is exactly how the playoffs will go. Peeps are delusional if you think our role players, as much as we love them all, will be able to affect the game like they do in regular season.
Hustle, defense, energy right now during the regular season pays off. Once playoffs start, teams will have rest so they can match our defense, hustle and energy. Maybe not completely match us but pretty well close to our level. So there goes our big advantage.
Cade will get swarmed, just like he did before Tobias THJr and Beasley came here. Once they were on the floor with him Cade had so much space. Now its just the shell of Tobias and Duncan. Everyone else lays bricks. Need a shooter or we aint getting to the 2md round even

[Canadafan]

Green had a bad night too, I thought. I think Houston is one of very few teams in the league that can make us struggle against their size.

Exactly. Not sure why we can't rotate between giving minutes to Green and Reed. When teams are big, it makes sense to have Reed and Stew backup the big spots.
When teams are smaller, Stew and Green back up the starters. Not brain surgery JB

[Canadafan]

Poor three point shooting and the starters getting outplayed, it's a continuing theme. A starting lineup of Cade, Robinson, Ausar, Harris and Duren isn't a championship level starting lineup, it just isn't, and it's going to show out against the better teams.

Adding a guy that can potentially knock down 6-10 threes a game in Porter compared to Tobias, who most nights is lucky to hit one , would unlock this team dramatically.
He is near league leaders in made 3s per game. Almost 4 per game
CJ McCollum, Klay Thompson and Donte Divincenzo are 3 guys id like who are all similar to Duncan in getting 3 per game. Since Beasley may never come back, i hope we try to get one of them.
Donte being the favorite but least likely to attain.
Cj maybe after buyout. Doubtful though, why would Atlanta do that.
Klay come to Detroit and bring your big booty girlfriend

[Canadafan]

Detroit Pistons 2025-26 NBA Regular Season Stats - ESPN https://share.google/Z9UviCBRaGmgrgGtn

Pretty sad stats. We need a shooter so bad it's not even funny

[NYPiston]

I don't think Cade is there as a number one scorer yet. He's an MVP candidate because he's a very good defender, one of the best passers in the league, and because he *can* score on all three levels. But against good defenses he's very inconsistent when it comes to making shots and the offense as a whole can come and go on that basis. If Cade isn't making buckets in the half court offense, then we're pretty much reliant on hitting corner threes (not our strong suit) and scoring in transition.

We're pretty inconsistent at the foul line too, which does us no favors.

I don't think Cade has the mentality/killer instinct to take over games consistently. We saw what a guy like that looks like in last year's playoffs in Brunson. Cade is a top tier facilitator and he has improved his defending quite a bit but he's a guy that needs a lot of help around him to succeed at the highest level IMO, when Harris is your #2 scorer that's not nearly good enough IMO.

[MortSahlfan]

Aside from the All-Star break, Pistons play every other game with some back-to-backs until the very end of the season if memory serves.