New York — One possession here, one turnover there. One bad read, one miscommunication on a defensive switch. One step slow on a rotation, one step too far from a shooter to help defend the paint.
It’s the little things.
Generally, teams can overcome one or two little things not going in their favor. The Pistons are in a stretch where they don’t have a huge margin for error — and those little things are snowballing into big things.
In Wednesday’s overtime loss to the Brooklyn Nets, more of the little things reared their heads.