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Greg Finberg: Alex Sarr (left big toe capsulitis) is available for tonight’s game vs. Detroit. Bilal Coulibaly (right retrocalcaneal bursitis) is out.
By rule, coaches get one challenge. If successful, then they receive another. But that’s it. No more than two. That’s why every coach tries to be judicious when it comes to how — and when — they are used. “Maybe I’m biased because it happened to us twice in game-ending situations the past two and a half or three weeks, but they are game-changing plays,” Mitchell explained. “It happened in Detroit. It happened here. Both of them on TV. I don’t know what the rule should be. If you’re winning challenges, especially on calls that are very obvious, I think it’s something that should be talked about.”
Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 24 to go over the 10,000-point mark for his career, and the Miami Heat beat Detroit 121-110 on Sunday night to extend the Pistons' season-worst losing streak to four games. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and seven assists for Miami (36-29), which has won five straight and matched a season best by moving seven games over .500.
Ira Winderman: Cade Cunningham (left quad contusion) is probable for the Pistons tonight after sitting out last night. Ausar Thompson (right ankle sprain) and Caris LeVert (left wrist sprain) both out for Detroit.
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Omari Sankofa II: Holland on Wemby and the Spurs defense: "Speaking on Detroit alone, we go in there and attack with force and I think we’ll be fine … attacking his body and making him block shots every time. We’ll live and learn from it and see them next week."
Regarding the Detroit Pistons, who as of Friday (Feb. 20) had the best record in the National Basketball Association, Tomjanovich said, “I’m very happy for Detroit. The Pistons were always my favorite team growing up. I do have a connection to them now. In fact, the guy who is a consultant to them, Dennis Lindsay, he started in Houston. And he’s a great basketball mind. And everywhere he’s gone, those teams have improved. Same thing here in Detroit. So I’m happy for Detroit. I’m happy for Dennis.”
It was, a message Cunningham delivered emphatically. “I just want to win so bad here,” he says. “That was what I was trying to relay to him. Trying to let him know that I’m dedicated to Detroit and making sure that the Pistons take the next step. I just wanted us to be on the same page as far as what that would look like.” According to Cunningham, Langdon said that he “was going to make sure that the culture is going in the right direction and going to put guys in the room that help drive that.”
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When Ishbia decided to promote Gregory to the GM role, putting an NBA neophyte in the position that had been held by former player (and three-time champion) James Jones since 2018 (including the Suns’ 2021 Finals run), his longtime friend and former coach gave a blunt assessment of how he thought the unconventional move would be received. “He was like, ‘You’re gonna get blasted for this,’” said Ishbia, who is based in Detroit and attends approximately half of the Suns’ games. “And I said, ‘F— it. We’re gonna do what the right thing is.’ I got blasted when I did everything everyone wanted me to do. Give them the money, make all these big splashy trades, do all these nice things — and I got blasted for that. So if I’m gonna get blasted, I’m going to get blasted with what I believe. And what I believe is that you are the best guy for this job.”
Isaiah Stewart after getting ejected: “You don’t expect me to sit on the bench. The f*ck I got drafted to DETROIT for.”
Sam Perley: Detroit is listing Ron Holland II (personal reasons) as out for tomorrow’s game in Charlotte. Jalen Duren (right knee soreness) is probable.
Talk about the moment in Detroit, the shots you hit. Jalen Brunson: That was crazy. I didn’t really think about that. I think that night, honestly. Seeing the highlight of it was really cool, but I didn’t really think about that until the summer after the season. That was a cool moment. That was a really cool moment because their crowd, not going to lie, their crowd was loud. Detroit and the playoffs was crazy. That’s unexplainable. What do you think makes Cade so special? Jalen Brunson: I think the way he leads that team, because he’s not loud. He’s not sitting there pounding his chest in front of the crowd. He’s a guy who gets the job done. He gets his teammates involved. He does everything that you ask of him, and then he goes home.
