00:00a total credit ESPN is asking a great
00:04Pistons question right now and it might be the best way of kind of tying everything
00:07together as we get set for the final hour of the show Pistons have been the hot discussion
00:12their question is bad game or
00:15bad sign dropping the game to the Orlando
00:19Magic going down 1-0 is that a bad game or
00:24a bad sign I think it's a bad game I don't know that we can look back we may
00:28be able to look back and say it's a bad sign and everybody's going to see
00:32it differently but I think it's a bad game because this offensively
00:36we know the challenges defensively
00:39that's not the team that we saw through 82 games it's just simply not
00:44it's not Dillon Duren in the middle it's Sar Thompson with 9 minutes in the second half
00:48like he is one of the top 3 defenders even when he was in there
00:51he wasn't the Sar Thompson that we've come to know and love
00:55I say bad sign and it reminds me a lot of the first game
00:58the Lions played this year against the Green Bay Packers
01:00where we spent all offseason saying I'm concerned
01:02about the interior of the O-line and then it was
01:04an issue right away I'm concerned about
01:06their ability to run the ball it was an issue right
01:08away I don't know if they can get to
01:10the quarterback like all of the things we were worried
01:12about immediately we were
01:14confronted with well as soon as the Pistons
01:16play their first playoff game can't
01:18space don't have a number two
01:21trying hard on defense
01:22isn't a superpower in the playoffs
01:24JB's rotations like John it feels
01:26like a sign kind of like the Lions first
01:28game these issues are going
01:30to be a problem maybe not in this series
01:32but it's a sign for a team that
01:34has aspirations of making a deep run this is a
01:36bad sign okay well but it's
01:38also a sign that we've identified
01:40and seen throughout the course of
01:42the season and it's okay
01:44who's going to score opposite Kate
01:47I don't know yeah
01:48Uncle T yeah it's
01:51and when you don't
01:52have when that guy is not Jalen
01:54Duren or Tobias Harris
01:56doesn't step up when
01:58needed and you're reminded that
02:00Dennis Jenkins was a G leaguer to start
02:02the year right
02:02that's a bad sign I look
02:05to the regular season and say okay we
02:07saw these signs and sure this
02:09confirms it but I also think that this
02:11is a team that
02:12hey they they hang their hat on
02:14defense we didn't see that
02:16yesterday and they never there was
02:18never a course correction bad
02:21game or bad sign I think it's a great
02:22way to decide kind of what camp
02:24you're in but any and all takeaways
02:25are welcome we got phone calls we
02:27got text I want to read some of the
02:28best ones says chill out it's one
02:30game game two will look much
02:32better you guys are the same folks
02:35freaking out 13 games into a
02:37baseball season try pumping up the
02:39team today instead of being
02:40immediate negative Nancy's
02:44yeah why don't we have our pom-poms
02:46out today why don't we have the
02:47thunder sticks in the studio we're
02:48letting this team down John
02:53I don't think that's the case
02:54sorry I can't find the smarm
02:55alarm since Greg moved my board
02:57around I'll find it okay Greg
02:58that's not your fault it's yeah I
03:00don't I asked him to organize it I
03:01just don't know where it is yet yeah
03:02in the words of Dennis Green they
03:04are who we thought they were last
03:05night was sad we don't have a home
03:08playoff win at LCA this is our best
03:13and only shot at an NBA
03:14championship and this is how you
03:15come out in the first game of the
03:16series a waste and a joke thanks for
03:18wasting all of our time gov please
03:23read this please please please please
03:25please the theory about during an
03:29angel Reese's spot on Aaron and
03:30Canton we threw that out there for
03:35S's and G's in reality come on unless
03:38there was not a valid excuse if
03:40there was chirping on the court me
03:41but even then like rise above it's
03:44that mental fortitude let's not
03:49forget about millionaires who can't
03:51shoot free throws signed a frustrated
03:52Brian during didn't show up to play
03:55Carter and Suggs killed us when
03:57Boncaro cooled off during better get
