Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers – 11/17/15 National Basketball Association Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Before the game, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said he sat down with Jackson to go over film from last season when he excelled down the stretch. The Cavaliers were in a road game against the Pistons in Detroit. Which one measures us?

But one thing that you can bank on is that they will be one of the teams you have to follow on a nightly basis, as their nucleus of young talent is just too much to ignore. James committed two turnovers and misfired on a five-foot shot in the final 1:08.

“Was Chicago a measuring stick game?”

A measuring stick game?

Kemba Walker scored a season-high 31 points for the Hornets, but reigning Eastern Conference player of the week Nicolas Batum had only one basket and four points (see full recap).

The Pistons improved to 6-5 this season. It was the Bucks’ worst loss of the season and third defeat in four games after winning four in a row.

With a raucous 18,442 packed into the Palace – legitimate numbers, no papering of the house here – it was turn back the clock night and the Pistons played like a team that knew how to get the mission accomplished.

Asked about the feat and passing the Lakers great West, James said that it definitely is an honor.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – LeBron James continued his climb up the NBA’s all-time scoring list by passing Jerry West for No. 19th, with 25,193 career points, on Tuesday.

“He said, ‘This was the best game you have played since you’ve been in Detroit, ‘” he said.

Brandon Jennings passed another milestone in his recovery from Achilles tendon surgery, taking part in full-court scrimmaging.

“I thought he battled him well”, Van Gundy said. “It was good to revisit that”. This is going to be an ongoing issue for the Pistons. He does not like the coaching style of David Blatt and feels like he is not being used effectively. I also held a personal (cranky, folksy) skepticism about Drummond as an National Basketball Association centerpiece, stemming from his overzealous and often yearning use of social media, but that’s mostly me.

Three of Tuesday’s starters are relative newcomers to the team.

The Pistons also managed to split the conjoined Morii twins and add Marcus Morris as a starting forward in a summer trade with the Suns.

“They added a few very good pieces”, Blatt said. It was 102-99 with 13.8 seconds remaining after Reggie Jackson made two free throws for Detroit. “You just couldn’t have a much better game than he had tonight and obviously finishing it off with the free throws”. To be fair, I said what I said past year, but I did say that we would use it if we felt it was necessary because those were the rules.

To stick with the endless 2008-09 Orlando Magic comparison, (and I realize that by writing this I’m falling victim to the exact comparison I am bemoaning), does that Magic team even make the Finals without Rashard Lewis getting hot?

A measuring stick game?