It just felt like a play that set the tone.
The Detroit Pistons won the opening tip, Mason Plumlee tapping the ball back toward three of his teammates. What should have been a forgettable moment quickly turned into a highlight as Chicago Bulls rookie Patrick Williams intercepted the tap, dribbled, and threw down a huge dunk to open the game.
Detroit trailed 2-0.
It wasn’t the reason they lost on Sunday, but it was a microcosm of the night: Chicago found ways to score and made plays, the Pistons spent most of the night trying, and failing, to figure that out themselves.