Nobody wants to talk about Detroit at Portland??? I'll talk about em...

The Detroit Pistons are going into the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter.....(my write up is over, lol)

I'll call it the Rose Garden and continue on. Detroit enters the night a surprising 4-1 playing stout defense and suspect offense. The Trailblazers are coming into the game playing surprising EVERYTHING as their super talented power-forward moved south to play w/ "champions". Talk about a kick in the teeth???

Well all Portland has done is go 4-2 beating the likes of New Orleans by 18 in the opener, the Cinderella sleeper Utah Jazz on the road by 16 and the mighty Memphis Grizzles on the road by 19. They also beat the the uber popular TWolves on the road by 5. I doubt they were ever favored but i'm not willing to give up time in my life to check it. Carry on.....

Now they get Detroit at home and the books have no idea what do. Both tms had limited expectations and probably won't fulfill their sudden playoff aspirations. Imo Detroit makes the 7th spot, but we're talking about the east. Kinda like talking about the skinniest kid at fat camp. 

I think I have a nice grip on this Stan Van Gundy led Pistons team as I'm a fan because of my location. I live 20 minutes outside the D, which is actually 25 miles away from the Palace in Auburn Hills where the Pistons actually play, lol. 

This Piston tm will be adequate sooner rather than later. Especially w/ Drummond and KCP and the rook Stanley Johnson. But winning two games in a row on the road against a team who's proven they have a chip on their shoulder is asking too much imo. 

Detroit will play stout defense but miss shots. They may even play crap defense and miss shots. Bottom line is missed shots. If they win this game the city will burn....i kid, i kid.    

Play the Blazers. Neither team is as good as they've been. One is at home and the other on the road. The road tm has trouble scoring and I know this because as I posted in my last winning post SVG said......

"I take care of the defense. My assistants take care of the offense. They need to do a better job"...

Imo, neither the offense nor the defense plays well in the "ROSE GARDEN"...

$100 Portland -2....I play $100 on every play regardless on how much I like them. GL w/ your plays gentlemen 

Under 101 2nd half Pistons...

$100

41-11 in the 4th qtr,,,

that's sick. good bye $100....good bye 2nd half $100...

holy moly

This isn't about Portland tanking it was all about Detroit simply dominating them in that 4th.  Portland was making every shot the first 3 quarters, Pistons defence turned off the tap and then just gutted Portland offensively.  What an amazing show, at one point it was a 34-4 run.

If you've never seen an NBA team score = 11pts in a quarter, then you have not been following the sport closely enough.  The last 2 seasons have seen teams score less than 10pts in a quarter.  If I recall correctly, the Hawks even scored 6 points for an entire quarter either one or two seasons ago.