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Prediction results 0115 DET - Game 45 plus Qstats/Box/Recap/PBP - 1 Update
Prediction 0115 DET 1830 (Sunday) Game 45 (BTB) - 1 Update
Pistons, Lakers struggle heading into Sunday matchup - 1 Update
Prediction results 0115 DET - Game 45 plus Qstats/Box/Recap/PBP
$Bill <news@todbe.com>: Jan 15 09:08PM -0800
Aided by a buzzer beater in each of the 1st 3 qtrs, at least 2 bad calls by the
refs and in your face D, DET manages to get the W. Only 4 guys in DFs. I
thought Clarkson was the best O and had the least minutes, but may have had an
ankle problem late. Lou and Dlo were decent on O, but Deng, Randle, Ingram and
Young didn't get it on O. Lakers shoulda won this one, but nothing was really
going their way. 97-102 Lakers lose by 5.
Game Dbl-figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Williams 26 (50 /56 /88 )/ 3/ 4/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 2/+24
Russell 20 (50 /0 /100)/ 7/ 3/ 0/ 1/ 5/ 3/+17
Clarkson 16 (58 /0 /100)/ 2/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 2/ 3/+13
Randle 2 (17 /0 /0 )/10/ 4/ 0/ 0/ 3/ 2/ +8
Next game(s):
DEN at LAL: Tue Jan 17 1930 Game 46 (oBTB/Travel)
IND at LAL: Fri Jan 20 1930 Game 47
LAL at DAL: Sun Jan 22 1230 Game 48
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Congrats to Scooby for closest predict.
DET at LAL: Sun Jan 15 18:30:00 2017
NAME POST TIME LAL OPP DIFF VEC FROM
Actual Score 97 102 -5
Qualified:
scooby10672 15/00:28:50 102 106 -4 6.403 Online
Average guess: 106.0 105.5 0.5 16.543
Disqualified (doubles the vector score):
$Bill 15/18:30:14 110 105 5 26.683 Usenet
Current prediction contest standings:
By vector avg: Usenet Vec
Predictor Tries Firsts Seconds Thirds DQs Score Avg
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scooby10672 38 17 5 2 14 88 19.896
$Bill 40 11 6 2 21 54 23.476
svassier 13 4 0 1 7 14 26.905
Ammammata 22 2 2 3 15 4 33.433
Sean S 26 3 3 0 20 4 33.552
By Usenet 5:3:1 Scoring: Usenet Vec
Predictor Tries Firsts Seconds Thirds DQs Score Avg
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scooby10672 38 17 5 2 14 88 19.896
$Bill 40 11 6 2 21 54 23.476
svassier 13 4 0 1 7 14 26.905
Ammammata 22 2 2 3 15 4 33.433
Sean S 26 3 3 0 20 4 33.552
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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):
Q1 - Lakers with a great start, but start getting sloppy getting back near EOQ -
shooting 57% vs 35%; pluses 1/1/0; minuses 3/3/3. Russell/Young 6,
Clarkson 5, Mozgov 4. 31-23=+8Q.
Q2 - Poor D from LA and in your face D from DET - Lakers let Drummand shoot a
60 footer at EOQ for the lead - shooting 43% vs 63%; pluses 2/01; minuses
3/3/2. Williams 9, Russell 8, Black 6. 26-36=-10Q.
HT - Lakers had a very good Q1, but gave it all up in Q2 due to good DET D and
poor Laker D - shooting 50% vs 48%; pluses 3/1/1; minuses 6/6/5.
Russell 14, Williams 12, Clarkson 8, Young/Black 6. 57-59=-2H.
Q3 - Refs have made 2 documented mistakes favoring DET so far - Lakers allow
another BB for 2 this time - shooting 37% vs 33%; pluses 2/0/2; minuses
6/6/3 - 15 TOs so far and 8 oORBs. Mozgov/Russell 4. 15-16=-1Q (72-75=-3).
