The Pistons have won five straight and improved to 13-7 this season, with Saturday's win over the defending-champion Golden State Warriors Rod Beard, The Detroit News
Detroit — Life has its certainties and the story rarely changes: Luke Skywalker always destroys the Death Star. The Roadrunner always escapes Wile E. Coyote. Rocky always is going to make a furious comeback in the fight.
The plot can take twists and turns, but the end result always is the same.
Detroit sports fans have seen this movie before: The Pistons get off to a hot start and look like a playoff team for the first part of the season, only to wither and miss the postseason.