Detroit Pistons get OUTMATCHED vs ROCKETS and Kevin Durant
January 24, 2026
Detroit Pistons get OUTMATCHED vs ROCKETS and Kevin Durant
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The Detroit Pistons do need to make a big move if they want to play for the NBA finals and Win It
Pistons secondary scoring is desperately lacking. Stewart had what 16 but that was just to try and keep it close. The 2nd unit is effort and energy but the offense is coming when someone gets on a heater or creating turnovers. JB has to address the offensive shortcomings and some of those lineups didn’t help
The split with Houston sir , don’t overreact
The pistons can't help but lay bricks from 3 point land so they hurt themselves more than the other teams "out matching" them. duncan robinson couldn't shoot to save his life tonight either. I honestly don't see them getting far in the playoffs with this abysmal shooting. Old school ball only gets you so far.
Dam you not gonna win them all as soon as they drop a game y'all start talking shit about them
King you don't know it all stop acting like your right about everything no one is right about everything stop it
I don't know man it's starting to kind of look like the Pistons can only beat the bad teams and can't beat the good teams I'm not saying that completely but it's kind of starting to look that way we finally play a good team and we didn't win but we've been playing teams that's not that competitive and we've been winning but if you notice our losses so far has been from good teams That's very concerning because when you get to the playoffs you're playing nothing but good teams
Excellent analysis E.K. truthful and unbiased spot on explanation of this game.
Pistons don't play well against real competition
Two words, Kyrie Mavericks get him
Im so tired of them letting Duran try to play point guard! What the hell! You challenge him on the dribble, he is turning it over! Pistons, stop the madness! Damn!
They need another scorer, the shooting is horrible straight up and they got outplayed by Durant scoring 32!
Agree 100 percent. Lifelong Pistons fan from Oakland CA.
I like what Thompson showed, the issue is when Cade can't get it going. Tobias has to get it going, or Robinson. If not, go get that wing that can get his own shot. I would love to see Ivey get going…..
Ivey healthy. He just lost some explosiveness after injuries
Maybe a Saadiq Bey 2.0👀👀👀👀 I wouldn’t mind seeing him back with the contract he has🔥🔥🔥 Short term deal with great upside
I agree we need more scoring shooting and I think the 4 position needs an upgrade as well king… this trade deadline could elevate us in the post season depending if we get some needs.
Honestly, it’s just honing in on fundamentals. Can’t have people getting downhill in the paint. Also, we have to KD certain points of the game. He’s one of the top scorers in history and he creates shots. I’d rather double him and lose two points somewhere else. We also beat them earlier in the season at their court so we match up pretty well. We just get lazy in my opinion.
It's obvious, the Pistons need to make a trade. We need another scorer! If Cade is off against a good team, we're in trouble!
We have no offensive chemistry. I wonder how much emphasis they put on the offense. Ive heard them say things like we focus on defense and offense is not as much of a focus. Just because our identity is defense doesn't have to mean we can't play offense. Im all about getting a really good to great stretch 4 and nothing else. No small forwards. No highly rated defensive player who is shooting 30% from 3.
If we make any trade it needs to be for MPJ that's the only one that makes sense
There are too many close games or loses where if we hit 2, 3, or 4 more threes he'll even 1 more, the games would have been way to completely different. No team respects us from 3. Then we play rushed and can't get guys in scoring positions so we start the turnover machine. On some possessions Im like what the hell are you doing. Its the 3s especially from a power forward. That is the only true weakness we have. Its not necessarily the turnovers. The turnovers are a by product of not being able to hit 3s. Most teams just need to defend inside of 20 feet and they got us.
MPJ 🔥 the Pistons definitely need someone that can score! Trade Ivey and Sasser and a 1st round pick..ima miss both players but this is definitely necessary moving foward
MFs in this fanbase said we dont need another player/shooter said "were good" on some Brad holmes shit…. when were one of the worst 3pt shooting teams LOL… Dumb ass GM signed old ass tobias to start, signed bum ass levert, and let THJ walk.. Then the bs with beasley happened smh!
Kevin Durant doesn't like Detroit, and that's he plays well against them.
Keep in mind we got the split against Houston.
Clearly Cade needs help. Every now and then Tobias does fulfill that role. I was excited when Michael Porter Jr. was rumored to be on our short list. The Nets are rebuilding with him, but you're right King, Cade needs help. To deal with the KD's out their you have to stop them (which is impossible) or cancel them out by equaling their output. We gotta be better.
OKC lost to the Pacers tonight and been looking suspect we can't win them all it's happens we haven't lost more than two in a row all season I know we can bounce back
Yeah King i would say that the Pistons need to make some kind of trade before the trade deadline i would trade Tobias Harris, Jaden Ivey, & Caris LeVert, & a first round pick up for somebody man.
Ya'll think KD will be playing 40 mins a game and not torn up? he ain't going to be there in the post. Joker might since he has time off now.
I’m willing to bet if they play the Rockets tomorrow the Pistons will beat them. It’s only one game.
King we could use an Irv Jones with Ausar Thompson, Ron Holland and Irv Jones all at 6'8" athletic, long, top 5 perimeter defenders that we will need to slow down the KD's, Kawia Lenoard's, Jalen Brown's, Lukas Dondcic's and Jason Tatum's. Trade Marcus Sasser for Irv Jones. 3 Athletic Wings with MPJ, is a 3 year potential NBA Finals run.
31 comments
The Detroit Pistons do need to make a big move if they want to play for the NBA finals and Win It
Pistons secondary scoring is desperately lacking. Stewart had what 16 but that was just to try and keep it close. The 2nd unit is effort and energy but the offense is coming when someone gets on a heater or creating turnovers. JB has to address the offensive shortcomings and some of those lineups didn’t help
The split with Houston sir , don’t overreact
The pistons can't help but lay bricks from 3 point land so they hurt themselves more than the other teams "out matching" them. duncan robinson couldn't shoot to save his life tonight either. I honestly don't see them getting far in the playoffs with this abysmal shooting. Old school ball only gets you so far.
Dam you not gonna win them all as soon as they drop a game y'all start talking shit about them
King you don't know it all stop acting like your right about everything no one is right about everything stop it
I don't know man it's starting to kind of look like the Pistons can only beat the bad teams and can't beat the good teams I'm not saying that completely but it's kind of starting to look that way we finally play a good team and we didn't win but we've been playing teams that's not that competitive and we've been winning but if you notice our losses so far has been from good teams That's very concerning because when you get to the playoffs you're playing nothing but good teams
Excellent analysis E.K. truthful and unbiased spot on explanation of this game.
Pistons don't play well against real competition
Two words, Kyrie Mavericks get him
Im so tired of them letting Duran try to play point guard! What the hell! You challenge him on the dribble, he is turning it over! Pistons, stop the madness! Damn!
They need another scorer, the shooting is horrible straight up and they got outplayed by Durant scoring 32!
Agree 100 percent. Lifelong Pistons fan from Oakland CA.
I like what Thompson showed, the issue is when Cade can't get it going. Tobias has to get it going, or Robinson. If not, go get that wing that can get his own shot. I would love to see Ivey get going…..
Ivey healthy. He just lost some explosiveness after injuries
Maybe a Saadiq Bey 2.0👀👀👀👀 I wouldn’t mind seeing him back with the contract he has🔥🔥🔥 Short term deal with great upside
I agree we need more scoring shooting and I think the 4 position needs an upgrade as well king… this trade deadline could elevate us in the post season depending if we get some needs.
Honestly, it’s just honing in on fundamentals. Can’t have people getting downhill in the paint. Also, we have to KD certain points of the game. He’s one of the top scorers in history and he creates shots. I’d rather double him and lose two points somewhere else. We also beat them earlier in the season at their court so we match up pretty well. We just get lazy in my opinion.
It's obvious, the Pistons need to make a trade. We need another scorer! If Cade is off against a good team, we're in trouble!
We have no offensive chemistry. I wonder how much emphasis they put on the offense. Ive heard them say things like we focus on defense and offense is not as much of a focus. Just because our identity is defense doesn't have to mean we can't play offense. Im all about getting a really good to great stretch 4 and nothing else. No small forwards. No highly rated defensive player who is shooting 30% from 3.
If we make any trade it needs to be for MPJ that's the only one that makes sense
There are too many close games or loses where if we hit 2, 3, or 4 more threes he'll even 1 more, the games would have been way to completely different. No team respects us from 3. Then we play rushed and can't get guys in scoring positions so we start the turnover machine. On some possessions Im like what the hell are you doing. Its the 3s especially from a power forward. That is the only true weakness we have. Its not necessarily the turnovers. The turnovers are a by product of not being able to hit 3s. Most teams just need to defend inside of 20 feet and they got us.
MPJ 🔥 the Pistons definitely need someone that can score! Trade Ivey and Sasser and a 1st round pick..ima miss both players but this is definitely necessary moving foward
MFs in this fanbase said we dont need another player/shooter said "were good" on some Brad holmes shit…. when were one of the worst 3pt shooting teams LOL… Dumb ass GM signed old ass tobias to start, signed bum ass levert, and let THJ walk.. Then the bs with beasley happened smh!
Kevin Durant doesn't like Detroit, and that's he plays well against them.
Keep in mind we got the split against Houston.
Clearly Cade needs help. Every now and then Tobias does fulfill that role. I was excited when Michael Porter Jr. was rumored to be on our short list. The Nets are rebuilding with him, but you're right King, Cade needs help. To deal with the KD's out their you have to stop them (which is impossible) or cancel them out by equaling their output. We gotta be better.
OKC lost to the Pacers tonight and been looking suspect we can't win them all it's happens we haven't lost more than two in a row all season I know we can bounce back
Yeah King i would say that the Pistons need to make some kind of trade before the trade deadline i would trade Tobias Harris, Jaden Ivey, & Caris LeVert, & a first round pick up for somebody man.
Ya'll think KD will be playing 40 mins a game and not torn up? he ain't going to be there in the post. Joker might since he has time off now.
I’m willing to bet if they play the Rockets tomorrow the Pistons will beat them. It’s only one game.
King we could use an Irv Jones with Ausar Thompson, Ron Holland and Irv Jones all at 6'8" athletic, long, top 5 perimeter defenders that we will need to slow down the KD's, Kawia Lenoard's, Jalen Brown's, Lukas Dondcic's and Jason Tatum's. Trade Marcus Sasser for Irv Jones. 3 Athletic Wings with MPJ, is a 3 year potential NBA Finals run.