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JJ Slim wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 5:05 pm

Since the game is local to me tonight I have to watch it on the local Fanduel channel. That means I have listen to George Blaha who is about the most annoying play caller.

I miss the days of muting a game so I could listen to Al.

CG and Allen helping us create some space at the end of the 1st with their 3s. Pistons don't have the shooters we do so as long as we force them into tough 3s we should be OK. Ivey's given them good minutes off the bench. Livers and Goodwin defending well and creating opportunities, Oso with some opportunities inside. A lot more overall movement since we don't have Book to rely on.

Maaaann....
These guys

I'm a little behind live feed so now at end of 1st
Fellas manage to put up 32pt quarter without Book

Grayson with an unbelievable quarter
Oso with an underrated impressive dunk on Stewart
Collin timely shooting

Livers and Goodwin doing well too

Detroit announcers "I like Gillespe"

Next comment "How many Suns are out there. Seems like 6 or 8"

Momentum shift here with the Pistons cutting the lead from 16 to 9, need a TO to regroup and finish the half strong.

We have moments when our D is nuts

I think Cade is legit and our on ball pressure combined with traps and rotations has given him some problems so far

Great first half. Detroit was able to cut away at the lead. Let's keep up the energy. Extremely chippy game. Wouldn't be surprised if a fight breaks out.

Choppy game with a lot of physicality, reviews, flagrants and techs. Pistons are frustrated for sure, we just can't let them get any momentum in the 3rd. Stick to Robinson on the perimeter, keep making Cade's life hell and keep the ball and player movement on our end. Brooks with 4 fouls and mixing it up with Holland and some others. His reputation is proceeding him at this point I think. Hopefully we can break it open in the 2nd half and put them away. Don't want to make this a close game.

Brooks and Allen with 4 fouls each.

Suns up 1 heading into the 4th. Lost the lead for a bit but battled back with the reserves and CG. Hopefully we have enough to close it out but the Pistons regrouped well at halftime. They're scrapping and winning loose balls, rebounding well and have really picked up the defensive energy.

Brooks with like 3 straight misses just killing us in a tight game. Might be better off if he fouls out.

My heart is still racing after that ending. Man...

I hate the moral victories. Was going to be a tough one without Book but we had 'em. Pistons stepped up and took the win from us. We had our chances, just couldn't close it out.

Allen and CG did what they could on offense. Goodwin was a gamechanger for us with his energy and defense. Haven't seen the boxscore but I'd guess he led in +/- because we seemed to build our lead or claw back from a deficit when he was out there. Brooks started off OK but was cold in the 2nd half. Disappointed Williams wasn't more effective against Duren, should've been a good matchup for him and Oso was much better all around. Pistons really played well defensively in the 2nd half and we didn't have much room to operate on the perimeter.

Would have been a different game if could have hit some shots in the 4th. Too many misses.

We would've won if Brooks fouled out earlier. He was pure garbage tonight and had idiotic fouls. At his worst

specialsauce wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:02 pm

We would've won if Brooks fouled out earlier. He was pure garbage tonight and had idiotic fouls. At his worst

This. Straight chucking with some awful decision making. 4-16 with 1 assist.

JJ Slim wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 5:05 pm

Since the game is local to me tonight I have to watch it on the local Fanduel channel. That means I have listen to George Blaha who is about the most annoying play caller.

It's right in his name.

Hard hitting reporting from Duane Rankin: