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Bombs away! Pistons launch 37 threes to win preseason opener at OKC

Official Site of the Pistons | October 4, 2018

Related Topics: Oklahoma City Thunder, Dwane Casey, Langston Galloway, Ish Smith, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Steven Adams, Henry Ellenson, Andre Drummond, Blake Griffin, Zaza Pachulia

FAST BREAKDOWN

Three quick observations from Wednesday night’s 97-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2018 preseason debut at Chesapeake Energy Arena

  1. THE CASEY IMPRINT – Didn’t take long to see Dwane Casey’s imprint show up on the Pistons. In the first half, 39 of their 41 shots were either triples (19) or in the paint. There were too many fouls (16 in the first half alone) and the usual assortment of first-preseason-game raggedness, but also signs of the Casey effect taking hold in the way the Pistons avoided holding the ball or overdribbling.
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