Sean Corp

1 week ago | detroitbadboys.com | Sean Corp

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images I have watched a lot of Detroit Pistons games. As a Pistons fan, I have watched the giving and receiving end of game-winning shots and elimination games. So when Jalen Brunson had the ball in a tie game and shook Ausar Thompson on a crossover to deliver a picture-perfect 3-point shot to eliminate the Pistons from the playoffs, I was shocked by what I felt. Yes, there was the pain of losing a winnable game. More than pain, though, there was pure joy.

1 week ago | detroitbadboys.com | Sean Corp

Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images In yet another game that went down to the final seconds, one team had Jalen Brunson and the other didn’t. The team with Jalen Brunson won the game and is advancing to the second round of the playoffs. The Detroit Pistons fell to the New York Knicks 116-113 to end their season. The Knicks used a decisive 11-1 run in the final 2:35 to eliminate the Pistons.

1 week ago | detroitbadboys.com | Sean Corp

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Detroit Pistons have already staved off elimination once, and they are looking to do it again. This time, they are hosting the New York Knicks, and if they can win tonight and force a Game 7, I am not sure how to adequately describe what the atmosphere within Little Caesars Arena will be like.

2 weeks ago | detroitbadboys.com | Sean Corp

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Jalen Brunson is not a perfect player, but he’s never been afraid of the big moment. Brunson, the New York Knicks star guard, is hobbled with an ankle injury and coming off his worst showing of the postseason. The Detroit Pistons can’t take that for granted. They better be ready for the best of Brunson. We’ve already seen the best of Ausar Thompson, whose suffocating defense and efficient offense propelled the Pistons to victory in a must-win game 5.

2 weeks ago | detroitbadboys.com | Sean Corp

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images There was no player I was more disappointed by through the first four games of the series between the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks than Detroit’s second-year forward Ausar Thompson. We knew things would be tougher in the playoffs for a non-shooting player like Thompson with so much time for the opponent to build a game plan. True to form, offense is difficult, but the biggest issue was Thompson couldn’t seem to get out of his own way.