Salt Lake City — Injuries make way for opportunities.
That’s the best way for some of the young Pistons players to look at the spread of maladies that have limited starters Blake Griffin, Reggie Jackson and Luke Kennard and decimated the roster just as the heart of the schedule hits on their six-game western swing.
Rookie Louis King is trying to make the most of the few available minutes, and he’s found success in the last two games. King, a 6-foot-7 forward who played one year at Oregon, scored his first NBA points in the win Thursday against the Washington Wizards and followed with his first 3-pointer Saturday at San Antonio.