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Blazers @ DET Game Preview (12/9/14):
Them: 3-18, last in Central Division
Our Last game: W @ NYK, 103-99 12/7/14
Their Last game: L v. OKC, 96-94, 12/7/14
Changes to their roster
Injury Updates: CJ McCollum, Out (finger). Dorell Wright (day-to-day), Damian Lillard (day-to-day)
Detroit: Jodie Meeks (out)
Matchups:
PG: Damian Lillard v. Brandon Jennings (14.2ppg, 6.2apg, 2.9 rpg)
SG: Wesley Matthews v. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (12.5ppg, 3.5rpg)
SF: Nic Batum v. Kyle Singler (7.4ppg, 2.5rpg)
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge v. Josh Smith (13.6ppg,7.2rpg, 4.9apg) /Greg Monroe (14.3ppg, 9.3apg)
C: Robin Lopez v. Andre Drummond (11.4ppg, 11.7rpg)
Give-a-Rip (City) Factor—a.k.a. why you should watch: To see if we can make it 7 in a row on the road, and continue our march to the best road streak in team history. To see if we can deliver DET their 13th straight loss. To watch Andre Drummond rebound like a fiend. To see if we can keep them at their horrible shooting percentages (except Singler from three—guard that dude). To keep pace in Western Conference race. To see if SVG actually decapitated Josh Smith after his "buzzer-beating brick".
Current Power Rankings:
RipCityTwo (PtldPlatypus): (17)
And the race is on to see if Brandon Jennings or Josh Smith is the first conscience-less chucker to precipitate a great Stan Van Gundy soundbite
ESPN: (30) The Stan Van Gundy Pistons are suddenly (and stunningly) this season's Milwaukee. Which is to say they came in aspiring to compete for the No. 8 seed in the East -- just like last season's Bucks -- only to find themselves winning as often as a Philly team that's just trying to win the lottery.
Covers.com (28) Speaking of disappointments, the Pistons are somehow WORSE than last season. They can't shoot and they can't cover. The spread, that is, as their ATS record is 0-7 when favored. They have just one win by more than three points.
NBA.com (30) Pace: 94.5 (23), OffRtg: 96.4 (29), DefRtg: 104.5 (19), NetRtg: -8.1 (28)
The Pistons had their chances (though Josh Smith from 3-point range isn't much of one), but their losing streak hit 12 games with narrow losses to the Celtics, Sixers and Thunder last week. And now their schedule gets a lot tougher. Stan Van Gundy has stayed away from the Smith- Andre Drummond-Greg Monroe combination in the last five games.
Link to Grandpa Blaze's Prediction Game
Link to MediocreMan's Over/Under game
Links to other team’s site(s): Pistons’ NBA page
Pistons Bad Boys Game Preview
Final Thoughts: This is a game against an opponent that I’d normally put as a 134-99 score or something, but I don’t think we have that “step on the neck” mentality yet (as shown in PHI, among other places). You don’t want to expose Damian’s fingers to any more whacks than you need to, but you can’t be lackadaisical with trying to win the game. I see another slow-ish start, with LMA and Lopez collecting dozens of Josh Smith bricks, before pulling away a bit at the end. I wish I could say I see garbage time, but they’ll have to show me one before I start calling it again—expected or not. This is currently the crappiest team in the league playing the crappiest level of ball, and I’m afraid that we’re more likely to play crappily with them than blow their garbage out of the water like, well, like:
Blazers 106
DET 94
Them: 3-18, last in Central Division
Our Last game: W @ NYK, 103-99 12/7/14
ESPN said:
Their Last game: L v. OKC, 96-94, 12/7/14
ESPN said:
Changes to their roster
BasketballInsiders said:
Injury Updates: CJ McCollum, Out (finger). Dorell Wright (day-to-day), Damian Lillard (day-to-day)
Detroit: Jodie Meeks (out)
Matchups:
PG: Damian Lillard v. Brandon Jennings (14.2ppg, 6.2apg, 2.9 rpg)
SG: Wesley Matthews v. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (12.5ppg, 3.5rpg)
SF: Nic Batum v. Kyle Singler (7.4ppg, 2.5rpg)
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge v. Josh Smith (13.6ppg,7.2rpg, 4.9apg) /Greg Monroe (14.3ppg, 9.3apg)
C: Robin Lopez v. Andre Drummond (11.4ppg, 11.7rpg)
Give-a-Rip (City) Factor—a.k.a. why you should watch: To see if we can make it 7 in a row on the road, and continue our march to the best road streak in team history. To see if we can deliver DET their 13th straight loss. To watch Andre Drummond rebound like a fiend. To see if we can keep them at their horrible shooting percentages (except Singler from three—guard that dude). To keep pace in Western Conference race. To see if SVG actually decapitated Josh Smith after his "buzzer-beating brick".
Current Power Rankings:
RipCityTwo (PtldPlatypus): (17)
And the race is on to see if Brandon Jennings or Josh Smith is the first conscience-less chucker to precipitate a great Stan Van Gundy soundbite
ESPN: (30) The Stan Van Gundy Pistons are suddenly (and stunningly) this season's Milwaukee. Which is to say they came in aspiring to compete for the No. 8 seed in the East -- just like last season's Bucks -- only to find themselves winning as often as a Philly team that's just trying to win the lottery.
Covers.com (28) Speaking of disappointments, the Pistons are somehow WORSE than last season. They can't shoot and they can't cover. The spread, that is, as their ATS record is 0-7 when favored. They have just one win by more than three points.
NBA.com (30) Pace: 94.5 (23), OffRtg: 96.4 (29), DefRtg: 104.5 (19), NetRtg: -8.1 (28)
The Pistons had their chances (though Josh Smith from 3-point range isn't much of one), but their losing streak hit 12 games with narrow losses to the Celtics, Sixers and Thunder last week. And now their schedule gets a lot tougher. Stan Van Gundy has stayed away from the Smith- Andre Drummond-Greg Monroe combination in the last five games.
Link to Grandpa Blaze's Prediction Game
Link to MediocreMan's Over/Under game
Links to other team’s site(s): Pistons’ NBA page
Pistons Bad Boys Game Preview
Final Thoughts: This is a game against an opponent that I’d normally put as a 134-99 score or something, but I don’t think we have that “step on the neck” mentality yet (as shown in PHI, among other places). You don’t want to expose Damian’s fingers to any more whacks than you need to, but you can’t be lackadaisical with trying to win the game. I see another slow-ish start, with LMA and Lopez collecting dozens of Josh Smith bricks, before pulling away a bit at the end. I wish I could say I see garbage time, but they’ll have to show me one before I start calling it again—expected or not. This is currently the crappiest team in the league playing the crappiest level of ball, and I’m afraid that we’re more likely to play crappily with them than blow their garbage out of the water like, well, like:
Blazers 106
DET 94
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