(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Detroit — Christian Wood made the most of his opportunity. He didn’t get a ton of playing time in the Pistons’ preseason opener on Monday but in the minutes he got, he was active.
And he was visible.
And he was scoring. And rebounding.
On a night that coach Dwane Casey said that most of the players were in second gear, Wood was in first gear, as if he were a wind-up toy and let loose. By the time he was done in the first half, he had 12 points and four rebounds, buoyed with confidence from a successful first stint.