The Detroit Pistons were defeated by the Boston Celtics in overtime by a final score of 122-128.
The biggest takeaway is Cade Cunningham. Even though he delivered a solid shooting night with 31 points and key defensive plays, he was not to be found in critical possessions with the ball in his hand. Instead, it was Bojan Bogdanonovic with the overwhelming pressure of dribbling and counteracting the situations of carrying the load. He finished with 17 points and an astounding 12 rebounds to lose under Tom Gores.
Tom Gores has undeniably mishandled the Detroit Pistons organization by the scene of tonight’s finish to Detroit vs. Boston. Detroit gained an opportunity to snap a 28-game losing streak but failed because Gores refuses to pay. It is no underlying fact to the Pistons’ ensuing season.
Game after game, they fight. No matter the consequence, these Pistons work relentlessly and Jalen Duren played effortlessly.
Isiah Stewart, earning some trade interest, was injured including Monte Morris. As for the Celtics side, Jaylen Brown permitted no shade in Jayson Tatum’s performance. Tatum was not clutch this go around, per usual (46%), but managed to play inside the paint.
It does seem after all Tatum is emerging into a legitimate Eastern Conference threat for a very long time. Who else is contributing is Kristaps Porzingis understanding of where to position on the court.
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It is his simple assignment of doing because otherwise tonight Porzingis proved reason to believe he could and can shoot from outside sharply.
There are only a handful of shot selections according to his past years charts that indicate, he is none other than a Latvian basketball player who has grown a liking to dunk the basketball and play within the confined pressures of Boston.
According to Statmuse, Porzingis fares better from a point differential standpoint at home. The difference is -22.
Cade Cunningham has played extravagant in Detroit. The slight problem with that and opposite Porzingis is he accumulates a 40-point differential on the road and at home.
This is not Detroit.
More recently, the Pistons celebrated its 1990 NBA championship anniversary and it did include their Boston rivalry with Larry Bird or Kevin McHale into the future. The future is aeronautically rivaling but Bogdanovic’s days alleviating ball pressure from Cunningham are over and roaming the court loosely without time to think of a confident, shooting passer.
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