Notes, quotes and observations after the Cavaliers' 106-101 loss to the Detroit Pistons Thursday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
1. Thursday night was much about defense, or more accurately, the lack thereof, but first for the news.
2. During his post-game press conference, LeBron James constantly reached his right hand around his waist to grab his left side. He said he suffered a hip pointer in a collision with the Pistons' Stanley Johnson, the same Stanley Johnson who took some verbal shots at James during the first round of the playoffs last season when Johnson was a rookie.