With news coming out before the game that the Detroit Pistons leading scorer Blake Griffin will be missing some time to open the season, there was expected skepticism over how Detroit’s first few games would play out.
However in a miraculous turn of events, the Pistons showed something tonight that they lacked severely a season ago – Stability in Griffin’s absence. Detroit received career best performances from Andre Drummond and Luke Kennard, while also seeing Derrick Rose do more or less whatever he wanted against Indiana’s defense.
After a slow start, where both team opened a combined 0 for 8 from the field, Detroit’s offense came alive and as a team shot 52 percent from the field and 45 percent from three.