Detroit — The sea of blue shirts stretched across Little Caesars Arena and the for fans who arrived early, the anticipation of the Pistons’ first home playoff game in three years started to swell on Saturday night.
It picked up a little more when Blake Griffin took the court for pregame warmups and went through his normal routine about 90 minutes before the start of Game 3 in the first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Griffin, who hasn’t played since the first half of the penultimate regular-season game against the Memphis Grizzlies, has had 11 days to rest and could send a jolt through the home crowd if he is able to rejoin the starting lineup.