If you’ve felt like you haven’t been able to pin down who the Detroit Pistons are, you aren’t alone. One day, they’ll have a triumphant back and forth battle with one of the best teams in the league, like they did when they beat the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. The next day, they’ll allow a bottom-three team to rack off 39 points in the fourth quarter, resulting in a deflating loss, which is what happened on Monday against the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers.
With a four-game Western Conference road trip staring them in the face, and playoff positioning on the line, the Pistons don’t have time to reflect on their own confusing identity; they’ll have to regroup and focus on playing the brand of basketball that’s made them a winning team over the course of the last two months.