Atlanta — After a week in which the Pistons lost overtime games to the New Jersey Nets and Miami Heat amid a five-game losing streak, they bounced back with a needed road victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
Coach Dwane Casey didn’t smile in his postgame interview; he still was preaching the basics of doing the little things that lead to wins: hustle, shot selection and reducing turnovers. He’s more concerned with effort than shots falling, which will establish an identity that goes beyond single wins.
“We’ve been saying it since training camp: one thing we have to do every night is play hard and raise our level of activity,” Casey said Thursday.