DETROIT – Blake Griffin has played 623 NBA games, playoffs included, but none quite like Saturday’s.
“Proud of how hard we played,” he began, measuring his words. “We fought. And due to circumstances out of our control, we lost that game. Obviously, we had bad plays down the stretch. We did things here and there. But that game was … unlike any game I’ve been a part of.”
The Pistons led nearly wire to wire, taking a lead midway through the first quarter that surged as high as 14 points and was still at 12 midway through the fourth quarter.