Detroit — The play call belonged to Dwane Casey. But the read was Blake Griffin’s to make. And that was the only logical call on a night like this, when a star was shining bright. Brighter than any we’ve seen in a Pistons uniform in years.
So when Griffin took the inbounds pass from Reggie Bullock with only 5.6 seconds left on the clock in a wild overtime thriller against the Philadelphia 76ers, there really was only choice that made sense.
Griffin palmed the basketball, faked a handoff to Bullock racing across the top of the key, and then split a pair of confused defenders — Joel Embiid and Amir Johnson — driving toward the basket.