Coming into the season, a game against the Detroit Pistons looked like an easy win for most playoff teams. Through a quarter of the season, half of that has been true — teams beat the Pistons on most nights.
But Detroit isn’t a pushover, especially against the NBA’s best, and they proved it once again against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. Blake Griffin scored 23 points, going head-to-head with LeBron James, as the Pistons blew out the Anthony Davis-less Lakers in a 107-92 win.
If you had told me the Pistons would beat the Lakers after their win over the Philadelphia 76ers this week, I would have entertained the idea.