00:00Woo! One in the books against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
00:06A very impressive performance for most of the game.
00:09There was some stuff that I'm sure they'd like to clean up, as is always the case.
00:13But the Pistons take game one, 10-point win over the Cavaliers.
00:17They got a little sketchy there, and Detroit, when the game was on the line,
00:22came through in a big way.
00:25Scott, how are you today?
00:26Doing all right, Doug.
00:27Very happy with the results last night.
00:30Pistons victorious, go up 1-0 in the series.
00:33That's great news.
00:35Tigers losing a second-straight game.
00:37Not great news in the follow-up from that game.
00:40Yeah, there's another talking point that comes out of that game, huh?
00:43That's strange, yeah.
00:44No, it was good. Good times. Good times.
00:47Enjoyed myself at LCA last night.
00:50Went into the locker room afterwards.
00:53And you're reminded, after you haven't been in a...
00:55I mean, I went there a couple games ago,
00:57but it's been a while since I've been in the NBA locker room.
01:00You're reminded how large these gentlemen are.
01:04These are big guys.
01:05This is cutting-edge analysis here, Scott.
01:08Stop the presses.
01:09Let everybody know.
01:10These are big men.
01:13Well, thank you for that.
01:14I don't know why anybody...
01:16It's why people tune in to the show, really, is that kind of insight.
01:18That kind of insight, yeah.
01:20If I were somebody in the NBA, I would not step to Jalen Duren.
01:25No.
01:25Would not.
01:26Well, do you remember when he got drafted,
01:29Kang saw him at the airport
01:31and could not believe his real-life size.
01:36He's just a...
01:37He's huge.
01:37He's a door.
01:40He's just a big door.
01:42And he's getting his mojo back, which is great.
01:47And the team's obviously playing very well.
01:50But no, they deserve the flowers they're getting.
01:53I mean, the way they battled back in the Magic series,
01:56obviously, is epic and historic and fantastic
02:00and any other kind of ick you want to throw on it
02:02that doesn't have a negative connotation.
02:05But winning game one is a great start, right?
02:07I think there were...
02:08Okay, they just got off that series.
02:10It was a painful series.
02:11How are they going to show up in this one?
02:13Well, then we remind ourselves,
02:15hey, Cleveland just got off a really tough series.
02:17Yeah, sure.
02:18A painful series.
02:19How are they going to react to this one?
02:20And I'm watching this game,
02:23and Cleveland got off to a 5-0 start,
02:25and then boom.
02:26You know, the Pistons come right back
02:27and get the lead and don't look back ever.
02:30I mean, got tied about 12 seconds late in the game,
02:34and then they just exploded again.
02:36But they just outplayed them throughout the game.
02:38And I'm watching this Cleveland team,
02:41and that does not look anywhere near the Cleveland team
02:44that I saw battling against Toronto.
02:45Yeah, well, I mean...
02:46Certainly not the Game 7 Cleveland team against Toronto.
02:49There might be some reasons that they don't look like
02:52the team that they look like in the Toronto series.
02:56At least on the offensive end,
02:57they're playing an extraordinarily good defensive team.
03:01You being there, good atmosphere, good time?
03:06Yeah, it was great.
03:07I thought it was maybe a late arriving crowd.
03:09There were some empty seats there.
03:11There was a Cleveland presence.
03:13Yeah.
03:13For sure.
03:14I don't know if it...
03:15I suspect there'll be a Detroit presence Saturday.
03:18Yes.
03:19I don't know if you could hear it on the TV
03:20or if they paid attention to that.
03:23But when Cleveland was tying it up,
03:25when Struis was getting his groove on...
03:27Dude, he went off for a minute there.
03:30Yeah, he did.
03:30Oh, wait.
03:31That guy?
03:32You already sick of him?
03:32Well, he's there, yeah.
03:34I mean, I know that's the guy you're supposed to hate,
03:35but he's a guy we're all going to despise.
