Brandon Jennings said in his post game interview that one of the Pistons’ biggest issues is that they do not have a leader in the locker room. With how inconsistent the Pistons’ effort can be from game to game, you have to think Jennings is right.
The Pistons’ defense was non-existent in the first half. They allowed the Pelicans to score 72 points in the first 24 minutes, and the vast majority of those points came from easy looks in the paint. Despite a much better effort in the second half, including a run at the end of the third and early fourth quarter to cut the lead to single digits, the Pistons dug themselves far too big of a hole to climb out of.
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