Detroit has been buzzing over the past 24 hours after the Pistons traded for Blake Griffin, but the superstar wasn't made available for the team's matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.
So Stanley Johnson stole the show instead.
The third-year forward scored a career-high 26 points, pacing the Pistons in a 125-114 victory. Johnson was superb in every aspect of the game, adding 10 rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block.
All five of the team's starters were excellent, in fact, as Andre Drummond (21 points, 22 rebounds, seven assists, three steals, three blocks), Reggie Bullock (22 points), Anthony Tolliver (20 points) and Ish Smith (19 points, seven assists) also thrived in a makeshift starting lineup that will surely look different once Griffin makes his debut and Reggie Jackson returns from his ankle injury.