03:38When he was getting his points at the end
03:41and bringing them back and closer and closer
03:43and he's getting fired up
03:45and he was motioning to the part of the crowd
03:49that was partisan to Cleveland
03:51and there was a contingent
03:53and they were loud and boisterous
03:55for being maybe, I don't know, a couple hundred people,
03:57but it's good to shut them up
04:01and put your foot on the throat
04:03and just choke them out.
04:05Choke this team out.
04:06It's not going to be easy.
04:07That's the first game
04:08and my other observation is
04:10that Donovan Mitchell is really freaking good.
04:13He just knocks down shots,
04:14whether contested or not,
04:15and I'm surprised that he wasn't more involved.
04:18There was a point where they took him out of game
04:20for a while,
04:21but there's a lot that went on with the game last night,
04:24but the crowd I thought was great.
04:26That was good to see.
04:28Saxophone player doing the National Anthem.
04:31I think different from the guy
04:32who does the National Anthem at the Lions games,
04:35who does like the 90-second note that he plays.
04:40This guy was great, too.
04:41Kind of like a jazzy version of it.
04:43It was really good.
04:45One sour note.
04:47And these guys are better.
04:48Okay?
04:48I just want to say this.
04:50These guys that get out there,
04:53I'm impressed by what they do,
04:55even though they're jumping off trampolines.
04:56And I'm talking about the extreme team.
05:00Okay?
05:02These guys get out there with the tramps,
05:03and they jump on them,
05:05bounce the ball,
05:06and they keep flipping around.
05:07They're doing lots and lots of flips,
05:08which, I mean, I could never do that,
05:10so I'm always impressed by it.
05:13And most of the time,
05:14what they end up doing,
05:16I come away going,
05:17wow, okay, that was pretty cool.
05:18You know, this triple flip
05:19and leave it off the backboard,
05:20and this guy dunks it,
05:21and it's awesome.
05:22Last night, not so good.
05:24What happened?
05:25Lots of flubbing.
05:26Oh, did they?
05:27Lots of bad passes.
05:28Like, they didn't handle the ball at all.
05:30They weren't sharp?
05:31No, they were not sharp at all.
05:32They're coming off a tough series
05:33against Orlando, too.
05:34Maybe that was it.
05:35Maybe that was it.
05:35They had to, you know,
05:36they're having to get extra basketballs out there,
05:38or, you know, it's just,
05:39hey, I did a flip on a trampoline,
05:41and I don't have a basketball.
05:42Okay, great.
05:43But it was disappointing
05:45when they came out for the first time.
05:47They made up for it later on.
05:49It's just an observation.
05:50Let's bounce it back.
05:51That's what the postseason is.
05:52Or team extreme.
05:55Postseason.
05:56You know, it's tougher than the regular season
05:57for everybody, right?
05:59Yeah.
05:59Pistons dance crew, thumbs up.
06:01Okay, good.
06:02Girls know what they're doing.
06:03Yeah.
06:04Good stuff.
06:04You're a big fan, huh?
06:05Yeah.
06:05They do a great job.
06:08Again, doing things I could never do.
06:10You don't say.
06:11No.
06:12Yeah.
06:12So, look, great night.
06:15Detroit's up 1-0.
06:17I don't know.
06:18Extreme team.
06:21Sorry.
06:22No, it's okay.
06:23That may flare up every once in a while.
06:25Sorry.
06:26No.
06:27You keep...
06:28Lean into it, my friend.
06:29Lean into it.
06:30No reason not to.
06:32But no, it was...
06:33Look, this was a chesty audience yesterday.
06:37Austin at work.
06:39Do you remember Austin at work from yesterday?
06:41Oh, was Austin the guy who made the prediction in...
06:45Cavs in four.
06:45Okay.
06:46Kate isn't ready for the bright lights.
06:47And Pistons can't shoot.
06:49Need to get better in the offseason.
06:51Any hope for the Pistons is home or cope.
06:55Don't sell the people false hope.
06:58Austin at work.
06:59This guy.
06:59That's right.
