Joel Embiid’s attitude at the end of the game in Detroit isn’t the most frustrating thing for the Pistons to deal with right now. Monty Williams’ troops have indeed lost seven in a row…
It’s difficult for Detroit to play at its best when you look at the names in the infirmary: Bojan Bogdanovic, Monte Morris and Isaiah Livers have not played this season; Alec Burks and Jaden Ivey have been out for a few days; Joe Harris has missed the last three games.
“We are not going to blame this on injuries. We can put this in the trash,” already announces the coach for the Free Press. “We showed that we could play against anyone. We have to keep the pace. Every player on the floor is trained to be productive for four quarters. We don’t do that, so we’re not going to talk about injuries. »
Even the very good and valuable Jalen Duren is suffering. He was hit in the right ankle against the Sixers. His possible absence for the next matches would be very bad news…
Weak times that are expensive
What is even more frustrating for the Pistons is that they are not dumped. In several matches that they ultimately lost, they were in control of the game and several points ahead. Against Milwaukee, Portland or even Golden State for example. But they manage weak times poorly.
“Our guys are fighting tooth and nail,” says Monty Williams. “We have absences, like in the third quarter against Philadelphia and we have to fight against that. We played poorly offensively and their physical impact prevented us from playing our game. This is what happens against playoff teams. When we manage to dominate them, they change their defense or become more physical. We couldn’t manage that. »
It’s obviously more difficult to manage these bad moments when you are deprived of players as important as Bogdanovic for example. “When they come back, it will do us good. But for the moment, we make do with those who are there. You have to raise your level of play and play hard. When they come back, we will be more experienced and it will be beneficial for us”announces Kilian Hayes, author of a good match against Philadelphia with 23 points.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Cade Cunningham | 9 | 35.9 | 41.7 | 32.8 | 85.7 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 24.0 |
| Alex Burks | 4 | 25.6 | 43.6 | 53.8 | 80.0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 15.0 |
| Jalen Duren | 7 | 29.7 | 63.8 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 13.9 |
| Isaiah Stewart II | 9 | 34.8 | 48.8 | 42.9 | 73.7 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 12.3 |
| Jaden Ivey | 6 | 20.7 | 49.1 | 40.9 | 83.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Ausar Thompson | 9 | 31.8 | 40.0 | 16.7 | 81.8 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 11.3 |
| Marcus Sasser | 9 | 19.6 | 55.7 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 10.9 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 9 | 18.9 | 56.7 | 25.0 | 89.7 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 10.6 |
| Killian Hayes | 9 | 30.3 | 39.1 | 32.3 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 10.0 |
| Joe Harris | 7 | 14.0 | 36.0 | 31.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| Stanley Umude | 7 | 6.3 | 42.9 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
| Jared Rhoden | 4 | 5.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| James Wiseman | 2 | 8.5 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Malcolm Cazalon | 1 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
