Detroit — The Pistons, fresh off their longest road trip of the season, hosted their first game inside Little Caesars Arena in 12 days.
It was a quick turnaround for Detroit, which spent most of the last two weeks navigating pacific and mountain time zones, only to return home to host one of the best teams in the league on Sunday.
If the Pistons learned anything from their six-game west coast swing, it’s how to compete. That carried over to their home floor as they led for the majority of the night, until they ran out of gas in a 102-94 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.