00:05John plays the schedule game at 718 as we look ahead to football season let's not look too far
00:11ahead tonight the Pistons are playing game six season on the line in Cleveland is it over let's
00:18just start there and who has the most pressure on them tonight so I'll start with who's got the
00:26most pressure on him tonight and I believe it's Uncle T Tobias Harris he's got to be and I don't
00:33think he's well suited to be the number two guy he's got to be Robin tonight and we've seen him
00:40be
00:40that when the when the the Pistons for the most part have needed him the most but I just think
00:48he
00:48is in a position that he doesn't have the ultimate skill set for and now it's on the road he's
00:58done
00:58it so the expectation is that he will again but I again I don't think he is well suited for
01:05that
01:05position and the most pressure is going to be on Tobias Harris most eyeballs are going to be on
01:12Tobias Harris okay because I think I know what I'm getting out of Cade for the most part yeah I
01:18think I know what I'm getting out of a SAR unfortunately I know what I'm getting out of
01:22Duren right and I don't think you get as much out of the bench on the road I think the
01:27Cavs bench and
01:28their their others will step up at home most likely the season ends tonight but I'm very hesitant to
01:35kill the Pistons off until their last breath Tobias is a great answer because he's the guy
01:44they go to when they can't get something going in the half court he hate throw him the ball
01:48shoot a contested mid-range jumper they're tough shots they don't always fall he's got to knock
01:53them down if it's not Tobias could I make the case it's JB Bickerstaff sure you make the case for
01:59a lot of individuals involved in this game because they're gonna clown his ass if the season ends
02:04tonight this is why we fired you you're the one seed and you lost four straight games
02:12do you have any tricks up your sleeve are we gonna see Paul Reed in the starting lineup are we
02:16gonna
02:17see Paul Reed before the team's down and in desperation mode among other adjustments is it
02:21around Holland game or not which buttons are you going to press as the coach here can you effectively
02:27get Cade a couple breathers so we can close the game out JB Bickerstaff this is the team that fired
02:32you
02:33when you were hovering over the disco bustin last Friday the Pistons were sitting with a 2-0 lead
02:41both games were at home we hadn't yet witnessed what was going to happen in Cleveland you had the
02:47odds the percentages of teams that started 2-0 do you remember what that percentage was 92%
02:54I believe that they would win the series if you lose that series and it's not like Cade got hurt
03:01and how much of that falls on the coach well I bring that up because of everything you just said
03:07and it kind of helps build the case that the most pressure is on JB what are you going to
03:13do
03:14with Jalen Duren you already benched him at the end of a home game he played one minute in the
03:24last 18 and you went with b-ball Paul he played well yep I know what happened through 82 games
03:33but now through 12 games of the postseason do you believe you're going to get regular season Duren
03:42or postseason Duren tonight in a gotta have it moment and if you believe you're getting postseason
03:47Duren why wouldn't you make the change yeah but why would you oh yeah yeah I get what you're saying
03:51because I've listened to Doug and Scott and their thing is well 82 games should should supersede
03:56right I'm sorry this is now how many playoff games 12 yeah like I don't know if you need to
04:02see 80
04:03playoff games to see what we're seeing Duren ain't it he was in the eyes of Bickerstaff
04:09not playable unplayable at the end of game five when you had to have it so then why not tonight
04:15when you have to have it flip the roles I'm not suggesting Duren doesn't play right and I don't
04:21even care who takes the opening tip but who leads the team in minutes it should not be Jalen Duren
04:26from
04:27the five spot right and that becomes is Bickerstaff going to double down no I mean look you tell us
04:33who's under the most pressure two four eight five three nine ninety seven ninety seven I told you I
04:37gave Cade a free pass the other day I'm certainly not going to say if if he doesn't deliver that
04:41it's
04:41a referendum on him we know what we're getting out of Cade Cunningham he's leading everybody in points
04:46and assists and minutes played I'm not putting it on Cade tonight I mean I think they need him to
04:53have
04:53a big game but I don't think he's under the most pressure tonight and on the flip side the guy
04:58that we
04:58just talked about Paul Reed he might be under the least amount of pressures because I know that
05:04everybody's calling for Paul Reed hey we want to be more b-ball Paul we saw what he did in
05:0717 minutes
05:0810 points eight boards like he added something two blocks he added something and I think if he's going
05:15into this game and and JB comes up and says hey whether he says we're going to start you or
05:22you better be
05:23ready because in the first five minutes you're going in and you're going to get the bulk of the minutes
05:28he's playing with house money correct he's making himself money where Jalen Duren is losing it by the
05:36second so yeah I think there's on the flip side b-ball Paul may have the least amount of pressure
05:43in terms of how this goes tonight do you think they win no I don't and it's it's
05:52it's I'll just go back to what I was talking about at the beginning of the series and why I
05:57was
05:58trying to make you hold off hitting that button in regards to the disco and winning this series
06:06when they were up to oh the Cleveland Cavaliers don't have to have Donovan Mitchell score 30 plus
06:13correct the Pistons have to have Cade score 30 plus and the Cavaliers they could turn to
06:24Donovan to James Harden I agree not a great option on a night in night out basis in the postseason
06:32but he can Evan Mobley can Jared Allen can Max Strews can Sam Merrill can be impactful like I just
