New York — Down the stretch in the fourth quarter against the Celtics, the Pistons were trying to mount a comeback, slicing the deficit to single digits.
Ish Smith committed turnovers on back-to-back possessions. Stanley Johnson later lost the ball out of bounds and Blake Griffin made a bad pass. The Pistons closed within four and had a chance to get closer, before Johnson traveled, for his sixth turnover of the game.
It’s part of the growing process for the Pistons in coach Dwane Casey’s new offensive system, which is predicated more on reading-and-reacting rather than set plays, as it had been in previous years.