Cheer up, It's not all negative for the Pistons

The Pistons community has an usually negative vibe around it today for good reason, as Detroit’s game one loss to Orlando wasn’t pretty. 

It confirmed many of the problems critics talked about all season, and they are out taking their victory laps today. 

From JB Bickerstaff’s rotations to Jalen Duren’s defense and Detroit’s lack of a second star, the Pistons pretty much confirmed all of our worst fears. 

But this series is far from over, and the Pistons will bounce back to the team that won 60 games this season. That wasn’t a fluke, and they will respond.  

So, let’s inject a little positivity into the timeline before Pistons social media turns on itself. 

This will be the wake up call the Pistons need 

It’s never good to lose, but this team was a little too comfortable coming into this game, and it showed in the first quarter. 

Last night should be a wakeup call that you can’t coast in a playoff game. Passes need to be sharper, rotations need to be crisper, and you can’t be loose with the ball, or someone is going to take it. 

This could be the game we look back to as the one that woke the Pistons up, so they just need to learn from it, improve and move on. 

The Pistons can play a lot better than that 

Detroit only had two players in double figures last night, and one of them, Tobias Harris, went 5-of-15 from the floor. 

Jalen Duren only took four shots. 

Ausar Thompson only played 25 minutes. 

The entire bench scored a combined 20 points on 4-of16 shooting. 

Yet, the Pistons were right with the Magic for most of the game, and it’s unlikely that all of these things happen again. 

You have to give the Magic credit for taking Detroit out of their game and outplaying them for most of the night, but the Pistons can and will play better. 

The Pistons won the battle of the free throws 

Even though Detroit lost the paint battle by 20 points, they did get to the line a whopping 38 times, twice as many times as the Magic, which was an important battle coming into the series, as both teams draw and commit a lot of fouls. 

The Pistons did miss nine of them, which hurts my soul, but they need to continue to be aggressive getting to the paint to get the Magic in foul trouble. 

It was one of the only decisive advantages the Pistons had in game one, and they need to build on it. 

Detroit has responded all year 

Cheer up, the Pistons play their best when their backs are against the wall, and they have stepped up all year when they’ve met adversity. 

As cliche as it is, last night was only one game, and this is a long series, so Detroit just has to play their game, and the rest will take care of itself. 

LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO! #DetroitBasketball

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