Detroit — Andre Drummond tried to laugh it off, the gut reaction to a performance that has come to define his season. In Game 3 on Saturday night, he was struggling to even get the shortest of shots to go through the hoop. He was sped up and most of the crowd of Pistons fans in the sold-out Little Caesars Arena were fed up.
In the Pistons’ best chance to turn the tide of the series — and with Blake Griffin’s return to the starting lineup after missing 10 days — the anticipation was there.
The production wasn’t.