For the end of a long road trip, the Pistons’ effort against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night is to be commended.
A loss is still a loss, but some losses can provide lessons that can help a team improve later this year or even into next year. It seems that the Pistons are learning how to compete from the opening tip to the end of games a little more, which is something that they hadn’t done as consistently in years past.
The Pistons led for most of the 131-124 loss, and they had a very good shooting night, but just couldn’t put the clamps on the Clippers well enough to hold on in the fourth quarter.