FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Tuesday night’s 121-98 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum
A SHOOTOUT, THEN ... – Heck of a game – for eight minutes. The Pistons kept pace with the NBA’s best team – by record, at least – for that long. But it was a shootout and in a game pitting the NBA’s No. 2 team in true shooting percentage (Milwaukee) vs. the team that ranks 29th in that category, and, well, the Pistons probably didn’t feel great about winning that type of game. Milwaukee went on a 10-0 run to close the first quarter to overcome the 27-25 lead the Pistons held and never trailed after that, expanding the lead to 21 in the second quarter by shooting 70 percent over the first half.