Q4 - Lakers just didn't have enough O against DET's strong D to pull this one
out - shooting 36% vs 42%; pluses 4/1/1; minuses 2/6/2. Williams 11,
Clarkson 6, Zubac 4. 25-27=-2Q.
Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
1 12-21 2-6 5-5 9-26 2-8 3-3 57.1 33.3 100 34.6 25 100 31 23
2 9-21 1-5 7-9 15-24 5-6 1-3 42.9 20 77.8 62.5 83.3 33.3 26 36
H 21-42 3-11 12-14 24-50 7-14 4-6 50 27.3 85.7 48 50 66.7 57 59
3 7-19 1-5 0-0 7-21 0-5 2-2 36.8 20 0 33.3 0.0 100 15 16
A3 28-61 4-16 12-14 31-71 7-19 6-8 45.9 25 85.7 43.7 36.8 75 72 75
4 8-22 2-10 7-10 10-24 2-6 5-8 36.4 20 70 41.7 33.3 62.5 25 27
F 36-83 6-26 19-24 41-95 9-25 11-16 43.4 23.1 79.2 43.2 36 68.8 97 102
Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q OR RB AS TO ST BL PF OR RB AS TO ST BL PF OR RB AS TO ST BL PF
1 1 15 6 3 1 0 3 3 10 7 2 1 2 5 -2 +5 -1 +1 -2 -2
2 2 8 5 3 0 1 3 2 12 10 1 3 0 7 -4 -5 +2 -3 +1 -4
H 3 23 11 6 1 1 6 5 22 17 3 4 2 12 -2 +1 -6 +3 -3 -1 -6
3 2 13 4 6 0 2 6 3 10 4 3 0 4 2 -1 +3 +3 -2 +4
A3 5 36 15 12 1 3 12 8 32 21 6 4 6 14 -3 +4 -6 +6 -3 -3 -2
4 4 14 4 2 1 1 6 2 14 3 1 2 0 8 +2 +1 +1 -1 +1 -2
F 9 50 19 14 2 4 18 10 46 24 7 6 6 22 -1 +4 -5 +7 -4 -2 -4
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ESPN Box Score:
Team 1 2 3 4 Tot
Detroit Pistons 23 36 16 27 102
Los Angeles Lakers 31 26 15 25 97 - Final
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS +/- EFF
M. Morris PF 43 9-18 4-8 1-2 2 9 1 1 0 1 1 23 -1 +23
T. Harris SF 38 8-18 2-7 5-5 2 7 3 0 0 1 1 23 +8 +24
R. Bullock SF 29 2-6 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 4 -11 +1
A. Drummond C 32 6-17 1-1 2-5 3 17 2 2 3 1 4 15 -5 +22
R. Jackson PG 28 6-16 1-2 3-3 2 3 5 2 0 0 3 16 -12 +12
S. Johnson SF 34 4-9 1-3 0-0 0 4 6 1 1 1 3 9 +17 +15
A. Baynes C 16 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 6 +10 +10
B. Udrih PG 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 +0
I. Smith PG 20 3-7 0-2 0-0 0 1 6 0 2 0 1 6 +17 +11
H. Ellenson PF DNP-COACH'S DECISION
J. Leuer PF DNP-COACH'S DECISION
B. Marjanovic C DNP-COACH'S DECISION
D. Hilliard SG DNP-COACH'S DECISION
Totals 41-95 9-25 11-16 10 46 24 7 6 6 22 102
Percent 43.2% 36.0% 68.8%
Fast Break Points: 20
Points in Paint: 46
Total Turnovers (Points Off Turnovers): 15 (18)
Flagrant Fouls: 0
Technical Fouls: 3
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS +/- EFF
J. Randle PF 31 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 10 4 3 0 0 2 2 -5 +8
L. Deng SF 36 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 +11 +6
T. Mozgov C 22 4-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 8 +6 +7
D. Russell PG 26 9-18 0-5 2-2 1 7 3 5 1 0 3 20 +2 +17
N. Young SG 26 2-7 1-6 3-3 2 7 1 0 0 0 3 8 +4 +11
B. Ingram SF 28 1-7 0-1 3-6 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 5 -19 +4
I. Zubac C 9 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 4 +1 +9
T. Black C 11 2-2 0-0 2-3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 -8 +7
J. Clarkson PG 24 7-12 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 16 -7 +13
L. Williams SG 27 7-14 5-9 7-8 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 26 -10 +24
T. Robinson PF DNP-COACH'S DECISION
J. Calderon PG DNP-COACH'S DECISION
M. Huertas PG DNP-COACH'S DECISION
