Game Thread: Pistons (6-19) @ Celtics (13-11) – 8:00PM, Fri. 02-12-21

Post #1 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:41 am

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Previous Game Highlights

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VC Count, 2020-21
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Victory Cigar
(6) Jaylen Brown
(3) Jayson Tatum
(2) Payton Pritchard
(1) Marcus Smart
(1) Semi Ojeleye

Ties go to the Team.
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(3) Jayson Tatum
(2) Tacko Fall
(2) Jaylen Brown
(2) Payton Pritchard
(1) Robert Williams
(1) Stevens/Team
(1) Grant Williams
(1) Carsen Edwards

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TheMartian · Post #2 » by **TheMartian** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:53 pm

Just win.

Gomes3PC · Post #3 » by **Gomes3PC** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:58 pm

We have already blown one game with these clowns, after the west coast rocky road, we can't afford to blow another.

Gotta come out guns blazing and bury them.

tfribs45 · Post #4 » by **tfribs45** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:24 pm

keep the momentum going and it should be Taco time by the 4th!

Green89 · Post #5 » by **Green89** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:01 pm

#StartPaytonPritchard

exculpatory · Post #6 » by **exculpatory** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:46 pm

No BS.
Just wax them & move on.

The_Ghost_of_JB · Post #7 » by **The_Ghost_of_JB** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:08 pm

No Walker tonight

zoyathedestroya · Post #8 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:10 pm

Kemba, Smart, Langdon, and Timelord all out.

Prepare yourselves for 20 minutes of Floaters!

TheOGJabroni · Post #9 » by **TheOGJabroni** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:26 pm

Surely this is the game that Pritchard finally starts right?

Pritchard / Brown / Tatum / Ojeleye / Theis

Triple7 · Post #10 » by **Triple7** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:27 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Kemba, Smart, Langdon, and Timelord all out.

Prepare yourselves for 20 minutes of Floaters!

Damn! Waters and Teague combo?

tfribs45 · Post #11 » by **tfribs45** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:34 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Kemba, Smart, Langdon, and Timelord all out.

Prepare yourselves for 20 minutes of Floaters!

hopefully not a ton of ISO ball, we typically play down to our opponents.... We should be able to keep PP and Semi in the starting lineup tonight. They earned it after last night, but I have a feeling Brad goes back to the double Big lineup smh

zoyathedestroya · Post #12 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:40 pm

tfribs45 wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Kemba, Smart, Langdon, and Timelord all out.

Prepare yourselves for 20 minutes of Floaters!

hopefully not a ton of ISO ball, we typically play down to our opponents.... We should be able to keep PP and Semi in the starting lineup tonight. They earned it after last night, but I have a feeling Brad goes back to the double Big lineup smh

I think it's gonna be Teague/Brown/Semi/Tatum/Theis so he has PP in his usual role. He won't go double big 'cos Timelord's still out. I'd rather see Edwards and Nesmith than Teague though.

Expect more ballhandling by Tatum tonight.

Gomes3PC · Post #13 » by **Gomes3PC** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:44 pm

Suspect we will see basically the same rotation as the Kings game, which means 23-25 minutes from Teague. Good news at least is that Detroit might have worst guard rotation in the NBA right now, so if there's any game where Teague can eat, it should be this one.

zoyathedestroya · Post #14 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:50 pm

I'm surprised Jaylen is still good to go for this one. Maybe knee isn't as bad as I have it in my head.

Post #15 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:55 pm

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Gomes3PC · Post #16 » by **Gomes3PC** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:56 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:I'm surprised Jaylen is still good to go for this one. Maybe knee isn't as bad as I have it in my head.

May just be a "see how it feels when I wake up" type thing. I suspect Jaylen is also the type to just play through stuff, and if he knows Kemba is also out, doesn't want to leave the team as a skeleton crew. He had a little lighter load last night which helps too, and I suspect he will be on some sort of minutes watch tonight.

Tatumfor2 · Post #17 » by **Tatumfor2** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:10 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:I'm surprised Jaylen is still good to go for this one. Maybe knee isn't as bad as I have it in my head.

It's understandable. He played poorly yesterday, but a lot of that was due to how insanely physical Toronto was playing. It looked like Powell was going to murder him on several occasions. All that being said, he still managed a Simmonsesque stat line.

SLCceltic · Post #18 » by **SLCceltic** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:01 pm

PP will start tonight
double big as well
Semi deserves to start but Det is bigs

Post #19 » by **Bleeding Green** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:09 pm

I hope Pritchard can play 48. But really, even if floaters plays big minutes, this is a really bad team in Detroit. If you can't beat Sekou Doumbouya, you have issues.

vege · Post #20 » by **vege** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:18 pm

SLCceltic wrote: Semi deserves to start but Det is bigs

Noy really. Blake is not playing and Plumlee is probably out. Okafor is out for 6-8 weeks.

Isaiah Stewart should start at the 5 and Grant at the 4, with Sekou playing the backup minutes at the center (which is laughable) and we probably going super small with the 2nd unity since we'll have no backup PF.

This should be a super easy win for you guys, don't **** this up again please, we've been winning way too many games against decent teams.

Edit: In fact, Sekou is not playing as well, so Blake will play.

https://www.mlive.com/pistons/2021/02/depleted-pistons-wont-have-sekou-doumbouya-tonight-in-boston.html