#80 - Pistons-Knicks - 7pm ET

[MortSahlfan]

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[bstein14]

If the Knicks win it pretty much locks us into a 3/6 Knicks/Pistons matchup for the playoffs. If we win things are still up in the air a bit.

[MortSahlfan]

I just want our guys to be healthy and play the kind of basketball we can.. Great defense, fast breaks, lots of nice passing/cuts, paint, alley-oops.. I don't care who we play so as bad as I want Cade and others to play, if they sit them out, oh well. I don't see that much of an advantage between the teams. But if we're near healthy, we have a chance to beat them. I don't think we can beat any of the teams in the running without even Tobias. It's a different team despite his stats not showing it. I'd say that about Dennis, too, despite him being a newer guy.

[MortSahlfan]

Cade - PROBABLE
Tobias - PROBABLE
Stew - Questionable (knee) -- more bad news...

[flow]

I just want all the starters to play. It's been 9 games now since they all played together.

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[MortSahlfan]

I'm beginning to think these are real injuries and not just excuses for rest.. The rotation hasn't played together in a while, but when we were whole, we played some damn good basketball..

[Snakebites]

I'm beginning to think these are real injuries and not just excuses for rest.. The rotation hasn't played together in a while, but when we were whole, we played some damn good basketball..

They’re real.

They may not be enough to sit people out if we had something to truly play for right now.

[Uncle Mxy]

Nicks. Heh.

[NYPiston]

I'm beginning to think these are real injuries and not just excuses for rest.. The rotation hasn't played together in a while, but when we were whole, we played some damn good basketball..

Cade and Tobias are probable so I don't see the worry here. Stewart as questionable. Still a few weeks until the playoffs so I don't think there should be much concern for current injuries to leak into the playoffs.

[zeebneeb]

Knicks are resting 3 guys. Guess they don't want the smoke. Now let's see if the Pistons rest guys as well.

[MortSahlfan]

I just think the Pistons need to get into a rhythm and it's not there when there's even one guy out.

[MortSahlfan]

It's 45 minutes before the game starts. Shouldn't we have the official injury update?

[MortSahlfan]

I'm glad Dwayne Casey is still here.

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[Cowology]

I've been a fan of Hart going back 3 franchises now Sad he's out, but them missing two of their better defenders is probably good for us. Putting Ausar on Brunson feels sort of Tay-ish. Use that length and funnel him towards help. Outside of that KAT should have a reasonably good game against us, but if we can sorta limit Brunson (volume or efficiency) then I'm not sure they have enough other guys who can beat us.

It's a weird game. It's better if we lose to them so that we ensure a matchup with them in a couple of days. But you still want to play to win and make sure you're clicking on all cylinders going into the playoffs. But you also maybe don't want to give too much away to a potential 1st round matchup. I'm going dizzy just thinking about it all.

[MotownMadness]

Nice to be healthy

[Cowology]

We look sharp at both ends. A few long rebounds have bounced the Knicks way, but overall I like our movement and we're contesting.

[Cowology]

Stew threw it away then got obliterated. That one hurt.

[MortSahlfan]

Is it just me, or is Stew not moving near his usual speed going up and down the floor?

[MotownMadness]

Is it just me, or is Stew not moving near his usual speed going up and down the floor?

He’s having a rough time