Auburn Hills – They couldn’t believe the shot went up, let alone that it went in.
But it wasn’t Matt Barnes’ ill-advised, half-court prayer — “A Hail Mary — that’s what that was,” the Pistons’ Marcus Morris said — that had Stan Van Gundy fuming in the aftermath of a brutal 93-92 loss at The Palace on Wednesday night.
“The last shot, look, you know, that one you can handle,” the Pistons’ coach said. “I mean, what’re you gonna do?”
No, it’s what the Pistons didn’t do down the stretch that had the coach so incensed, following a listless 20-point loss at Charlotte on Monday with this erratic effort, one that ended with, as point guard Reggie Jackson saw it, “something unimaginable and unexplainable happening.