Darren Collison (groin) and Wesley Matthews (hamstring) have already been ruled out for tonight’s game against the Pistons, the team announced on Tuesday. This will be the second-straight game missed by Indiana’s starting backcourt.
Cory Joseph and Tyreke Evans bumped up to the first unit for the first leg of the home-and-home with Detroit on Monday, but the team got off to a slow start on both ends of the floor despite ultimately finishing with the win.
In addition to the flyby closeouts, missed rebounding opportunities, and sluggish transition defense that led to 33 first-quarter points for the Pistons, particularly glaring was the lack of pick-and-roll chemistry between Evans and Myles Turner.