The Pistons are starting to take baby steps in their growth, but that development is not always going to show on the scoreboard.
Their incremental steps forward are starting to show in some good stretches of games, but the final product doesn’t always reflect the steps forward they’re taking.
Take Sunday’s rematch against the Minnesota Timberwolves, who beat the Pistons by 11 at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night. It was another double-digit defeat, but in the rematch, at Target Center, the Pistons played much better, only to fall short in the final three minutes of a 118-105 loss.