All-Star center Andrew Drummond posted 16 points and 13 rebounds, while forward Ersan Ilyasova and Marcus Morris had 16 and 15 points, respectively, Morris with seven rebounds and four assists. “I can be one of 30 but this next one, I’m 0 for 0 and it’s a new day”, said Jackson, who finished with 21 points and five assists. Robin Lopez, who had six blocks in the first meeting with Detroit, was a bright spot with 17 points and a season high-tying 13 rebounds against the Celtics.
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“We just tried to execute down the stretch”. “We need to figure it out”.
“Coach came to me and said we’re going to try and go small at the 4, which means Kelly (Olynyk) and Jonas (Jerebko)”, Lee said. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it last in the third. The Pistons have the homecourt advantage and are relatively healthy, so they have the edge in this game. It’s due to a little bit of selfishness across the board, not offensively only, but defensively as well.
The Pistons shot 37.6 percent and couldn’t dig out of a 24-point hole in Wednesday’s 102-95 loss at Boston.
Where the Pistons will miss Caldwell-Pope most is on defense, where the team’s woes are getting the ire of Van Gundy.
“We weren’t ready to play at the beginning. We’re looking for chances to rest instead of playing a 48-minute game and we’re just going to have to fight through that”.
Boston – The Pistons had been beset by minor injuries for the past few games, but escaped a major scare to one of their starters. He is third on the team in scoring and first in minutes played this season. The Boston Celtics are averaging 104.6 points on 43.7 percent shooting and allowing 100.3 points on 43 percent shooting.
Friendly fire: Tolliver made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:47 remaining with a bandage covering a cut over the outside of his right eye. Glue and a butterfly bandage closed it, no stitch necessary. Coach Stan Van Gundy said he had an MRI and would be evaluated by doctors Thursday night. Versus the Knicks on Thursday, the goal should be to out-rebound and work the ball into the paint; the aforementioned Drummond has been a dominant rebounder and scorer for the team so far this year. “I thought there were some really dumb fouls tonight, really dumb fouls”.
In fact, the last two times they have played at home under that scenario this season, they won by double digits.
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Last season with the Golden State Warriors, Lee was also out of the eventual champions’ rotation in the regular season.
