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Post#41 » by ComboGuardCity » Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:55 am

Great game. Spurs get away with a lot of hand checking but Cade and co responded perfectly.

One gripe I have with JB was leaving Dennis on Johnson for so long. This would’ve been a 40 point win if he had adjusted.
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Post#42 » by Mr Peanut » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:22 am

Duren has taken the next step.
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Post#43 » by breezypeezy » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:40 am

Win 30, we have like 26 games left, the way were playing im starting to wonder how close we can get to 50 wins?
@ our current clip we'd reach 44.

This is not the same locker room that started the season, these guys are poised and confident!
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Post#44 » by Neptune » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:42 am

Good ass game, wish I still lived in Austin so I could have been at this game!
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Post#45 » by joedumars1 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:28 pm

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Fennis Dembo wrote:Is everyone officially off the anti-Duren train?



I was pretty critical of him but he has been playing great ball, glad I was wrong.

To be fair to you, he was getting injured or early fouls (I’ll be it ticky tac) for the first 10-15 games of yea or so. So he wasn’t doing much. The fouls have stopped and so have the injuries. I love what he’s doing, let’s just hope that keeps up.
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Post#46 » by Canadafan » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:33 pm

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Post#47 » by NYPiston » Sat Feb 22, 2025 2:56 pm

NYPiston wrote:This is one of those games the Pistons have to win if they're to be taken seriously. Road games are tough, coming off of a long break is tough but Spurs on the second half of a back to back, no Wemby. This is a game you need to win if you're serious about the playoffs not just a play-in.


The Pistons are serious about making the playoffs. This was a real test for them to see if they could carry the momentum post-All Star break and they passed it with flying colors. Just saw the highlights but Duren is looking like Dwight Howard out there flying around at both ends and with like 50 million dunks a game. Tobias has been quietly fantastic 10 games or so becoming a legit #2/#3 option for Cade.

Still surreal to see this team not only win regularly but blow teams out on the road. Still waiting to see how they do against better competition but they're certainly taking care of business against teams they should beat.
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Post#48 » by MortSahlfan » Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:09 pm

It was so nice seeing all those dunks and layups to start the game.. NIce win!

Orlando lost, but Miami won in OT and the Bucks won by 3
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Post#49 » by bstein14 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:15 pm

If you didn't catch this game, you've got to spend 3 1/2 minutes watching the Jalen Duren highlights.
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Post#50 » by Kalamazoo317 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 3:51 pm

When Duren brings 100% effort, he's really good. Still a bit curious to see how he looks against a team with some better rim protection (haven't gone against a team that's strong there in a bit) but the trends are very positive on him.
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Post#51 » by LaSheed » Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:22 pm

Duren brought highlights but Tobias was the MVP of the game in my opinion. Fun game! Spurs on a b2b so I expected to win this one.
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Post#52 » by Kalamazoo317 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:53 pm

LaSheed wrote:Duren brought highlights but Tobias was the MVP of the game in my opinion. Fun game! Spurs on a b2b so I expected to win this one.


Almost like the guy contributes to winning more than a bag of chips ....
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Post#53 » by bstein14 » Sat Feb 22, 2025 7:44 pm

Kalamazoo317 wrote:
LaSheed wrote:Duren brought highlights but Tobias was the MVP of the game in my opinion. Fun game! Spurs on a b2b so I expected to win this one.


Almost like the guy contributes to winning more than a bag of chips ....


Look at how the Clippers have been better with PG13 this year and we all know where Philly is even with an all-star guard of their own in Maxey.

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