Under the Hood - it’s time to see what’s really going on inside this Pistons team.
When Detroit needed a bucket in the fourth quarter, Tobias Harris delivered.
As the final frame started, he was hot early hitting two midrange fadeaways on back-to-back possessions.
He was running in transition late in the fourth in clutch time.
He bailed out Cade Cunningham’s bobbling dribble by hitting his third post fadeaway with 18 seconds left to extend the lead to three.
And when his team needed him the most, he delivered by knocking down both free throws to make it a three-point game once again.
I was a little bit disappointed with Cade’s performance in the final minute. He struggled to produce a shot late before Tobias’ clutch fadeaway, but he had a couple of questionable decisions as well.
With just over a minute left and a four-point lead, it felt like Cade rushed this midrange attempt. The possession starts with 17 seconds on the shot clock and it felt like a shot he still could’ve taken 10 seconds later. I believe they could’ve gotten a better shot with the time remaining.
The following defensive possession from him was worse. There’s miscommunication between Duncan Robinson and Cade. Duncan hedges the screen from Tim Hardaway Jr which tells me they weren’t planning to switch. THJ sets a good screen on Cade, but both him and Duncan sprint to guard Jamal Murray. Both players leave THJ open at the top of the key as neither played communicated well enough on the screen.
Lastly, I just wanted to share this dime from Daniss Jenkins to a Ron Holland corner three that got me to point at the screen like that Leonardo DiCaprio meme.