Detroit — The Pistons are a season-worst nine games below .500 and with a difficult western trip looming this weekend, they stand to face a crossroads on their season before it even gets to the halfway point.
They don’t many signature wins but they have head-scratching losses to the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls — three times each — and twice to the Washington Wizards. That stat tells as much about their season as Blake Griffin missing 15 games or Reggie Jackson 29 games.
The season is collapsing but there’s still optimism that the Pistons might be able to salvage something, as they’re only 2½ games behind the Orlando Magic for the No.