The Portland Trail Blazers’ NBA Summer League title defense is off to a tough start. They dropped their first game against the Detroit Pistons 93-73. (Box Score). Detroit got hot early and built a lead Portland simply couldn’t overcome, no matter how close they got.
- Hot shooting propels Detroit to early lead. Detroit was one of the weaker three-point shooting teams last season, making threes at a 34.8 percent clip. Someone forgot to remind their Summer League team about that, with Detroit starting 7-10 from three in the first quarter to get to a quick 33-19 lead.