Brandon Knight out, Danny Granger in for Pistons-Pacers rematch
Essentials
- Teams: Detroit Pistons (22-35) at Indiana Pacers (34-21)
- Date: February 23, 2013
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Television: Fox Sports Detroit
What to look for
The Pacers beat the Pistons by 32 last night. How much worse can it get tonight?
Mike Wells of the Indianapolis Star:
Danny Granger will make his season debut tonight in Detroit, according to a source.
Well, maybe the Pistons will get one of their injured players back?
Vincent Goodwill of The Detroit News:
Knight is out tonight. MRI revealed some fluid behind the knee
Good luck, Detroit!
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Players: Brandon Knight
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Feb 23, 2013 • 7:50 pm
by tarsier
Nothing like a good old fashioned 10-0 hole to start the game. Might as well improve that pick.
Feb 23, 2013 • 8:02 pm
by tarsier
That 5-0 run took over 6 minutes. I’m not seeing a high scoring game happening here.
Feb 23, 2013 • 8:03 pm
by curriergroh
Greg starting where he left off. I’m sure tomorrow I’ll read how his 0-6 start is Frank’s fault.
Feb 23, 2013 • 10:20 pm
by Mark
They both need to go. Monroe is soft and Frank is a proven loser. 1 winning season in his 9 yr career, doesn’t give me much reason to believe he’s going to lead us to a winning record anytime soon.
Feb 23, 2013 • 10:51 pm
by tarsier
If 16 and 10 and only getting better is soft, give me soft all day, every day.
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:00 am
by Blocks By Dre
Thats what she said
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:41 am
by tarsier
that makes absolutely no sense
Feb 24, 2013 • 9:35 am
by Blocks By Dre
Give me soft all day, everyday? Makes perfect sense
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:21 am
by James
Yah its hard to coach when half your games your best player is Will Bynum or a 19 year old rookie. This roster is constructed for Frank to fail.
Feb 24, 2013 • 9:00 am
by Clint in Flint
It’s working!
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:35 am
by Mark
If you thought Monroe had a good game tonight…. give me some of whatever you’re on…lol
Monroe was awful. I don’t care what his numbers say. He played bad and played soft mentally and physically. He played stupid too. I cant count how many times he got it in the post, waited for the double to come, and then took that as the cue to force up a contested layup against a double team on the best interior defense in the league.
Normally when a big man draws a double, its his cue to pass it back out to the perimeter to the open man. Monroe did the opposite all night long. To make it worse, when he had it at the high post and no one was guarding him, meaning a extra defender was playing the passing lane, THEN he decides to try and pass it right into their lane. Dumb basketball all night. Soft defense, no mental toughness. Just moping around the court all night.
Sorry, but I say this too often about him when we go against these “real” playoff teams that play physical defense, like MEM, CHI, IND, etc. He comes up soft almost everytime. And I just don’t see us ever going deep in the playoffs with him playing big minutes. He’s just not a playoff-style big man to me.
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:42 am
by tarsier
Of course he didn’t. But he has good games a whole heck of a lot more often than not. And more often than anyone else on this team. Do you want to trade away everyone who has a bad game now and then?
Feb 24, 2013 • 3:27 pm
by Mark
no i want to trade away everyone who consistently plays soft in big games against great teams
Feb 23, 2013 • 8:52 pm
by lisa
Maybe Cory will save us!
Feb 23, 2013 • 9:59 pm
by Mark
Keep playing Middleton!
Feb 23, 2013 • 10:02 pm
by Jacob
Tank it the rest of the year, must be the plan. Hopefully we make some huge changes this summer like Monroe for Love! Trade for Eric Gordon do something this team is garbage, could use a pg as well.
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:16 am
by James
Yah, all we need is a overrated, injury prone, over paid SG.
Feb 23, 2013 • 10:15 pm
by Mark
Its officially time to move on from the Frank Era, because the players appear to already have…
Feb 23, 2013 • 10:55 pm
by Jacob
Start all over next year with a new coach and a bunch of new players hopefully
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:40 am
by Mark
Good thing we have lots of capspace and a franchise Center to build around.
I already don’t expect Max/Bynum back because their contracts are up, but if we bring back Frank and Stuckey, and CV again, its going to be real hard to watch another season of this.
I cant stand to watch another season of Stuckey on this team, and Frank is clearly not getting his message through. I don’t care what additions we make, if Frank and Stuckey are back I don’t see next year being much different from the last 2. Franks system doesn’t work and Stuckey is just not a good player.
Feb 23, 2013 • 11:06 pm
by Jacob
Should have tried to trade stuckey for jeff green
Feb 24, 2013 • 12:29 am
by RalphHau
Coach says Pistons are a total embarrassment, humm, that is like telling the Principal that all the students in his class failed…I guess that doesn’t say much about the teacher!
Feb 24, 2013 • 6:20 pm
by ZekeKhaseli
Maxiell is not a STARTER