For the first three quarters Friday night it was a chippy and intense back-and-forth game between the Pistons and Clippers - this being the first time the franchises have met since the big trade just over a week ago that saw Blake Griffin come to Detroit and Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley and Boban Marjanovic head to Los Angeles. The Clippers made all the big plays in the fourth quarter to end Detroit’s five-game winning streak, 108-95.
In that fourth quarter, the Pistons were dreadfully short or just plain off on a number of their shots inside and outside, managing only 15 points.