The Pistons take on the Sixers in their first challenging matchup of the season, after closer-than-desired wins against the Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls. The Sixers are a good team with a legitimate chance of greatness - it’ll be interesting to see Detroit measure itself against a team ostensibly better than them this early in the year.
Here’s some things in particular to look at during tonight’s game:
Andre Drummond was held out of practice yesterday with the flu and might not even play tonight:
He thinks he is, for whatever that’s worth:
On the other side, Ben Simmons tweaked his back and is questionable for tonight:
Ben Simmons didn’t practice today in Philly and is questionable for tomorrow’s game in Detroit.