They allowed 1.12 ppp despite playing an absurdly defensive focused lineup
Their defense is not good despite playing at least two defense only players huge minutes
At some point someone will learn that the Pistons as a team do not play good defense, even when Hayes is on the floor.
I am not saying he is a poor defender. I am saying he is not good enough to prevent them from being poor.
Pistons have been playing good defense up until tonight and even then⌠tonightâs poor performance was pretty much entirely a ref show (33 FTAs for Portland), plus replacing their defensive anchor with Marvin Bagley and Wiseman
Of course, Killian is just kind of a useless player. He is not going to be in the rotation when the Pistons start getting their other guards/wings back. Feels like heâs popped in their partially to âkeep roles the sameâ for guys like Ivey and Burks. Donât necessarily agree with it, but that seems to be the logic.
Not having Duren tonight certainly hurt. And not having Burks, who was key in both our wins, also hurt.
When are Morris and Bogdanovic supposed to come back?
Late-November/Early-December.
Theyâre 20th in ppp, so they havenât been (also 20th in offense)
Per BbRef, after their poor performance last night, they are 11th in DRating and 17th in O. Not sure where you are getting your numbers from
19th in adjusted defensive rating. And 20th in adjusted offensive rating. So they were likely benefiting a little from the schedule. Iâm waiting for at least 8 games to see where there at statistically for the first 10% of the season.
Yeah this is what I pulled. I guess I miscounted defense.
Both Duren and Burks are listed as questionable for tonightâs game at New Orleans. The Pelicans were missing Brandon Ingram last night but still beat OKC on the road.
This could be a rough one.
The sooner Monty can see that Hayes is a huge negative for the team, the better itâll be for the Pistons. Heâs just awful and his defense isnât all that good either. Worst starter in the league by a wide margin IMO.
https://x.com/DuncanSmithNBA/status/1720103769235505638?s=20
The line earlier in the day was Detroit +7.5 and has moved to +5.5 now. Guessing that means at least one of those two is playing. Or potentially Killian is out which would also swing the line in favor of Detroit.
Edit: As I was typing this, the line shifted to +3.5. Definitely looks like Duren and Burks are back and maybe Ingram is still out.
Pels are generally good when Zion plays, regardless of who else is out there
Ausar is putting the clamps on Zion.
The game starts in 42 minutes???
Zion and Ingram are both out. Thatâs the reason for the line shift
Oh
Well
Then this Pels team stinks, theyâre missing 5 of their 6 best players?
Zion is scared
Feel like Thompson taking 10 shots in the first quarter is not indicative of the Pistons getting âwhat they wantâ (heâs 2/10)
YeahâŚnot great. They are 5-8 from three if you ignore Thompsons glaring 0-5.