The moment Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin was scratched from the Pistons-Trail Blazers game tonight, a once-hot matchup carried all the panache of The Phantom Menace. Sure enough, the teams’ combined midichlorian count was untraceable, their lightsabers running on battery-saver mode throughout the contest. When the shouting (ok, barely-discernible mumbling) was all done, Detroit defeated Portland 99-90.
The Pistons celebrated their 1989 and 1990 NBA Championship teams tonight. Portland got the last laugh as they conspired with the home team throughout to make anyone who purchased a ticket really, really sorry. The Blazers started the game shooting 4-15, the Pistons 0-13.