PG Pistons - Giannis & Brook!

[BuckFan25226]

The best and most fun game I've been to in a long time. Brought my daughter to this one. What a freaking blast!

[jimmybones]

I’m ready to pull the plug on the Dame experiment. They just don’t have synergy. Dame seems unsure of when to take over and Giannis seems like less of a killer with Dame out there.

Dame is also our best trade asset. Add a few shooters that can move and defend and let Giannis yolo carry. It’s asking a lot from him nightly but at least it would be fun to watch.

If you get god mode Giannis and a healthy Khris in the playoffs, ya never know

[JonHeist]

lots of "we should trade dame" whinging

not any "this is who we should trade dame for"

[kanyon]

Giannis could still hit hella mid rangers on a pick n roll like Malone used to.

[fan230]

Giannis bringing the emotion, making us cry tears of thankfulness

Well expressed.

[-Jragon-]

Why not both

Because Dame has been a lone bright spot and Bobby makes my eyes bleed every night

Trying to make Dame and Giannis work is like trying to make Fetch happen. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

I'll say again... we do too much of Dame shoots makes, Brook shoots miss, GA shoots gets fouled, GTA shoots miss, Pat C shoots miss.... 5 min later Dame is cold and finally gets a shot and misses.

This is the kind of cat that passes, passes, passes, passes, then boom he drills a big 3 pointer now get it back to him the next few possessions and make him keep shooting and see if he's on fire.. if he is he can get you a 20 point lead in a blink and then everyone will eat after that. We DON'T do that because we don't understand and never played with this volatile breed of man before

[VooDoo7]

Shots fired.

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[RiotPunch]

Finals Giannis in November. Neat.

[Plossum]

Giannis could legit average 40 a game if his jumper was as reliable as it was tonight. He’d be more unguardable than peak LeBron.

[humanrefutation]

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[mediocrityrules]

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So anyone can just get in on these press conferences and ask questions? We need to get some RealGM'ers in there for each post-game.

[FrieAaron]

We deserved that win. Feels like the type of game that we can hopefully build on - defense continues to improve and Trent hopefully getting back on track.

[verbalhologram]

Two game win streak. We are back boys!

[aboveAverage]

The energy and effort of the team looks much better without Dame, unfortunately. I wonder if he’s bringing some negative juju to the team.

[Dick Tate]

Fun game and amazing performance! I said he was due to miss one right before Giannis missed his only missed free throw, sorry about that.

And yeah, who needs Dame. Just bank on Giannis being able to do that 50 of the next 70 games and hope he has gas for the playoffs. Good plan.

Please remove Stewart from the want list. **** that guy.

[blazza18]

We barely beat a lottery team missing players and I think a lot of people are telling on themselves about Dame.

[emunney]

Nice win! Nice game by GA.. GTJ came to life.. TP doing a bit of everything. Brook hitting and playing the right way makes a difference too...

Coaching is still off.. not having a play where you can get a guy free for an easy 2 tied in regulation with enough time but no shotclock is a demonstration of being unprepared.. having everyone camped at the 3 line while GA takes on a triple team has like a 30% success chance. Get a guy free on a back cut and get a runner or little backboard shot and that's 50%+

The shot clock was on and they got a wide open shot.

[old skool]

I accept the ref's calls, but wow. The last call in regulation did not look like a foul. And if it was, with Holland never having possession I did not think it could qualify as a shooting foul. At worst I thought it should be Pistons side out with 1.0 seconds left in regulation.

I felt this might be a game that brings the team together. All season, and in the first half of this game, it has seemed to me that the role players have been told to not shoot, and instead defer to Antetokounmpo and Lillard (Portis and Green excepted). A hallmark of Budenholzer's time with the Bucks was the "let it fly" mentality. Let It Fly seemed to build player's confidence. Even non-shooters like Henson and Robin Lopez shot with confidence that most of the current roster seems to lack.

Several times in the second half, Antetokounmpo drove to the paint and rifled a pass to a wing in the corner. Not one of those passes were made because his path to the basket was blocked. They weren't early 1st quarter situations. Instead it was a "I could take this myself, but you have a better shot" pass. It has to instill confidence when a super-star pointedly passes to you in a pressure situation. To me, it just felt like the team might be feeling truly connected for the first time this season.

The Fiserv crowd was .... sparse. Lots of empty seats.

[emunney]

We barely beat a lottery team missing players and I think a lot of people are telling on themselves about Dame.

Well, I think part of it is what people are imagining they'd get back for him. I personally have no interest in trading Dame but I'm sure are packages out there I'd at least have to think about.

[emunney]

Literally yesterday I saw a story proposing the Heat swoop in and grab Dame while the Bucks are in a downward spiral. These two teams have the same number of wins.