Marcus Smart returned to Coach Brad Stevens’s playing rotation against the Pistons Friday night, contributing 25:53 of court time spread over two stints – Smart logged the final 5:10 of Q1 and first 6:41 of Q2, then the closing 6:14 of Q3 and initial 7:49 of Q4.
When Marcus was riding pine, Detroit was successful on 19 of 37 FG attempts (.514) and exactly half of their 12 3FGA’s. With Smart in the line-up, the Van Gundy Gang was 18 for 48 (.375) from the field, a paltry four for 21 (.190) from distance. In addition, the Pistons earned 17 free throw attempts (good for eight conversions) while No.