NEW ORLEANS – How do you win when you can’t knock down the open 3-pointers that Dwane Casey’s offense continues to produce? Do just about everything else on his priority list.
The Pistons did those other things particularly well to win for the first time in 10 tries at New Orleans with a lot of help from Blake Griffin.
Griffin got them off and running with 20 first-quarter points on his way to 37. The Pistons committed just nine turnovers, allowed New Orleans only nine free-throw shots and held the Pelicans to just 22 3-point attempts despite the fact they launched nine in the fourth quarter as they momentarily erased all of a 13-point deficit only to see the Pistons regain the lead on their next possession and not give it up again.