PISTONS HEAD COACH DWANE CASEY
On the health of the team:
“Stanley Johnson is going to warmup tonight to see if how his contusion feels on his leg. Zaza Pachulia is going to be out. He played through his injury in Orlando, which is admirable. Whatever injuries are, we still going to have the next-man-up mentality. I thought our young guys came and competed. When you look at George Hill, who is a seasoned veteran, playing against Bruce Brown and Khyri Thomas, they did a heck of a job. They had a couple of mishaps, but for those two second round picks compete against a starter, I thought they did a great job.