The Pistons are down 1-0 in their first round series against the Cavaliers. Things must change if Detroit plans on sneaking out The Q with an upset, and they know it.
Will Bynum:
“We got to be more together, It’s not going to take one person to stop LeBron. It’s going to take all five of us, and maybe the coaching staff — and the bench. We got to do what we got to do to stop the guy and try to make other players beat us.” Via MLive
Michael Curry:
“What we have to do is be more aggressive at whatever we try to take away. We got to be aggressive with it. If we trap him, we have to be more aggressive. If we try to contain him and make him shoot contested jumpers, we got to do exactly that. We have to keep him out of the paint. He was 8-of-9 in the paint, hit the half-court shot and then was 4-of-10 outside of the paint. That’s where we got to try and keep him. We didn’t have LeBron’s (isolations) or post-ups good enough. We got to do a much better job of that, and get the ball out of his hands and makes some of those other players make plays.” Via MLive
Easier said than done when it comes to LeBron but as long as some adjustments are made Detroit has a chance to upset the Cavs in a building they just don’t lose in. Also important, Detroit has to stay in this game from start to finish and not let the Cavs build a daunting lead.
A little smile before tip:
Some old school history between the Cavaliers and the Pistons back in the 80’s you may not be aware of. Here is a little video history lesson courtesy of a Rick Mahorn elbow and a Bill Laimbeer, Brad Daugherty fight. The good old days….
Tip off is at 8:00 PM and will be nationally broadcast on TNT. Good news for those of you missing the local flavor or George Blaha and Special K, Fox Sports will also be broadcasting the game on FSN Plus (download channel numbers). If you can’t catch either broadcast you can listen live over at 1130 AM WDFN or follow the game through your computer at NBA.com.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the Comments of Chat Live at game time.
April 22, 2009 at 9:56 am
Great moves Joe D……
Chauncey for A.I.
Curry as a coach…
stuckey the future…when Bynum is outplaying him…
Tanking the season…
Wow, we should just hire Isah Thomas…
This is embarassing….
April 22, 2009 at 10:01 am
worst coach,MC….benching AI.. look what happen to piston…
April 22, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Such a frustrating first two games of the series. Where is the energy to start the game??? I would like to think we might come out with more fight on Friday, and like some of the others on here, I would love to see Bynum start. Or something different!! Another Pistons site I check http://highsockslegend.blogspot.com/ had an excellent breakdown of the Bynum playing-time issue. Interesting read, but frustrating at the same time, too. C’mon Pistons!