Game 2: Pistons @ Hornets 7pm

[MotownMadness]

Hopefully we can pull this one off with Charlotte around our tier

[theBigLip]

We’ll be .500

[Absolutia]

I can't help but get my hopes up.

[bstein14]

Losing to Miami didn't feel bad at all. Losing tonight will be a let down for sure even if its a close hard fought game.... not that we've earned the right to feel we are better than anyone else...

[Canadafan]

I feel cautiously optimistic that we got this game. Let's goooo

[bstein14]

Ausar starts the game with an impressive help side block and then saves it from going out of bounds. Impressive work from a young player in his 2nd NBA game.

[bstein14]

Killian too aggressive on defense (like to see it most of the time) after already having a foul. On the bright side we get some better spacing with the starters 4 minutes into the game.

[bstein14]

Too many TOs again to start this one.

[vege]

So many TOs, that's so bad.

[bstein14]

Ausar and Duren are so aggressive on those boards I have a hard time seeing Stewart averaging 8+ rebounds this year even though he did the past few seasons. Ausar keeps flying in for rebounds reminds you somewhat of Westbrook doing it from the guard spot.

[vege]

Duren with 5 boards and 1 block arlread, Ausar with 4 boards and 1 block. We just need to stop with those terrible TOs.

[bstein14]

Defensive effort is intense. Stew picked up a guard and forced a sloppy pass out after stopping penetration which led to the Burks steal and a Cade layup.

Duren keeps slamming those boards and Ausar gets a triple off the board work.

[bstein14]

We've out rebounded them 15-5 in the first 8 minutes of the game and Mark Williams is a big guy out there.

[JLiv]

I SEE THE VISION. Defense is insane right now

[DetroitSho]

Bro this defense tho

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[vege]

The defense is even more insane than it was against Miami. I'm loving it. If we play this kind of defense all season, I'll complain a lot less, even if we lose games.

3 TOs in 9 minutes is not acceptable tho, even for a rookie. Ausar need to fix that. I'm ok with him missing his shots, but the TOs are bad.

[bstein14]

The Hornets had the 13th and 15th picks in the draft 15 months ago and they wanted Mark Williams not Duren and hopefully Duren takes that personal tonight.

[Absolutia]

I wonder who we'll get in the first round of the playoffs.

[bstein14]

2nd unit doesn't have the same defensive intensity at all. I wonder if we eventually move Stew to that 2nd unit to give each unit some balance of rebounding/defense.

[MotownMadness]

Cade finally looking like shooter he was supposed to be coming out if college