Totals 36-83 6-26 19-24 9 50 19 14 2 4 18 97
Percent 43.4% 23.1% 79.2%
Fast Break Points: 20
Points in Paint: 46
Total Turnovers (Points Off Turnovers): 15 (18)
Flagrant Fouls: 0
Technical Fouls: 3
Game Information
STAPLES Center
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Los Angeles, CA
Line: DET -2.0
Over/Under: 214
Attendance: 18,997
100% Capacity: 19,060 Referees: Marc Davis
NBA Box Score:
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Detroit Pistons 23 36 16 27 102
Los Angeles Lakers 31 26 15 25 97 - Final
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Tobias Harris F 38:25 8-18 2-7 5-5 2 7 3 0 0 1 - 1 23 7 +24
Reggie Bullock F 28:35 2-6 0-2 0-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 - 5 4 -12 +1
Andre Drummond C 31:41 6-17 1-1 2-5 3 17 2 2 3 1 - 4 15 -6 +22
Marcus Morris G 42:36 9-18 4-8 1-2 2 9 1 1 0 1 - 1 23 -2 +23
Reggie Jackson G 27:52 6-16 1-2 3-3 2 3 5 2 0 0 - 3 16 -13 +12
Stanley Johnson F 34:23 4-9 1-3 0-0 0 4 6 1 1 1 - 3 9 17 +15
Aron Baynes C-F 16:19 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 10 +10
Ish Smith G 20:08 3-7 0-2 0-0 0 1 6 0 2 0 - 1 6 17 +11
Beno Udrih G 0:01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 +0
Henry Ellenson F DNP - Coach's Decision
Darrun Hilliard G-F DNP - Coach's Decision
Jon Leuer F DNP - Coach's Decision
Boban Marjanovic C DNP - Coach's Decision
Totals 240:0 41-95 9-25 11-16 10 46 24 7 6 6 - 22 102
Percent 43.2% 36.0% 68.8%
Biggest Lead: 5
Fastbreak Points: 14
Longest Run: 7
Points In Paint: 42
Points Off Turnovers: 18
Second Chance Points: 8
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS BA PF PTS +/- EFF
Luol Deng F 36:05 1-6 0-3 0-0 2 7 1 0 1 0 - 2 2 12 +6
Julius Randle F 31:10 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 10 4 3 0 0 - 2 2 -4 +8
Timofey Mozgov C 21:56 4-7 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 2 0 1 - 0 8 7 +7
Nick Young G 26:16 2-7 1-6 3-3 2 7 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 5 +11
D'Angelo Russell G 26:02 9-18 0-5 2-2 1 7 3 5 1 0 - 3 20 3 +17
Tarik Black C-F 11:29 2-2 0-0 2-3 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 -8 +7
Brandon Ingram F 28:17 1-7 0-1 3-6 2 4 3 0 0 1 - 0 5 -19 +4
Jordan Clarkson G 23:32 7-12 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 - 3 16 -7 +13
Louis Williams G 26:38 7-14 5-9 7-8 0 3 4 1 0 0 - 2 26 -10 +24
Ivica Zubac C 8:34 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 5 1 1 0 2 - 0 4 1 +9
Jose Calderon G DNP - Coach's Decision
Marcelo Huertas G DNP - Coach's Decision
Thomas Robinson F DNP - Coach's Decision
Totals 240:0 36-83 6-26 19-24 9 50 19 14 2 4 - 18 97
Percent 43.4% 23.1% 79.2%
Biggest Lead: 14
Fastbreak Points: 20
Longest Run: 7
Points In Paint: 46
Points Off Turnovers: 7
Second Chance Points: 10
Times Tied: 0; Lead Changes: 0
Attendance: 18997; Duration: 2:14
Officials: Marc Davis, Curtis Blair, Derrick Collins
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Recap from http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400900033
LOS ANGELES -- Tobias Harris scored 23 points and hit a decisive
3-pointer with 30.5 seconds to play, and the Detroit Pistons snapped a
three-game losing streak with a 102-97 victory over the Los Angeles
Lakers on Sunday night.
