Cade Cunningham gets no help in Pistons loss to Bulls: 3 takeaways

The Detroit Pistons, Cade Cunningham and turnovers

Usually if the Pistons shot 51 percent as a team and 35 percent from the 3-point line, I’d expect a victory, but that wasn’t the case last night, partly because of free throws and partly because the Pistons turned the ball over way too much.

Detroit turned the ball over 16 times last night, and a lot of them were unforced and just lazy, including in the first quarter when the Pistons coughed it up five times.

As I mentioned, Cade Cunningham had six of them after reverting to throwing lazy passes or jumping before he knew what he wanted to do with the ball.

The Bulls were able to convert the Pistons’ turnovers into 13 fast break points, while the Pistons only had four points on run outs.

The Bulls are a smart team defensively and were in the passing lanes all night, but the Pistons have to stop trying to throw passes across court and stop with the lackadaisical pace, as NBA teams are too fast and too athletic to just throw the ball up for grabs.

Detroit is 22nd in the NBA in turnovers, an area they must improve next season if they want to make a leap as a team.