The scene was set. The leading man was ready.
But wouldn’t you know it? The rest of the cast sent the script back to rewrite.
And though this won’t be the last act of the Pistons season, after Saturday night’s 119-103 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, you might as well roll the credits.
Which means the blame comes next, though I’m not sure what the point of any of that will be at the end of a series everyone had pegged as a four-game sweep as soon as the matchup was set.