The Detroit Pistons hit the road Wednesday night to play the Chicago Bulls, and they did work in a 114-91 win. Now, this is still just the preseason, and the Pistons seem to have a pattern so far of not following up great outings with similarly excellent efforts, but this was a strong one.
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The Pistons took a game that was close entering the final period, and blew the Bulls out of the water with a 38-16 fourth. They kept the turnovers down to a preseason-low 12, held the Bulls to 42% shooting from the floor and 29% from long range, and we may have seen a young Piston play his way onto the opening night roster.
Reggie Bullock played 24 minutes after getting Tuesday’s game against the Pacers off, and made the most of every one of them. He scored 17 points on 7-8 shooting and hit 3-4 from three-point range, grabbed two rebounds and had four assists, and was tied for second on the team with a +/- of +18. If there is one thing we can take from this game, it’s that Reggie Bullock will make this team, and that’s a good thing for the Pistons.
We may also be getting a glimpse of the future with the starting lineup the Pistons rolled out for the second game in a row, starting Stanley Johnson at the small forward position and Marcus Morris at power forward. Ersan Ilyasova got the night off, so we’ll see how things shake out when he’s back in the lineup, but we may be able to take something from this being the second night in a row where Johnson and Morris start together.
With that said, let’s get to the gradings.