INDIANAPOLIS – The cost of a loss amid a tight playoff race was remarkably light for the Pistons.
Playing not only without Blake Griffin for a second straight game but also minus Luke Kennard, the Pistons lost at Indiana, unable to sustain a hot start that saw them build an 11-point first quarter lead. Indiana big men Domantas Sabonis, Thaddeus Young and Myles Turner combined to shoot 21 of 29 – that’s 72.4 percent, if you’re scoring at home – and the Pistons didn’t have enough margin for error to get away with 15 turnovers for 21 Indiana points.