FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Friday night’s 106-101 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center
OFFENSE STALLS – It figures that teams with matching 21-26 records would take it to the wire. The Pistons battled back from a 13-point deficit to tie in the third quarter and it was a one-possession game for much of the fourth quarter, but their offense bogged down in the last eight minutes after a Luke Kennard triple tied the game at 92. They scored just five points over the next seven minutes, falling behind 104-97, and only nine in the game’s final eight minutes.