Why Stephen A. believes the Pistons are IN TROUBLE after losing Game 1 vs. the Magic 😧 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst join Shae Cornette to react to the latest action in the 2026 NBA Playoffs, including a win by the San Antonio Spurs and a loss by the Detroit Pistons.
0:00 Wemby’s comments
3:35 Spurs’ playoff outlook
8:26 Pistons lose Game 1
14:19 Is Detroit in trouble?
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Bane was fighting an illness last night and still showed up
Funny enough i think Westbrook would be the perfect vet for Detroit
Magic💪 we got nothing to loose
Wasn’t Stephen a at wrestle mania? How he talkin like he watched the games
Cade is bubba chuck in the playoffs. He won't avg over 5 or 6 assists. He supposed to grease the engine/pistons. Even bron and Luka kno that
Pistons miss Schroeder, he was their secondary creator last year in the playoffs
This isn't about someone else to help Cade. The pistons stink when Cade hogs the ball, 1000% of the time. No ball movement=no team movement=no assists=no defense. Orlando is 5 deep on the floor tough. Scoring and defensively. They played harder, tougher and wanted it more. The pistons played better when Cade was hurt this year. Harris added 17 and shot 33%ish. They couldn't get stops to get them over the hump. The tried to Cade themselves over the hump. Doesn't work. Never has. No one shot enough times to score over 10 points, besides Cade and Harris.
Stephen A's basketball takes are about as on point as him voting for the dude that gifted us the tariff tax. Decide for yourself, but I think he's full of it. It's all performative antics and ego and very little substance every time. He thinks being divisive makes him an independent thinker. I just can't with folks like that, you can't debate them because the goal posts are always shifting around.
I was surprised of the Magic winning wire to wire stealing Game 1 on the road over the Pistons. I still have the Pistons winning the series.
pistons in 5 or 6
They don’t match up Orlando is to big they are a dangerous team
Orlando has the sizes to bother the Pistons. ORL also has more scoring options than DET. Cade is still the best player on the Court
Stephen A saying that the #2Spurs going against the #7blazers isn’t a series we should take serious annoyed me because why not have that same energy for #1Thunder against #8Suns. Every team in the playoffs are good. Perfect example of Orlando beating the #1Pistons WITH Cade. So anything can happen. Don’t discredit a team just because the other team is ranked lower.
Nobody is in trouble after 1 game
1:06 That man said no sword forged against me shall pierce. 😂
This is exactly why I’m glad the Celtics avoided Orlando in the first round. Granted, the Cs would win the series but Orlando is just a tough out due to the fact that they have legitimate talent. I knew before this series even started that the Pistons would be in trouble. They’re a young team who just now experienced winning. How would they respond in a real dog fight? All the fake tough guy act the Piston were doing don’t work in the playoffs. This series is going 7
The weeny glaze issooo heavy
After 1 game? Geez
Stephen A MUST ALWAYS throw in the line "face of the league", this man just can't let it come organically, he wants to drive the narrative so bad, man give it a rest. The "face of the league" will naturally emerge from whoever dominates or is constantly showing up big night in night out, then the fans will decide not the media.
I wouldn't worry if I was Detroit, only if they lose game 2
4:58 “Antenner”
Go Cavs
spurs and wemby got the most bandwagons i ever seen . they not even talking about them in the second part of the video but they showing wemby graphics still LMAO
8:36
Everybody scared to take a side now in the Orlando series. Using a bunch of key words to say you picked both teams. Pick a side don’t say if they keep doing this or that just pick 😂
SAS yapping like he watched the game
Just goes to show, the only contender in the east is the Celtics. I mean that’s how bad the eastern conference is, Tatum goes down and they easily secure the two seed.