“Low focus” are the words color commentator Brian Scalabrine used to describe the Pistons play of late before the game, having lost 27 consecutive games coming into Thursday night’s heavyweight battle.
The Celtics, on the other hand, were plenty focused, coming off a great West Coast trip and a 14-0 home record. Has any matchup ever been more lopsided coming in?
Surely nothing can go wrong here. Right?
The Pistons were dialed in from the jump, with Cade Cunningham scoring a quick eight points and grabbing a 12-6 lead early. Cunningham has been the lone saving grace of this car-crash-turned-train-wreck-turned-extinction-level-event, and it’s clear that Head Coach Monty Williams wanted to run things through him early.