The NBA schedule definitely has some interesting quirks. Sometimes, you go months without playing teams from your division, and others, you start off your season with your first two games against divisional rivals and one features your current head coach going against his former team.
After a tough loss on opening night to the Indiana Pacers, the Detroit Pistons have a chance to redeem themselves and give their coach some redemption. The Pistons had control of the game for the first three quarters against the Pacers, but as we saw so many times last season, this team just cannot close games against better teams.