The other injured member of the backcourt, Jodie Meeks, was back at The Palace after spending the past two weeks at home in Georgia recovering from the broken metatarsal in his foot suffered in the October 28 home opener.
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“Was Chicago a measuring stick game?” Was Atlanta a measuring stick game? Free to roam the middle, he’s averaging 18.5 points and 19 rebounds per game, including 25 and 18 in Tuesday’s win over Eastern Conference power Cleveland. “I think it’s frustrating him because he knows what he’s capable of doing and it’s hurt his play a little bit early on in the season”.
The Pistons improved to 6-5 this season. Their bright start was followed by four straight losses on the road. The Cavaliers will attempt to do just that when they visit the stumbling Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.Cleveland was upset about an inadvertent whistle that stopped play with offense moving in transition and the game tied with 7.4 seconds left in the first overtime on Saturday. “We need to toughen up”, Blatt admitted.
Cavaliers: James scored at least 30 points for the fourth straight game.
“I think he has to make quicker decisions, and he’s got to be more willing to give the ball up”, Van Gundy said. He continues to rehab from a torn Achilles suffered in January.
Now I know the DBB professor emeritus Mike Payne raised serious (and warranted) concerns about Van Gundy’s 1-in/4-out blueprint with Drummond, but I’d argue that calling Drummond the key is misguided. “It was good to revisit that”.
With the Tigers coming off a last-place finish and the Lions bringing up the rear in their division as well, the Pistons have a chance to capture Detroit’s attention for the first time in a while. He does not like the coaching style of David Blatt and feels like he is not being used effectively.
Three of Tuesday’s starters are relative newcomers to the team.
Against the Cavaliers, Jackson had 23 points, 12 assists, and five turnovers. “They’re involving Kevin Love a lot more”, he said. The last two meetings marked the only times Reggie Jackson has faced the Cavaliers with the Pistons, and the guard totaled 40 points and 17 assists in a pair of defeats.
“That’s probably the best game he’s played since he’s been in Detroit in terms of his energy, mixing his scoring, attacks, passes”, Van Gundy said of Jackson. “You just couldn’t have a much better game than he had, and then obviously finishing it off with the free throws”.
“We’re playing soft”, Thompson said.
“It doesn’t matter who is the coach over in MI”.
It took West 932 games in close to 15 seasons in the league to reach that spot, while James, who is in his 13 year in the league only had to play 922 games to achieve the feat.
A measuring stick game?
But the two new starting forwards Van Gundy added last summer, Ilyasova and Morris, were right there with them in contributions to the whole.
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Yeah, he’ll accept that.
