NBA great Charles Barkley rips Pistons star's rebounding woes in Game 4: 'Two more than a dead person'

Charles Barkley had crisp disapproval for Detroit Pistons guardant Jalen Duren earlier nan squad took connected nan Cleveland Cavaliers successful Game 5 of their NBA Playoffs bid connected Wednesday night.

The "Inside nan NBA" unit were going complete cardinal players for nan crippled and who needed to measurement up. Barkley put nan onus connected Duren, who had 8 points and 2 rebounds successful Game 4.

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Detroit Pistons' Jalen Duren reacts aft allowing a walk to spell retired of bounds successful nan 2nd half of Game 4 of nan second-round NBA playoff bid against nan Cleveland Cavaliers successful Cleveland connected May 11, 2026. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

"His full crippled is violative rebounds and lob dunks from Cade (Cunningham). He’s not getting those," Barkley said. "So, that’s really hurting him. Listen, he should ne'er person 2 rebounds, ever. That’s 2 much than a dormant person.

"You can’t ever person 2 rebounds. But he’s a young kid. He’s gonna get successful nan gym, activity connected nan 12–15-foot jumpers aliases thing for illustration that. But he’s excessively bully a player. He’s an All-Star."

The Pistons blew a 15-point lead and allowed nan Cavaliers backmost into Game 5 connected Wednesday. Cleveland would outlast Detroit successful overtime, 117-113, to return a 3-2 bid lead. Cleveland was down 2-0 successful nan bid earlier going backmost location for Games 3 and 4.

TNT assemblage hoops expert Charles Barkley connected aerial earlier nan National Championship of nan 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament betwixt nan Michigan Wolverines and nan Connecticut Huskies astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected April 06, 2026 successful Indianapolis, Indiana.. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

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Duren somewhat improved from Game 4. He had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. But nan scoring wasn’t location from him. He only took 5 shots during nan game.

Only 3 Pistons starters were successful double figures. Cunningham led nan squad pinch 39 points. Daniss Jenkins added 19 and Tobias Harris had 13. Paul Reed provided 10 points successful 17 minutes disconnected nan bench. But that was it from nan Pistons.

Cleveland sewage a superior boost from James Harden. He scored 30 points pinch 8 rebounds and six assists. Donovan Mitchell had 21 points. While starter Dean Wade didn’t people and didn’t effort a azygous shot, Max Strus had 20 points, making six 3-pointers and nailing 2 free throws.

Cleveland Cavaliers defender James Harden drives to nan handbasket against nan Detroit Pistons during nan 2nd half of Game 5 successful nan second-round NBA playoffs successful Detroit connected May 13, 2026. (Duane Burleson/AP)

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The Cavaliers could group themselves up pinch a day successful nan Eastern Conference Finals against nan New York Knicks should they return Game 6 connected Friday.