The Pistons get a great opportunity tonight to recover some ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race. They host an unimpressive Denver Nuggets squad that hasn’t quite seen its playoff aspirations die yet this season. But they’re on the verge of doing so.
The Pistons, meanwhile, have been struggling of late as well, dropping five of their last seven games. Regardless of the outcomes of all the other games tonight, the Pistons will remain in the 8th seed if they win. But they’re only three and a half games out of 3rd so every win is potentially huge in such a tight conference.