Marcus Morris scored 23 points and Andre Drummond had 15 points and 17
rebounds for the Pistons. They wrapped up their longest trip of the
season by beating the Lakers at Staples Center for the first time in
seven tries since Nov. 14, 2008.
Detroit barely hung on down the stretch of a back-and-forth game with
the Lakers, who lost their fourth straight despite 26 points from Lou
Williams.
D'Angelo Russell added 20 points for the Lakers. They have lost 20 of
25 since their 10-10 start to coach Luke Walton's first season.
After Lakers rookie Brandon Ingram missed a free throw that would have
tied it with 1:33 left, the teams traded missed shots before Harris
grabbed a deflected ball from Ingram, beat the shot clock and bailed
the Pistons out of an aimless possession with his 3-pointer in front of
the Lakers' bench.
The Pistons won without two injured starters, wrapping up their
five-game road trip with a bounce-back performance from their 33-point
loss at Utah on Friday, their worst defeat of the season.
TO THE BANK
The Lakers led by 14 points during the first half, but Detroit stayed
in it with 15 points from Morris and strong play by Drummond, who
banked in a half-court shot at the halftime buzzer. Drummond held his
hand aloft from the moment he let it go, and even Lakers fans had to
applaud when it erased Los Angeles' lead and put Detroit up 59-57 at
halftime.
ZU WORKS
Lakers rookie center Ivica Zubac had four points and five rebounds in
nine minutes while playing in his third basketball game in two days.
Zubac played two minutes in a loss to the Clippers on Saturday
afternoon and then was assigned to the Lakers' D-League affiliate in
time to put up 20 points and 10 rebounds in their game on Saturday
night.
TIP-INS
Pistons: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope missed his second straight game with
a strained rotator cuff. ... Drummond's 3-pointer was his second of the
season. ... F Jon Leuer missed his fourth straight game with a sore
right knee.
Lakers: Tarik Black went to the locker room in the third quarter after
apparently injuring his ankle under the basket. ... Williams converted
a four-point play in the second quarter. ... The Lakers have played 45
games already this season, most in the NBA by a long shot. They've
played nine games in January already. ... Luol Deng returned to the
lineup after sitting out Saturday's loss to the Clippers for rest. He
Deng scored two points in 36 minutes. Fellow starter Julius Randle had
two points in 32 minutes.
UP NEXT
Pistons: Host Hawks on Wednesday.
Lakers: Host Nuggets on Tuesday.
