The Detroit Pistons followed up a brilliant effort against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday with a 101-97 road loss to the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night. It was a close game throughout, but the Pacers were a bit too much for the Pistons to handle. The Pistons shuffled the starting lineup in this one, starting forwards Stanley Johnson and Marcus Morris together and bringing Ersan Ilyasova in off the bench.
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Also of note, Adonis Thomas made his preseason debut after missing the first three games of the preseason with an Achilles injury. Aron Baynes is still sidelined with an ankle injury, although he is projected to debut against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, and Steve Blake is still out with concussion symptoms.
Reggie Bullock followed up his solid performance against the Bucks with a DNP, but it’s possible that head coach Stan Van Gundy plans on giving him big minutes against the Bulls.
As for the guys who played, let’s get to the grades.