Detroit — Groans. Hand-wringing. Boos.
That’s not how anyone thought the game would go.
After all, the Memphis Grizzlies were missing half their playing rotation — and the other half of their roster, including a pair of two-way players — played gritty and inspired basketball.
That undermanned, undervalued and underestimated group of Grizzlies played as if they were the ones with the playoff spot on the line, not the Pistons, who had a chance to clinch with wins in their final two games.
BOX SCORE: Pistons 100, Grizzlies 93
The Pistons found themselves in a 22-point deficit in the second quarter and had to rally in the fourth quarter to grab a season-saving 100-93 victory over the Grizzlies on Tuesday night in the home regular-season finale at Little Caesars Arena.