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Originally Posted by Warthog geezus you guys are harsh, the pistons are playing their 4th game in 5 nights after a double overtime, cut 'em some slack. they played a slower game and made some bad decisions, but they still shot 46% from 3, made 27-29 free throws (shooting 9 more than portland), with 7 less turnovers, and they won the battle of offensive rebounding.
in short they did what they had to do to win, we're 20-3, and this was the first of 5 straight at home. right now life is good in pistonland. |
At the very end of this, we have a back to back. But for a long stretch, mostly home games, and well spaced. Still, there are problems. And even if we won all 82 games this season, it would not help us get past Miami nor SA. We still need Darko. We still need Evans out of the rotation. (and find a role as a defensive specialist for him. Where his spot up shooting will be more effective as it will catch teams off guard.)And we need Flip to trust Delfino more or get yet a different player to play backup small forward minutes. Do something. Forget the record for a bit and get that bench right.
Now, I will say I am very pleased seeing Delfino out there over and over lately. A big step up from weeks past. That is progress. But the season is really very short. Not that much time really until the playoffs. Flip has yet to install myriads of plays, and at the same time he has to find a bench that works consistently. For now, I say sit Davis on the inactive list and start playing either Acker or Amir Johnson just a bit, along with Maxiell of course.