Mark the calendar: It was nine days into a seven-game road trip before the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers showed any sign of being vulnerable this season, in Thursday's 107-92 loss to the Detroit Pistons.
L.A. mustered just 34 points in the second half -- the fewest the Lakers have scored in any half since LeBron James joined the franchise in 2018 -- and was outscored 25-14 in the fourth quarter by a Pistons team that came into the night with the second-worst record in the league at 4-14.
The Lakers went scoreless for nearly seven minutes -- from the 8:40 mark in the fourth quarter until there was 1:50 on the clock -- as the Pistons' lead ballooned from one to 17.