Detroit — As Cade Cunningham dribbled down the court, he saw that the Pistons didn’t have the advantage, with only three teammates against the Atlanta Hawks’ five defenders.
It didn’t matter.
Cunningham seemed to sense where the advantage was, and as he looked off a defender, he lobbed the ball toward the rim. Marvin Bagley III soared to catch the alley-oop and slam it down, sending the fans at Little Caesars Arena into a frenzy.
It’s not quite the Lob City of the Los Angeles Clippers era, but maybe call it Lob Township.
The Pistons guards are getting acclimated to having a lob threat in Bagley, who is making quite an impression in his first few weeks with a new team since arriving from the Sacramento Kings at the trade deadline in a deal for Trey Lyles and Josh Jackson.