Game 78: Pistons (21-56) @ Thunder (22-54) Apr. 1 8:00 PM EST

whitehops · Post #1 » by **whitehops** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 8:36 pm

cojo, bagley and olynyk are out tonight on top of the usual grant, diallo, smith and garza. the thunder can somehow still field a team with 9 guys on their injury report.

um... not really sure what to expect in this game.

Post #2 » by **Cowology** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 8:46 pm

whitehops wrote:cojo, bagley and olynyk are out tonight on top of the usual grant, diallo, smith and garza.

um... not really sure what to expect in this game.

Livers/Pickett will get a lot of burn. Probably see Bey spend heavy minutes at the 4-spot. We're pretty damn thin up front.

zeebneeb · Post #3 » by **zeebneeb** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 9:11 pm

Cade should be able, if he wants, to drop 40 in this one.

Now that I've typed it, he will probably have 12.

ducler · Post #4 » by **ducler** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 9:13 pm

Read on Twitter

vege · Post #5 » by **vege** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 9:18 pm

zeebneeb wrote:Cade should be able, if he wants, to drop 40 in this one.

Now that I've typed it, he will probably have 12.

If Cade Drop 40 Toronto fans will start a riot

Post #6 » by **Cowology** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 9:26 pm

zeebneeb wrote:Cade should be able, if he wants, to drop 40 in this one.

Now that I've typed it, he will probably have 12.

Don't underestimate our inability to make 3 pointers. Teams can just zone up, clog the paint and essentially put 3-4 defenders in front of him. He's good, but that's tough on anybody. If McGruder/Jackson/Hayes/Bey aren't making shots it's going to be rough.

Post #7 » by **Cowology** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 9:30 pm

ducler wrote:

Read on Twitter

Interesting that our entire team is basically 6'5" - 6'8" and yet should match up relatively well here. This is a game where switching everything should actually work.

edmunder_prc · Post #8 » by **edmunder_prc** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 10:50 pm

Who the hell is Vit Krejci?

OKC going super tank - its a win so I hope we win by 50 and Cade scores 75 points and breaks the rookie record - no idea what it is. Just let Cade shoot 40+ shots. Have him get a 65/10/10 type game.

Too bad its a back to back, otherwise just play him 40+ minutes and shot 40+ shots. F OKC

vege · Post #9 » by **vege** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 11:23 pm

Cowology wrote:
ducler wrote:

Read on Twitter
Interesting that our entire team is basically 6'5" - 6'8" and yet should match up relatively well here. This is a game where switching everything should actually work.

Don Nelson should be proud

MotownMadness · Post #10 » by **MotownMadness** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 11:47 pm

Its gonna be funny if we beat all these other tanking teams and jump ahead of them anyways in the lottery.

Post #11 » by **Cowology** » Fri Apr 1, 2022 11:53 pm

MotownMadness wrote:Its gonna be funny if we beat all these other tanking teams and jump ahead of them anyways in the lottery.

And super sad if we out-tank them and get jumped. :cry:

whitehops · Post #12 » by **whitehops** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:00 am

Cowology wrote:
zeebneeb wrote:Cade should be able, if he wants, to drop 40 in this one.

Now that I've typed it, he will probably have 12.
Don't underestimate our inability to make 3 pointers. Teams can just zone up, clog the paint and essentially put 3-4 defenders in front of him. He's good, but that's tough on anybody. If McGruder/Jackson/Hayes/Bey aren't making shots it's going to be rough.

yeah... in the portland game we started cade/hayes/bey/bagley/stewart and they just zoned up. we couldn't generate any offense until they started playing man to man.

honestly no idea why they got out of the zone or never went back to it because we were hopeless against it.

The Moose · Post #13 » by **The Moose** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:03 am

I’ll be interested to see how Cade plays actually.

This season he’s averaged 12ppg on 36% shooting on 2nd nights of b2b’s. This should be a good game to show how far he’s come in adjusting to the nba game.

I think he can crush those averages tonight

whitehops · Post #14 » by **whitehops** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:09 am

just a hunch but i think cade goes mostly in facilitator mode tonight.

vege · Post #15 » by **vege** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:10 am

Our GLeague team would beat this OKC team, and I am not joking. How is this even allowed.

Post #16 » by **Cowology** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:16 am

I said this a game or two ago, but Hayes keeps it on the break almost 100% of the time. I'd like to see him give it up to Bey there.

Piston Pete · Post #17 » by **Piston Pete** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:20 am

Cowology wrote:I said this a game or two ago, but Hayes keeps it on the break almost 100% of the time. I'd like to see him give it up to Bey there.

Hayes needs to score more

No Hayes need to pass more?

We, as a fanbase, need to make up our ever-lovin’ minds!

Post #18 » by **Cowology** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:22 am

Piston Pete wrote:
Cowology wrote:I said this a game or two ago, but Hayes keeps it on the break almost 100% of the time. I'd like to see him give it up to Bey there.

Hayes needs to score more

No Hayes need to pass more?

We, as a fanbase, need to make up our ever-lovin’ minds!

It's not one or the other.

You CAN want him to be more aggressive in the half-court, take open shots AND recognize that he needs to hit the open man on the break. These are 2 completely separate things.

vege · Post #19 » by **vege** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:23 am

Piston Pete wrote:
Cowology wrote:I said this a game or two ago, but Hayes keeps it on the break almost 100% of the time. I'd like to see him give it up to Bey there.

Hayes needs to score more

No Hayes need to pass more?

We, as a fanbase, need to make up our ever-lovin’ minds!

He need to play well, and what he has been doing on fast breaks is not good basketball.

I would like to see the ball more on Cade's hand this game, and less on Hayes but oh well.

whitehops · Post #20 » by **whitehops** » Sat Apr 2, 2022 12:32 am

digging this tank lineup.

lee
jackson
livers
key
pickett