Detroit — The Pistons lost their fourth straight game, 116-106, to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Beyond the skid to start the season, they lost two starters to injury and struggled in shooting the ball, hitting only 38% from the field, though they improved to 37% (13-of-35) on 3-pointers.
They switched the starting lineup and gave some of their young players more playing time. It’s part of the process that coach Dwane Casey wants to use to develop the young players, but he cautions that it’ll come slowly.
Here are some takeaways from Tuesday’s game:
u25baDown two starters: After Blake Griffin was put in concussion protocol and Killian Hayes had a right ankle sprain, the Pistons had to finish the second half without two of their starters.