Close Shave (Warriors 105, Pistons 102)

Here are some quick grab-bag thoughts on the Golden State Warriors’ shorthanded 105-102 victory over the Detroit Pistons:

The good (possibly even great): the Warriors beat an NBA team while playing without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala, and Otto Porter Jr. These held-out players joined Klay Thompson and James Wiseman on the bench. That is easily 6 of their top 10 players, and over the last two seasons, this would have been an almost guaranteed loss. Credit should be given where credit is due: these Warriors are built differently. Buoyed by a Jordan Poole detonation (32 points on 13-22 shooting from the field and 4-8 shooting from beyond the arc) and yet another aggressive…