It’s been a tale of two seasons for the Detroit Pistons thus far. They kicked off the year with an impressive 14-6 start, which included marquee road victories over the Warriors and Celtics. But since the calendar flipped to December, the Pistons have tumbled to a 5-9 record. That once promising beginning felt like more of a fluke than anything else.
Detroit is nearing a fork in the road for their season: can they push for a high seed in the eternally-weak Eastern Conference or are they doomed to another year of mediocrity?
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Pistons injuries: Reggie Jackson (ankle), Jon Leuer (ankle)
Offensive inconsistency
If the Pistons want to get back in the thick of things, it has to start on this end of the floor, where the offense has been subject to high variability: in wins, they average 109.