AUBURN HILLS – How many teaching moments did the Pistons season-opening win over Brooklyn produce for Dwane Casey?
“Too many to even count,” Casey said. “I was expecting first-game jitters to start the game and we had ’em. We had three turnovers in the first four minutes or whatever it was. The level of focus and concentration wasn’t there at the beginning.”
It eventually got better but it was never easy and often ragged. The Pistons even made a mistake on the final possession when Casey called for them to intentionally foul the Nets rather than permit a 3-point shot that would have tied the game.