FAST BREAKDOWN
Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 136-109 loss to the San Antonio Spurs at AT&T Center
BAH HUMBUG – December began on a lot sweeter note than it’s ending for the Pistons. The Pistons recorded their most lopsided win of the season – a 34-point evisceration of San Antonio – on Dec. 1. In their penultimate 2019 game, they lost by 27 to the same Spurs team. That’s not the way to start a six-game road trip that includes visits to three teams with title aspirations (Clippers, Lakers, Jazz). It was a mere four-point halftime deficit, but San Antonio dumped 42 points on the Pistons in the third quarter – their worst defensive third quarter of the season – to swell the margin to 21 points.