DETROIT – The Pistons beat Golden State to hit the quarter pole of the NBA season at 13-7, enough to get them home-court advantage in the playoffs if form holds. There is zero chance they get fat and sassy because, well, they have memories.
The Pistons were 14-6 after 20 games last season – with road wins at Boston, Golden State, Oklahoma City, Minnesota and the Los Angeles Clippers – and had nearly an ironclad guarantee of a playoff berth according to projection models.
But wait, there’s more – more substantive reasons than stabbing memories to believe these Pistons are built to last … with the obvious caveat that they can’t afford the type of catastrophic injury that cost them Reggie Jackson for three months last season.