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Pistons Have Blown 8 Games (*7 at home) When They Lead By 10+ Points

10 points vs. Houston

13 points vs. Orlando

12 points vs. OKC

10 points @ Mavs

17 points vs. Bulls

15 points vs. Nuggets

13 points vs. Bobcats

15 points vs. Jazz

Discuss.

Simple ,we need a go to scorer.

One of those games was away. My bad. Still 7 of 8 of these games were at home. We'd be a playoff team if we knew how to play with a lead. We can't close games for ****. I agree about the go to scorer Kurtis48239.

Young team still learning to play/play together/play consistently. Not a great stat, but not shocking

Good sign. Barring injury there is no way the core gets worse. We win 5 of those games next year and were in the playoffs.

Yeah I'm not surprised. We are competitive in almost every game we play. Like I've said before, starting Drummond and getting a go-to SG will get us over the hump and turn all of these close losses into wins.

kurtis48239 wrote:Simple ,we need a go to scorer.

Agreed...

Which players on the team are mentally tough with a killer instinct?

No closer or go to scorer, along with a young team still trying to figure it out. Not shocking at all.

ajaX82 wrote:Young team still learning to play/play together/play consistently. Not a great stat, but not shocking

This. Having a closer would definitely help, but pretty much what you expect from a young team. Still have to learn how to win.

Inexperienced team that didn't know how to close teams out yet. But I think they are past that now. Aside from the Utah game, they closed out every team they got up big on during that whole streak.

Just a couple simple changes and we're there.

1) Dump Max
2) Start Dre
3) Sign Ben
4) Ride the wave

I do agree we need a scorer!!!

kurtis48239 wrote:Simple ,we need a go to scorer.

Agreed. We need Shabazz. I'd move Knight and our pick to get him by moving up in the draft. Sign Calderon so we have a pass first PG as well.