00:00finally get the playoffs back underway for the Pistons get Sunday in the rearview mirror get
00:06the taste out of your mouth play tonight it almost felt like a week of NFL season right
00:14it's it's Sunday to Sunday you got to sit and stew on that one for for too long and it
00:22feels
00:22like it's been a long time since the Pistons were on the court even though it was just Sunday and
00:27I
00:27imagine John when you had a bad game it was a tough week I imagine for Jalen Duren he is
00:33itching to get
00:34back out there tonight oh I'm sure he is and and yeah and in those tough weeks those moments they
00:41they make you they make you better if they're supposed to like hey I don't that pain I don't
00:49want to feel that again so how do I make it not happen well I go out there and play
00:53better we go
00:54out there and win do you expect a much different outcome tonight yeah I expect to win much
01:01different let's tell 180 degrees in the other direction how confident are you that the Pistons
01:07will write the ship tonight and even the series on a scale of one to Rasheed Wallace
01:13by the way I think we have that audio oh well let's hear it's a little throwback are you as
01:17confident is this piston great so he's a 10 I think it's safe to say on a scale of one
01:33to 10
01:34Rasheed's a 10 yeah Garen Sheet is a we're not losing this game yeah that's the Tayshaun block game
01:41they were that block away from not winning that game yeah put in the papers front page back page
01:48column one column two column a column b I'm probably more of an eight I'm pretty confident yeah but
01:56it's a game you play the game and let's see how let's see if they're the magic's not the first
02:05team
02:05to try and take away what Jalen Duren does and if they do that again oh yeah Jalen Duren
02:13should lead the team in assists yeah quite honestly I mean he you get the ball in the paint
02:19they tight things down and then I can't get my shot I don't have the hook shot I don't have
02:24the post
02:24moves but what I can do is find the open guy and there should be a whole lot of guys
02:30that are wide
02:31open and now those guys just have to knock down threes or knock down their shot whatever it is
02:38yeah I mean Tobias Harris is is not going to should not go one of seven from deep in another
02:44game right
02:44like well I think there's going to be a healthy conversation about I don't think you can expect
02:49Cade to score 40 he shouldn't have to the team around him shouldn't shoot 34 percent right they
02:54should make more shots around Cade just on the law of averages beyond that I'm confident because
03:01as far as got to play more minutes in the second half and if he does they're going to be
03:04better
03:04defense in the second half if Jalen Duren plays a more inspired brand of basketball on both ends of
03:09the floor the magic aren't shooting 50 percent right if they're not shooting 50 percent and you can get
03:14some semblance of jump shots to fall you're going to take care of business you're going to come out
03:18like your hair's on fire and win this basketball game I think the biggest thing that needs to change
03:25from Sunday to tonight that will I think the biggest reason why this turns around is the Pistons get back
03:32to what they do it's unique and it's the energy it's the defense it's it and I talk about you
03:41know hey
03:41is is Jalen Duren should he lead the team and assist sure if that's what it takes because they're going
03:46to pack the paint then so be it but defensively that wasn't the performance that they that started
03:55off at 6 30 and Tom Gore said hey the the future of the Piston starts now well what do
04:01they want
04:01that future to be right now it needs to be focused on defense yeah if you want to ask why
04:06will things
04:07be different in game two I have to point to they are much better defensively in this game they get
04:14back to more of what their identity is look I think they have real robin concerns there are real
04:19spacing concerns those aren't going to change what's the one thing that I feel like has to and will
04:23change they're going to be more dogged on defense so Asar needs to be on the ball and stop the
04:30penetration so they're not getting downhill drives to the cup and high percentage shots because they'll
04:35try to pull Duren out with some spacing but you have to defend on ball Asar Thompson is going to
04:40have
04:40to be more of a menace and to do it he's going to have to play so I think that's
04:45adjustment number
04:46one is this dude's playing 30 plus minutes in this game and adjustment number two is yeah when they get
04:52to the rim you're going to contest those shots more effectively they do those things they'll get steals
04:58they'll get blocks they'll get transition they won't have to score 120 points to win the game
05:03therefore the robin and shooting concerns are minimized everything comes back to you better play like
05:09one of the two best defenses in basketball tonight or you're going to be down to the wire with this
05:14team and I don't want to put it all on Jalen Duren because as you mentioned like Asar Thompson's got
05:19to
05:20have the defense that that we've that you've been praised for and that's that's a JB criticism it is
05:26in the second half only playing nine minutes but getting back to Jalen Duren if we're talking about
05:32the assist it's also the rebounds like seven rebounds only one offensive rebound if you
05:39want more than what was it eight points second chance opportunities have to be a part of that
05:46equation yeah offensive rebounding needs to be better but I don't think Tobias Harris took enough
05:50heat for game one I think Jalen Duren took a lot of the strays Tobias Harris has to be better
05:56yeah I
05:57mean the talk of moving him at the deadline was a real thing and no you got to keep uncle
06:01around and
06:02this and that and he's good for the team and the culture and all that and stuff but
06:06you know what he's got a playoff reputation as not being that good in the playoffs that needs to
06:11change if this team's going to be successful long term the three biggest issues from game one
06:16Duren largely a no-show Tobias Harris not capitalizing on a packed paint and JB Bickerstaff
06:23Bickerstaff not playing his defensive player of the year candidate big minutes down the stretch to try
06:28to keep that game tight and I'll give you a fourth too he was important for him during the season
06:32so
06:32he's got to be in the in the playoffs and it's Jenkins yeah is he a fraud he played horrible
06:39the other night yeah I mean there was he just dribbling around trying to create his own shot
06:44it's just not who he is or what his abilities are open lines Pistons fans is this a guaranteed
06:52is this game two will go our way we will win game two and what's the biggest change you need
06:58to see
06:58let's get to Duke good morning hey guys how you doing morning Duke um hey what's up um I just
07:05was
07:05thinking like I listen to you all every morning while I'm delivering but I have we thought about
07:11like like to not panic and just maybe they just because Kate has just come back like didn't they
07:18didn't body language wise didn't he look a little hesitant at the beginning of the game
07:23and maybe they just find any their spaces playing with Kate again their spacing their their their
07:30groove playing with Kate again if it had been his first game back I could buy a little bit more
07:37into
07:37that argument but he had three games at the end of the regular season one against Charlotte they
07:41want against Indiana you could just say yeah you know hey it's a G League team I don't feel like
07:45he
07:46was hesitant I mean I I didn't know I mean I could re-watch and study the body language but
07:51it felt
07:51like he tried to get downhill and he tried to get during the ball and yeah I'm sorry like I
07:57got in
07:57the second half they played much better but in the first half he looked hesitant he to me I
08:03weren't they within they were within four points at halftime yeah at one point just before half they
08:08were within one yeah I think they tied when did they tie it I mean they were they never led
08:13that's
08:13the problem right and the game ended up getting away from them late
08:19look I I don't want to ask Kate to score 40 tonight no I mentioned it on Monday I think
08:25if if
08:25he's scoring above 35 and it's not an overtime game I I there's too much let's let Kate go win
08:34this for us versus how can I support him how can I contribute what can I do to take a
08:39little bit
08:39of weight off and make things easier on Kate seven o'clock hour we will give away Weezer tickets
08:45doing it all week long for their show coming up on September 23rd Pistons talk let's play that
08:50Rashid coming back again is this one that you feel confident about this team will respond they will
08:56win game two it's 97 one
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