It doesn’t matter if it’s against the best team in the NBA or the worst: when you dig yourself a massive hole early in a game, it’s hard to dig yourself out.
The Detroit Pistons learned that the hard way against the lowly Utah Jazz on Thursday.
In a game where they were favored and, frankly, should have won, the Jazz buried them behind a flurry of threes early and late. Before the Pistons could blink, they trailed by 29 at the end of the first quarter, a deficit that felt impossible considering the opponent.