Detroit — Dwane Casey sat on the Pistons bench, annoyed.
On Monday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers were running up and down the court, sashaying through the lane for easy baskets and hitting 3-pointers, almost at their leisure.
Not the Lakers. Not the Bucks. Not the Clippers.
It was an unsightly juxtaposition, given that it was the Pistons’ first game since Kobe Bryant, the epitome of competitiveness and grit, was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.