The Pistons picked up one puppy point in the loss.
The purpose of summer league exhibition games isn't to be satisfied collecting puppy points and winning meaningless games, but to see what kind of players you have heading into training camp and development in draft picks. After Monday evening's 78-73 loss to the Miami Heat, the Pistons have to be encouraged by the early returns on Stanley Johnson.
Johnson outplayed the guy Chad Ford and many others thought the Pistons should've drafted at No. 8 overall, Justise Winslow, in a far more limited role.