06:41they have Dennis Schroeder they have more that they can turn to than the Pistons have you just said
06:49something that sparked it for me Evan Mobley had a very bad was it game two he only had one
06:55rebound
06:56and we didn't spend a ton of time on that we're talking about the Pistons up 2-0 and look
07:00at James
07:01Harden Evan Mobley was getting skewered in Cleveland and to a degree nationally because one rebound John
07:08how has Evan Mobley played since he's responded yeah I'm I'm looking at this and it's eight rebounds
07:14in each of these three Cleveland Cavalier wins he's blocked multiple shots in each of these Cleveland
07:20wins including five block shots in game four he was a force he scored 13 17 and 19 points at
07:29LCA the
07:30other night if they're getting that guy and we're getting this during we're starting on the wrong foot
07:36but I think you've missed a key stat too where it was two games ago five assists oh yeah and
07:43in that
07:44last game in Detroit he had eight assists to go along with the 19 points the eight rebounds the four
07:50I'm sorry the three blocks it's he has that ability to okay if you're gonna pack the paint
07:58I can take the ball and I could find James Harden yeah I can find Donovan Mitchell I can find
08:05Max
08:05Struis he can shoot a little bit he can pass the ball he was the defensive player of the year
08:10in
08:10the NBA not this year but recently and that's part of the issue I have with Jalen Duren is okay
08:16if
08:16if if they're packing the paint there's no one to spread space the floor and you have no offensive
08:22moves if your point production is down your rebounds should still not be that as affected as they have
08:30been and you should be the guy that if they're gonna pack the paint it means somebody is open
08:36you gotta find them I mean maybe we're stumbling into something that Evan Mobley swung this series
08:41could be and how do you swing it back well that's why we focus on if it's not Duren if
08:46you've seen
08:46enough to know and JB certainly acted like he'd seen enough in game five Paul Reed Isaiah Stewart
08:53different combos less Duren two four eight five three nine ninety seven ninety seven will it even
09:00be enough you know you you say not with a single ounce of joy in your voice that that you
09:05don't
09:06think they win tonight and John I don't know how people could fight you on it I mean look the
09:11Pistons famously came back down three one in the opening round and they had to win a pivotal game
09:14six in Orlando right do you remember what happened in that game Orlando missed 23 consecutive shots
09:2227 of their last 28 I cannot prescribe or expect that tonight so the most likely outcome is Cleveland
09:34continues to take care of their home court and a Pistons team is just a little um a little light
09:42when they need it right you're talking offensively yeah and they may be a lot light right because if
09:49they're going to try and limit Cade who else is going to step we don't know if Duncan Robinson is
09:54going to be able to play or not it's a good question and if he is I think that's a
10:00positive
10:00as long as he's able to start the game off and find his rhythm Tobias Harris has to find his
10:06rhythm
10:06early if you listen to Doug and Scott they make Duren sound like Mutombo on defense lol Joe in Yale
10:15who's under the most pressure James Harden he doesn't want to see this go to a game seven
10:22I don't think Cleveland wants this to go back to a game seven they don't want to go to Detroit
10:26they've won one game on the road how about this I'll make the same comment I made about the Orlando
10:30series if they win game six I think they'll win game seven right right I mean that would be the
10:36thought as you come back home both teams have shown they can win on the road you got it in
10:43your
10:43building though and and then the pressure shifts to Cleveland well and and and then I think the
10:48pressure switches to Donovan Mitchell yeah but because and I'm this is a little contradictory to
10:55what I just talked about he has a better supporting cast but I think his road playoff record I looked
11:02at
11:03this last before the Pistons played that last game at home it was four and 21 in postseason play on
11:14the
11:14road now it's obviously five and 22 mm-hmm if that is his MO we know James Harden's MO yeah
11:22if the
11:24Pistons are able to find a way to win tonight I do think they win the series yeah put put
11:30those guys who
11:31always fade and fizzle at this time of the season put them in a game seven in Detroit and then
11:36when
11:37you have a lead in the final three minutes yeah finish it but you got to get back to game
11:41seven
11:41and I think tonight is tonight is where it's treacherous text says anytime their backs against
11:46the wall cookies loses faith Pistons and seven I think it's just a realization of where they're at
11:52you and I aren't gonna sugarcoat it guys I believe are we really doing this I believe this is Jalen
11:57Durin's breakout game backs against the wall mentality Russ and Livonia yeah they lucky 13
12:03well everybody knows that's a lucky number 13 one that's a charm if we come in Monday and the
12:09season's over come on man how many times are we gonna say oh and then if it is I told
12:15you so
12:15that same texter is gonna say I told you so oh you were right once out of 13 games I
12:22say if they lose
12:23this weekend don't be the guy that calls in or texts in on he would have had such a good
12:27Knicks
12:27series it's a damn shame he would have had such a good matchup against Carl Anthony I know come on
12:34show it and and stop expecting it at this point right what are you expecting I get 82 game Jalen
12:40Durin it's not the same guy that we've seen through 12 critical moments throughout the course of these
12:47postseason we have open lines all show you want to talk Pistons hoops you want to talk about the
12:52schedule we'll make time for it we got the cookie jar at 7 35 and John plays the schedule game
12:57next
12:57it's 97 one
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