FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Sunday afternoon’s 98-95 loss to the Atlanta Hawks at Little Caesars Arena
DAMAGING LOSS – For three quarters, the Pistons had nothing to spark them. Not Blake Griffin being himself, not Andre Drummond dominating the paint, not Reggie Bullock with a flurry of 3-point shots, not the collective output of their bench. Then Langston Galloway finally lit the fuse. Galloway scored the team’s first 14 points of the quarter, bringing them back from 13 points down, and gave them a chance. But the basketball gods wound up punishing them for a lethargic performance against an overmatched team missing two starters, John Collins and Taurean Prince.