Post-Game Press Conference: J.B. Bickerstaff | Pistons vs. Heat | 11.29.2025
QUARTER WASN’T WHAT YOU WHAT YOU ANTICIPATED, BUT CAN YOU JUST SPEAK ON WHAT KIND OF LIKE CAME APART DURING THE FOURTH? >> I’M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THESE GUYS DID THIS PAST, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 DAYS, PLAYED BACK TO BACK CUP GAMES, GET ON A PLANE AT MIDNIGHT, FLY THREE HOURS, GET TO THE HOTEL ABOUT FOUR IN THE MORNING AND THEN COME OUT HERE AND WIN A BASKETBALL GAME. THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND THAT SPEAKS TO THEIR CHARACTER. YOU KNOW, THEIR FIGHT, THEIR RESOLVE. AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOT TO GET THE WIN. AND WE GOT THE WIN. >> IN THE SECOND QUARTER THERE WAS A LINEUP THAT YOU USED. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS DJ. I THINK IT WAS JADEN IVEY, DUNCAN ROBINSON, RON HOLLAND AND PAUL REED. CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW OUT OF THAT LINEUP AND HOW THEY KIND OF LIKE PUSHED YOU INTO THIS WIN? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS DEFENSE TO OFFENSE. YOU SAW THEM CREATING TURNOVERS. YOU SAW THEM GETTING OUT IN TRANSITION CREATING EASY OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW THAT’S AN ATHLETIC GROUP AN EXTREMELY QUICK GROUP AND A GREAT DEFENSIVE GROUP. AND THEN AGAIN I TAKE MY HAT OFF TO PETE REED. LIKE IN THE TRENCHES. IT’S HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO GETS THE JOB DONE BETTER THAN HE DOES. YOU KNOW, FOR A GUY TO BE ABLE TO REBOUND IN TRAFFIC THE WAY HE DOES, YOU KNOW, IT’S IMPRESSIVE. AND YOU KNOW, HIS ABILITY TO GET HIS HANDS ON BALLS, BLOCKED SHOTS, CREATE TURNOVERS AND JUST BE READY. WHEN HIS NUMBERS CALLED. >> COACH TOBIAS HARRIS IN THE SECOND HALF I THINK HAD 16 POINTS. HOW BIG WAS IT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE VETERAN COME IN AND BE ABLE TO HIT THOSE SHOTS AND KEEP THE OFFENSE MOVING? >> YEAH I MEAN HE’S HE’S THAT FOR US. AND I SAID IT LAST YEAR I’LL SAY IT AGAIN. HE’S THE SAFETY BLANKET RIGHT. WHEN THINGS GET A LITTLE BUMPY THINGS GET UP AND DOWN. YOU KNOW HE’S A GUY WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET TO HIS SPOT AND CAN CREATE FROM HIS SPOT. SO WE KNOW WE CAN DEPEND ON HIM AND HE’S RELIABLE IN THOSE MOMENTS FOR US. >> WHAT ABOUT WITH DUNCAN? HE WAS A GUY THAT FELT LIKE HE EITHER HAD A HOCKEY ASSIST, HE EITHER WAS GETTING AN OPEN SHOT FOR HIMSELF. HE WAS KIND OF LIKE THE ENGINE THAT KEPT EVERYTHING MOVING FOR THE OTHER GUYS. CADEN. TOBIAS. >> HOW? YEAH, I MEAN, THAT’S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREGAME, RIGHT? IT’S NOT JUST HIS ABILITY TO SHOOT THE BALL THAT IMPACTS WINNING OR LOSING ITS ABILITY. HIS ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP OFFENSES TICKING, FORCED TEAMS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO GUARD MULTIPLE ACTIONS. THAT MAKES EVERYBODY ELSE’S JOB EASY AROUND HIM. AND HE’S JUST EXTREMELY HEADY. HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THE PLAY, AND HE OUTTHINKS HIS OPPONENT MOST NIGHTS. >> TONIGHT MARKS THE FIFTH GAME SINCE JADEN IVEY BEEN BACK. CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT YOUR EVALUATION FROM HIM SO FAR? >> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK TONIGHT WAS HIS BEST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL IN 11 MONTHS AND YOU’RE ON, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A 15 MINUTE RESTRICTION AND YOU PLAY SMALLER DOSES, IT’S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE EASY FOR A GUY TO COME BACK. IT’S JUST HARD. PLAYING NBA BASKETBALL IS HARD. FINDING YOUR RHYTHM, FINDING YOUR CONFIDENCE, ALL THOSE THINGS IS HARD. BUT I THINK TONIGHT HE SHOWED WHAT HE’S CAPABLE OF HIS ABILITY TO ATTACK THE PAINT, MAKE SHOTS, YOU KNOW, HELP US BE A PEST DEFENSIVELY. SO HE’S ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND IT’S JUST GOING TO TAKE HIM SOME TIME. >> COACH DUNCAN ROBINSON’S FIRST GAME BACK IN MIAMI. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF EMOTIONS WITH IT. FOR HIM TO HAVE A GAME HIGH PLUS MINUS PLUS 17 TO PLAY, NOT EVEN A GAME WHERE HE SHOT IT. WELL, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK ON HIS IMPACT ON THE GAME, THE EMOTIONS GOING INTO IT, ALL OF IT? >> YEAH, I MEAN, BUT DUNCAN IS EXTREMELY MATURE. HE’S ALSO EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, SO THIS GAME I’M SURE MEANT SOMETHING TO HIM. BUT YOU KNOW, HE DOESN’T DO THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, LEND TO BEING ABOUT HIM. HE DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO HELP THE TEAM AND WAS CONSISTENT IN THAT ALL NIGHT. AND I THINK THAT’S WHY, YOU KNOW, THE OUTCOME WAS THE WAY IT WAS, WAS BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY, YOU KNOW, TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF AND JUST DO WHA
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9 comments
Jenkins/Green/Reed – need to play them more….Pistons are better with these players on the floor, especially Jenkins.
Salute to them they are hungry and great bounce back boys
Cabe almost blew another game. He turned the ball over 3 times in a row at the worse time. So glad he gave it up to Jenkins at the end
Is Duren hurt?
Cade looked sluggish at the end. Good thing they have Jenkins! Reed and Holland also played great. Give them, and Tobias all game balls
Okay so I've just learned something very important what I've just learned is…J.B. BICKERSTAFF DOES NOT HAVE A WINNING MENTALITY! When asked by a medium member if he could explain the Pistons collapse and the fourth quarter nearly leading to a loss, JB Bickerstaff said"I'm not worried about that" I mean what kind of basketball coach is not worried about his team when they had TWO 20-POINT Leads, and still almost lost the game? Keep in mind the Pistons also had 21 turnovers tonight, while defensively giving up 135 points. I know for a fact now the Pistons aren't going to do anything of significance once again this season just based on JB bickerstaff's answer to that first media member's question. I'm starting to wonder if he was the right coach for the Pistons in the first place?๐ฎ
Someone should have asked about Cadeโs fourth quarter turnovers and the idea of limiting Cadeโs minutes in the 2nd half so that he is fresh to close games for us rather than fatigued and making mental mistakes. Also, Daniss Jenkins ability to be a pressure valve release for Cade is becoming increasingly hard to ignore, does JB see a potential minutes increase when Caris LaVert gets back into the lineup?
Cade has all the talent, but his toughness and ball security need to level up, especially if he wants to be a true franchise lead guard. Miami stole the ball from him easily โ he was careless.
Jenkins needs to play