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Game flow URL: http://www.popcornmachine.net/cgi-bin/gameflow.cgi?date=20170115&game=DETLAL
From http://espn.go.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=400900033
1st Quarter
0-0 12:00 Andre Drummond vs. Timofey Mozgov (Tobias Harris gains possession)
0-0 11:48 Andre Drummond Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
0-0 11:27 Luol Deng misses 25-foot three point jumper
0-0 11:26 Andre Drummond defensive rebound
0-0 11:18 Tobias Harris misses 16-foot two point jumper
0-0 11:12 Luol Deng defensive rebound
0-0 11:02 Nick Young misses 24-foot three point jumper
0-0 11:00 Reggie Jackson defensive rebound
0-0 10:49 Andre Drummond misses Driving Floating Jump Shot
0-0 10:47 Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound
0-2 10:30 Luol Deng makes 5-foot jumper (Nick Young assists)
0-2 10:11 Reggie Jackson misses 28-foot three point jumper
0-2 10:11 D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound
0-2 9:56 Timofey Mozgov misses 4-foot hook shot
0-2 9:53 Marcus Morris defensive rebound
0-2 9:45 Reggie Bullock misses 24-foot three point jumper
0-2 9:42 D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound
0-4 9:36 D'Angelo Russell makes two point shot
0-4 9:18 Reggie Bullock misses 7-foot two point shot
0-4 9:17 Julius Randle defensive rebound
0-6 9:06 Julius
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Prediction 0115 DET 1830 (Sunday) Game 45 (BTB)
$Bill <news@todbe.com>: Jan 15 06:30PM -0800
# Lakers should be able to win this with some energy/aggression and decent
# shooting.
110 105 # or maybe hold them under 100 for tacos?
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Pistons, Lakers struggle heading into Sunday matchup
$Bill <news@todbe.com>: Jan 15 05:38PM -0800
Preview from http://espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=400900033
Pistons, Lakers struggle heading into Sunday matchup
STATS LLC - 2017-01-15T01:07:34Z
Bad things come in threes for the Detroit Pistons.
Perimeter defense has been a major issue for the Pistons in recent weeks,
including their current five-game West Coast swing. Opponents have hit 49.6
percent (59 of 119) of their long-range shots during the first four games,
a major reason why Detroit has lost three straight. The Pistons (18-24)
will try to salvage the final game of the trip when they face the Los
Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Sunday night.
Utah fired in 16 of 31 3-point attempts on Friday in a 110-77 blowout that
left Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy disgusted with himself and his defense.
"We can't stop anybody. We just can't," Van Gundy lamented. "I mean for the
first 21 games we were the second-best defensive team in the league and now
we are one of the worst. I'm frustrated. Not with our players, I'm
frustrated with myself that I can't figure this out. I mean, we literally
can't stop anyone, ever."
Detroit has dropped to 25th in defensive 3-point field-goal percentage
(37.4) while its offense ranks 24th in that category (34.1). The defense
completely collapsed in the second half against the Jazz, who outscored the
Pistons 65-34 after the break.
"We got to defend. We got to make someone miss," Detroit point guard Reggie
Jackson said. "I don't know what it is. We'll do it for about a total of
half of a game, whether it be the first, third, or be the middle of the
first, middle of the third, half the fourth. We're just not playing
together for 48 1/8minutes 3/8. It's really coming back to bite us each and
every night."
Making matters worse is that the Pistons are playing without two starters.
Shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell Pope is expected to miss his second
straight game with a shoulder sprain, while power forward Jon Leuer is
sidelined with a bone bruise on his right knee.
Los Angeles (15-29) hasn't played any better this week, losing its last
three games by an average of 25.7 points. The Lakers were dominated by the
Clippers on Saturday afternoon, 113-97. They allowed the Clippers to shoot
52.2 percent and got overpowered by center DeAndre Jordan, who piled up 24
points and 21 rebounds.
The Lakers' promising duo of forward Julius Randle and point guard D'Angelo
Russell combined for just nine points on 3-for-14 shooting while making
five turnovers. Russell has been held to single digits in his last three
games.
"We need him to be more aggressive and be the player we know he is capable
of being," coach Luke Walton to the Los Angeles Daily News.
Walton was unhappy with the offense in general, especially a starting unit
which only produced 41 points.
"We need to see sharper execution," he said to the Daily News. "The way we
started the game tonight, our bigs weren't rolling and we weren't setting
screens. Our spacing was 1/8bad 3/8. When we did get open, there was
nothing to do with the ball there."
Forward Luol Deng is expected to return to the lineup on Sunday. He was
rested on Saturday by Walton on the front end of the back-to-back.
The teams split the two-game series last season, with each winning on their
home floor.
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