07:00I offered Austin a bet from the Cars Casino.
07:02I run my own casino.
07:03Yeah.
07:04And it was, I'll take the Pistons to win a game.
07:06Yeah.
07:07Had to wait late into the series.
07:10Took them one game.
07:12Yeah.
07:12But Austin, I, you know, I'm a...
07:14If you can find a 30-pack of Bush Light Apple, I'd appreciate it.
07:18I suspect I'm not going to see it.
07:20No?
07:20No.
07:21I suspect.
07:22I mean, you're not asking for, like, the most expensive beer.
07:24No, I'm not.
07:25I'm not.
07:25In fact, you're asking for one of the less expensive beers.
07:28You know, I was actually one of my favorite answers I've had to one of your questions that
07:32I gave zero thought to.
07:33When you said, if I hit the lottery, what's the most irresponsible purchase I'd make?
07:38And I said, home in Montana.
07:39And you're like, that's not an irresponsible purchase.
07:42Right.
07:42And I said, oh, 130 packs of Bush Light Apple.
07:46That is an irresponsible purchase.
07:48It is, because it'll go bad.
07:50Well, it'll go bad, but it's also going to disappear.
07:52And I got to figure out how to preserve it.
07:55There's got to be a way to preserve it.
07:56You buy a brewery is what you do.
07:57I buy a brewery.
07:58That's what you do.
07:59I buy Anheuser-Busch.
08:00You get the recipe and say, look, I'll just brew this myself.
08:03I'll just buy Anheuser-Busch.
08:05And yeah, it's back.
08:07Although, it goes off shelves quickly, my man.
08:10You know what you can do?
08:11Like, I know you don't do the lottery and stuff, but we talk about dreaming and all this,
08:14right?
08:14Yeah.
08:15If you had that kind of crazy money, what you could do, Doug, is open up your own brew
08:20pub just for you.
08:22Just all the crap that I like that nobody, so all the stuff that's disappeared and bring
08:28back all the food items that you love that have gone by the wayside.
08:31Sure.
08:32And also, you brew your own beer.
08:34So if somebody comes in and asks you, hey, do you have anything like a Miller Lite?
08:38And you're like, yes, we do.
08:41In fact, it's just like Miller Lite.
08:43So we'd serve Boston Market food with Bush Light Apple, Miller Lite, Sierra Nevada Otre Vez,
08:50which has disappeared.
08:51Fantastic summer beer.
08:55Pretzel M&Ms for dessert.
08:57For refreshments, if you don't want to go non-alcoholic, we'll have the Gatorade Cucumber
09:01Lime Zero.
09:03And since I make millions, I don't worry about the fact that we're doing almost no business
09:07because much of what Doug likes disappears.
09:11But you've got that.
09:13Yeah.
09:13TVs all throughout the wall wearing, you know, lots of Big Ten Network.
09:17Big Ten Network.
09:18Women's Volleyball.
09:19Women's Softball.
09:20Yeah.
09:20Because you can get plus, you can watch everything.
09:22There you go.
09:23Yeah.
09:24Get it all.
09:25Yep.
09:25I love it.
09:26And I'll sit in my bar pretty much by myself.
09:28Now do you want to start gambling on the lottery?
09:31No, I don't.
09:31Oh.
09:32That's not worth it.
09:33So maybe we had you.
09:33All right.
09:34Look, there are things that happen in basketball games that we deem important and wonder if
09:41they are going to be difference makers in this series.
09:46Look at the stat sheet.
09:47Something stood out last night.
09:49We'll get to that today at 1020.
09:51J.B.
09:52Bickerstaff addressed the media.
09:53You'll hear the best of what he had to say at 1030.
09:56Here on Carson Anderson.
09:57On a Wednesday, Piston fans, your thoughts?
09:59Last night's game.
10:00How are you feeling after game one?
10:03I bet many of you are chesty today.
10:06Any concerns that have popped up?
10:08248-539-9797.
10:11Carson Anderson, 97-1.
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