The Detroit Pistons improved in a lot of ways last season, and clutch performance was one of them. Last year in games that came down to the clutch (5-point game within the last 5 minutes) the Pistons finished with a respectable 21-23 record. This was an astronomical leap from their 8-27 record the year before but there is still room for improvement.
The Detroit Pistons in clutch time
While the Pistons had a solid record in the clutch, they actually had a pretty bad net rating of -8.9, meaning they were outscored by nearly nine points per 100 clutch possessions.