At the 7:15 mark in the fourth quarter of a blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on a sleepy November Friday night, perhaps the most exciting bit of drama occurred for the Detroit Pistons since the team won the Be Very Bad Stakes to get blue-chip prospect Cade Cunningham (unless you count Cade crossing up Jalen Green at Summer League if mixtapes are more your thing).
With the score at 87-60 to the Cavs, Saddiq Bey was at the line shooting two very inconsequential free throws. After the first make, coach Dwane Casey motions down the bench to scarcely-used fourth-year swingman Hamidou Diallo to enter the crime scene that some larrikins would have you believe was a “basketball game.