It’s easy to remain unconvinced by this team. After all, even with this run of strong play the Pistons are still just barely over .500. And yeah, the schedule had been pretty weak.
With those blowout losses to the Nets and Heat, it was easy to shrug shoulders and write them off as the same team that looked so bad for two solid months this season.
And it still kind of is. The Lakers were without LeBron James, the Pistons offense through the first half looked like a continuation of that same dismal play from the two games prior, and all of these wins keep coming against teams that aren’t really in it to win or are at less than full strength.