GAME #51: PISTONS (8-43) @ LAC (34-16) SAT 2/10—12:30PM, ESPN

ERClips · Post #21 » by **ERClips** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:16 pm

Hard to believe only down 5

KL2 · Post #22 » by **KL2** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:22 pm

Fontecchio (sp) is a solid player. Can we please stop leaving him wide open?

KingCrimzzon · Post #23 » by **KingCrimzzon** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:28 pm

At this point Coffey is clearly better than Mann. Wonder if he can Crack the starting lineup.

ERClips · Post #24 » by **ERClips** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:32 pm

KingCrimzzon wrote:At this point Coffey is clearly better than Mann. Wonder if he can Crack the starting lineup.

Mann = zero offensive threat. That’s a problem

KL2 · Post #25 » by **KL2** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:34 pm

PG oh me oh my.

KL2 · Post #26 » by **KL2** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:36 pm

Oh crap all that blood. I can’t look any more it’s all over. Poor Powell. I don’t even know what happened. I can’t look.

ERClips · Post #27 » by **ERClips** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:36 pm

KL2 wrote:PG oh me oh my.

I swear I wish he would do that more often.

Ouch Powell!

KingCrimzzon · Post #28 » by **KingCrimzzon** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:40 pm

Damn, hope Powell is OK. Looks like he's got a concussion. Hope he didn't break his nose.

wakelaunch1 · Post #29 » by **wakelaunch1** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:41 pm

damn Powell

ERClips · Post #30 » by **ERClips** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:42 pm

That’s right! Feels good now. Finish this for Norm

esqtvd · Post #31 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:43 pm

LamarWho wrote:Looks like these guys are still recovering from the grammy trip, just pathetic. I agree about Mann, it's time to start Coffey.

Mann doesn't really hurt us out there, it's that he doesn't do much more than the minimum. You can go an entire quarter without hearing his name mentioned. Coffey has 10 points on 3-6 shooting; Mann two on 0-5 shooting and 2 FTs.

When Coffey hit that 3 to give us a 4-point lead the camera cut to Mann on the bench. Didn't look happy for his teammate.

LamarWho · Post #32 » by **LamarWho** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:43 pm

Welcome back PG!! Praying for Norm.

HardenGoat · Post #33 » by **HardenGoat** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:44 pm

Jeez. I pray for Powell. I hope he will be ok :cry:

ERClips · Post #34 » by **ERClips** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:49 pm

esqtvd wrote:
LamarWho wrote:Looks like these guys are still recovering from the grammy trip, just pathetic. I agree about Mann, it's time to start Coffey.

Mann doesn't really hurt us out there, it's that he doesn't do much more than the minimum. You can go an entire quarter without hearing his name mentioned. Coffey has 10 points on 3-6 shooting; Mann two on 0-5 shooting and 2 FTs.

When Coffey hit that 3 to give us a 4-point lead the camera cut to Mann on the bench. Didn't look happy for his teammate.

I agree that scoring isn’t mandatory for Mann with all of our other stars & options. But quite often one or more of those stars is off their game. So having him out there just providing defense isn’t enough.

KL2 · Post #35 » by **KL2** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:57 pm

We got the win but it didn’t feel very deserving. I’ll take it anyway.

Hoping for the best for Powell but feel he’ll be out until after the break.

madmaxmedia · Post #36 » by **madmaxmedia** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:58 pm

I feel like the team put so much focus into the Grammy trip, we are having a little post-trip let down emotionally. That’s okay, I think it will take us another game or 2 to get out of it. Just gotta hang in there like we did today, losing today would have been a huge bummer.

EDIT- no rest regardless with TWolves, GSW, OKC coming up. I would love to get 2 out of 3 and hold onto at least 2nd place…

wakelaunch1 · Post #37 » by **wakelaunch1** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:00 pm

I hope Powell is ok. They should give his minutes to Theis. I think hes gonna miss a few weeks. Lue is obsessed with going small but I would like to go big.

KL2 · Post #38 » by **KL2** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:08 pm

Read on Twitter

ERClips · Post #39 » by **ERClips** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:17 pm

I will say that Ty Lue knows who to finish with though. Coffey out there the whole time. And if it was Coffey starting that would make our bench less effective as well.
I’ll never claim to know more than the coach or what’s best so I trust the professionals.

esqtvd · Post #40 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:21 pm

ERClips wrote:
esqtvd wrote:
Mann doesn't really hurt us out there, it's that he doesn't do much more than the minimum. You can go an entire quarter without hearing his name mentioned. Coffey has 10 points on 3-6 shooting; Mann two on 0-5 shooting and 2 FTs.

When Coffey hit that 3 to give us a 4-point lead the camera cut to Mann on the bench. Didn't look happy for his teammate.

I agree that scoring isn’t mandatory for Mann with all of our other stars & options. But quite often one or more of those stars is off their game. So having him out there just providing defense isn’t enough.

Their numbers are very close across the board, but Coffey seems to step up sometimes and give the team a lift when they need it. Double figures in 6 of the last 8 games. Mann...TWO.

https://www.nba.com/stats/players/traditional?LastNGames=10&TeamID=1610612746&dir=A&sort=PLUS_MINUS

You need your lesser players to help win you a game now and then. You can't ask the same 2 or 3 guys to pull the cart EVERY night. Nobody's perfect. Kawhi in particular seems to get pissed sometimes when nobody else is stepping up and you can't blame him.

As it stands, Ty is giving Mann and Coffey about the same number of minutes. I'm not sure Mann's psyche could take another demotion. He lost his starting job first to Russ last year, then Beard this year. To get bumped off by a guy who wasn't even in the rotation a few months ago might blow his mind.