DETROIT – The story should have been another rousing win for Blake Griffin against his former team. The story should have been Reggie Jackson’s season-best 29 points, seven assists and zero turnovers and what the re-emergence of their point guard might mean for a playoff drive. The story should have been a wire-to-wire domination of a playoff-caliber team as a building block for Dwane Casey’s vision of the Pistons.
Instead, it was a loss that ... well, let them tell it.
“Bad, bad, bad loss,” Griffin said. “Probably one of if not the worst loss we’ve had this year, just being up by so many points and letting our foot off the pedal.