LAS VEGAS – Fair to say the Pistons missed Luke Kennard.
Without Kennard to make shots, create shots for others and draw defenders to him for the 3-point threat he represents, the Pistons mostly sputtered on offense, especially in the first half, in a 90-63 loss to Milwaukee to open NBA Summer League play.
Henry Ellenson went scoreless in the first half before scoring all 16 of his points in the second half. It was Summer League for the NBA stats crew, too, because the stats monitors malfunctioned and no official stats were available, but Ellenson scored eight points in each of the third and fourth quarters to lead the Pistons after missing everything in the first half.