The Detroit Pistons remain undefeated against non-Boston Celtics NBA teams, but for the second time in less than 72 hours, my Eastern Conference favorites downed my hometown team 108 - 103.
Defense has been a major talking point for the Pistons in each game during the young season but, believe it or not, Detroit executed their defensive game plan in Tuesday’s loss. As of today (and probably tomorrow, next week, next month etc.) the Celtics are just the better team, and I can live with that. If anything, the Pistons beat themselves down the stretch with fixable mistakes which could (and should) grant you some sort of confidence that they can hang with some of the big boys.