03:59going or this will be a first-round
04:01exit y'all need to chill I understand
04:04there's concern but remember Orlando
04:05played three games last week while
04:07the Pistons were off yes the Pistons
04:08look bad but give them a chance to get
04:10back to the routine not time to panic
04:12if they lose Wednesday then I'll
04:14panic until then not worried Ryan and
04:16Flint let me ask you this Duren's
04:19definitely getting the most heat
04:20today as a player right yeah should
04:22Harris be getting equal heat yeah he
04:24played nine more minutes than he
04:25typically does during the season shot
04:2733 percent from the floor yeah that's
04:30a big team with some open looks and a
04:32minus 15 again if they're good if the
04:34answer is doubling of the post more
04:36bodies in the paint your stretch for
04:39Tobias Harris is supposed to make the
04:41other team pay but he had the
04:42reputation of playoff Tobias I don't
04:44even tell you all about it when he was a
04:46sixer yeah I mean this has become part
04:48of his reputation let's get to Isaac and
04:52Dearborn you're on 97-1 hey good
04:56morning guys I feel like you hit it on
04:58the head defense is what carried this
05:01team all year and then obviously when
05:03you get to the playoffs everybody starts
05:05playing actual defense so that
05:06advantage kind of goes away and then
05:08the fact that we have no shooting kind
05:11of got exposed last night so you think
05:13bad sign not just bad game I don't know
05:17I mean I still think bad game and I
05:19think I still think they're going to
05:20win this series and 5-6 I don't think
05:24they're a finals team and so in terms of
05:27the rest of the playoffs I think that
05:28sign a little bit yeah okay I think
05:30that's fair Adam in Detroit this game
05:33has you feeling what I mean I think you
05:37can't overreact to game one and
05:39Detroit's got to play better I mean but
05:42I do want to focus a little bit on
05:43Orlando you spoke to this a little bit
05:45already Orlando has some of the most
05:47playoff capable guys of anyone in the
05:50in the East and they had some tough
05:52tough goes this season with Franz only
05:54playing 30 games and Bankaro having
05:57some you know young star moments but if
06:00the light bulb goes off this team was
06:02expected to be a top three or four
06:05seed in the East so I think Detroit can
06:07win it we got to get back to what we
06:08can to like our identity but to expect
06:12us to get a sweep is unrealistic this is
06:14going to be a bit of a dogfight yeah it
06:17could go six or seven and they will win
06:18this game if they play their branded
06:20defense they will win this series if
06:22they play their branded defense even
06:24through the off even through the
06:25offensive shortcomings they should win
06:27this series yeah if they play their
06:30defense this is defense and if they're
06:32tough and they respond like there was
06:34no response and a star has got to be
06:35playing if they're going to play the
06:37Pistons branded defense so like we're
06:38blaming Durin's bad night yes Tobias
06:42JB dude I need a star playing the
06:45majority of the second half if you're
06:47going to play Pistons defense and win
06:48the series that way a star has to play
06:50more than nine minutes in the second
06:51half tech says maybe it's just me but I
06:56cringe every time Costa says unc or uncle
06:59T I ain't touching that cookies you're
07:06too white to say that that's what he
07:08meant to say two four eight five three
07:10nine ninety seven ninety seven we'll just
07:12say what it is glad you said it out
07:13loud guys is it a Durin issue or a game
07:19plan issue let's be honest he only took
07:21four shots in the game I mean you got to
07:27find ways to get him going yeah he also
07:31has to get himself going himself going
07:33yeah it's a little bit of both little
07:34column a little column B we'll mix in the
07:37Tigers a little bit in the nine o'clock
07:38hour we got Pistons phone calls to get
07:41to I said no shortage of text people
07:43want to weigh in the question was is
07:45this bad game or is this a bad sign
07:48Pistons didn't lead for a single minute
07:51in their playoff opener it's ninety seven
07:53one
07:53you
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