Game 42: Detroit Pistons (22-19) @ Houston Rockets (22-21) - 8:00 PM ET

El Chivo · Post #2 » by **El Chivo** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:36 pm

Howard looks healthy, hope this motivates Dre.

Spider156 · Post #3 » by **Spider156** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:35 pm

Drummond is bigger than Howard and Howard can't shoot the midrange. It's Dre's game tonight. KCP will guard Harden and Jackson should have a big game as Houston doesn't play defense. Ariza and Marcus should be a good match. This will be a fun game to watch. I think we win it if we play hard. All depends on how we come out. I know Howard won't even be able to match Baynes let alone Drummond.

need4detroit · Post #4 » by **need4detroit** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:48 pm

Spider156 wrote:Drummond is bigger than Howard and Howard can't shoot the midrange. It's Dre's game tonight. KCP will guard Harden and Jackson should have a big game as Houston doesn't play defense. Ariza and Marcus should be a good match. This will be a fun game to watch. I think we win it if we play hard. All depends on how we come out. I know Howard won't even be able to match Baynes let alone Drummond.

Arp590 · Post #5 » by **Arp590** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:04 pm

need4detroit wrote:
Spider156 wrote:Drummond is bigger than Howard and Howard can't shoot the midrange. It's Dre's game tonight. KCP will guard Harden and Jackson should have a big game as Houston doesn't play defense. Ariza and Marcus should be a good match. This will be a fun game to watch. I think we win it if we play hard. All depends on how we come out. I know Howard won't even be able to match Baynes let alone Drummond.

Yeah Howard is coming off of a 36/26 game. I don't know about all that.

ImHeisenberg · Post #6 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:06 pm

Harden has always used Detroit as a game to boost his overall PPG. Dwight has historically dominated Drummond, for the most part. Not going to be an easy game. Jackson and Jennings will have to carve up the backcourt and knock down shots.

Arp590 · Post #7 » by **Arp590** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:23 pm

ImHeisenberg wrote: Dwight has historically dominated Drummond, for the most part.

Has he though? In their meeting this season Howard had 8/10, Drummond with 24/13.
In 2014-2015 howard didn't play in either game against us.
The only game I see where Howard dominated was in 2013 but that was when we had Greg Monroe starting.

They really have only matched up against each other like 2-3 times since 2013.

Post #8 » by **theBigLip** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:25 pm

KCP is going to have his hands full with Harden. Key to the game.

joedumars1 · Post #9 » by **joedumars1** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:28 pm

theBigLip wrote:KCP is going to have his hands full with Harden. Key to the game.

Possible, but he could go off like Steph did and his surrounding pieces might suck. I'm not sure what to expect tho.

Spider156 · Post #10 » by **Spider156** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:09 pm

Arp590 wrote:
need4detroit wrote:
Spider156 wrote:Drummond is bigger than Howard and Howard can't shoot the midrange. It's Dre's game tonight. KCP will guard Harden and Jackson should have a big game as Houston doesn't play defense. Ariza and Marcus should be a good match. This will be a fun game to watch. I think we win it if we play hard. All depends on how we come out. I know Howard won't even be able to match Baynes let alone Drummond.

Yeah Howard is coming off of a 36/26 game. I don't know about all that.

Drummond is better than Howard. You'll see what I'm talking about tonight.

Arp590 · Post #11 » by **Arp590** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:31 pm

Spider156 wrote:
Arp590 wrote:
need4detroit wrote:

Yeah Howard is coming off of a 36/26 game. I don't know about all that.

Drummond is better than Howard. You'll see what I'm talking about tonight.

Well I definitely don't disagree with you, but Howard can definitely hold his own against Baynes lol.

DBC10 · Post #12 » by **DBC10** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:13 pm

I think Howard was injured to start off the season and just played on it. He looks healthier now that he has picked it up a bit.

That 36/26 was really elite and he hit his FTs too like a guard. It's going to be a handful, and I'm going to expect some people being disappointed in the results. I just hope Dre hits his FTs whenever the hacking starts.

Blkbrd671 · Post #13 » by **Blkbrd671** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:17 pm

theBigLip wrote:KCP is going to have his hands full with Harden. Key to the game.

its going to be a matter of what the refs are allowing. Harden is good at drawing contact and while a lot of it is weak sh*, when you have weak refs, it can impact the game. Hopefully KCP can stay out of foul trouble and bounce back.

hoophabit · Post #14 » by **hoophabit** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 11:33 pm

Houston has been playing better of late. I expect the center match up to have good motivation on both sides. Hope for the best as to mature behavior and professional refereeing. Both teams have had issues with consistency. Go Pistons!

Han Solo · Post #15 » by **Han Solo** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:24 am

We need a win..

Ghost · Post #16 » by **Ghost** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:37 am

This is going to be interesting

. I'm hyped to see Howard now vs. Drummond and Harden vs. KCP.

DBC10 · Post #17 » by **DBC10** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:15 am

LOL Ty Lawson has been nothing but a disaster for the Rockets.

He's secretly a spy

joedumars1 · Post #18 » by **joedumars1** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:17 am

Damn Illy and KCP missed WIDE open three's

Blkbrd671 · Post #19 » by **Blkbrd671** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:19 am

illy with the hustle

Blkbrd671 · Post #20 » by **Blkbrd671** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:20 am

joedumars1 wrote:Damn Illy and KCP missed WIDE open three's

KCP didn't have his feet set, should have gathered. Illy just missed straight up