Why are we Undefeated?

ByeByeDre · Post #1 » by **ByeByeDre** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:39 pm

Two answers per customer......

tmorgan · Post #2 » by **tmorgan** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:51 pm

Easy. Weak opponents and Blake is playing out of his mind. Cool poll, tho.

vege · Post #3 » by **vege** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:25 pm

Leuer is listed as injured.

We played weak opponents, mostly at home. Philly game was really good tho, even without Simmons that was a good game and a good test and we beat them.

DETermination · Post #4 » by **DETermination** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:01 pm

Blake is the only answer imo lol

ByeByeDre · Post #5 » by **ByeByeDre** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:26 pm

IIRC Leuer almost played a key second or two in the Sixers game - Casey almost brought him in to bother an inbounds pass. Then Casey changed his mind. Then the Pistons won.

zeebneeb · Post #6 » by **zeebneeb** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:48 pm

Because I said they would win 50+ games this year, and I'll be damned if I'm going to be wrong.

Again.

Post #7 » by **Snakebites** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 11:28 pm

Well, the answer is pretty straightforwardly both the first and third options.

There's no denying we've had an easy schedule, regardless of how optimistic you are about the season. We've played 3 very low-end opponents, and we've also had only one road game so far.

And we wouldn't have won them without Blake.

So there it is.

MrBigShot · Post #8 » by **MrBigShot** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:17 am

Mostly 1 and 3. Easy schedule w/ the only challenging team missing Ben Simmons. And of course Blake has been arguably the best player in the NBA thus far.

It's definitely a positive sign that we've been able to close out quite a few close games, that's for sure. Execution down the stretch is huge.

Manocad · Post #9 » by **Manocad** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:28 am

1. The team that has scored more points when time runs out wins.
2. The Pistons have scored more points than their opponent in each of the games.

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ByeByeDre · Post #10 » by **ByeByeDre** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:41 am

Shout out to the Ish/Reggie combo - for years I had hoped this would happen - Reggie and Jennings prior to that. Watching the league, more strong ballhandlers is a must, and if they play a traditional lineup, one of them has a speed advantage......

King Bugs · Post #11 » by **King Bugs** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:56 am

Weak schedule. Our hot start last season was a lot more convincing when we're beating teams like Boston and Golden State on the road.

We're about to get tested really quickly though with our next 4 games. Boston home-and-home, @Brooklyn (who isn't good but) on the back to back of the second Boston game and @Philly with them likely at full strength this time.

2-2 would be nice. Anything better than that could be cause of excitement.

ByeByeDre · Post #12 » by **ByeByeDre** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:34 am

Brooklyn just donked one off - Pellies went on a 8-0 run to finish, highlighted by a terrible turnover by Russell and a tech by a bench player during a timeout

King Bugs · Post #13 » by **King Bugs** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:42 am

ByeByeDre wrote:Brooklyn just donked one off - Pellies went on a 8-0 run to finish, highlighted by a terrible turnover by Russell and a tech by a bench player during a timeout

Right, I saw that they almost pulled the surprise on New Orleans. We didn't exactly beast the Nets in the home opener only winning by 3. They might have a 2-3 record, but they've been playing teams tough.

_Und3r][D4wg_ · Post #14 » by **_Und3r][D4wg_** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:56 am

With the pre-trade roster, what do you guys think our record would be right now?

DBC10 · Post #15 » by **DBC10** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:09 pm

We'll level off very soon. It's not like we're scorching the other teams alive, the points differentials aren't too big for me to say it is anywhere near sustainable. But I do like Blake's effort and dragging this team through wins.

This is like deja vu with the Orlando Magic last year

hoophabit · Post #16 » by **hoophabit** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:56 pm

Because we haven't lost yet?

440BB · Post #17 » by **440BB** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:18 pm

The biggest reason is because we're paying Josh Smith $5.3 million to be anywhere but on this team. He might be a factor next year as well, helping us to go 82-0.

BadMofoPimp · Post #18 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:39 pm

Can't pick Blake twice

Wallace_Wallace · Post #19 » by **Wallace_Wallace** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:24 pm

We are undefeated because we scored more points than our opponents every single game.

Blake playing out of his mind helps, Drummond **** around with 20/20 games wouldn't hurt either.

vege · Post #20 » by **vege** » Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:34 pm

Wallace_Wallace wrote:We are undefeated because we scored more points than our opponents every single game.

Blake playing out of his mind helps, Drummond **** around with 20/20 games wouldn't hurt either.

Reggie Jackson shooting 40% from 3 on 7.5 attempts per game doesn't hurt either

And Ish is shooting 60%+ from 3 on 4 attempts per game. Those are crazy numbers for carrer below average 3 point shooters.