Pistons’ stunning Game 1 defeat wasn’t Magic pulling rabbit out of hat
The Pistons showed why it's really hard to trust them after the Magic bullied them in Detroit.
I realize I'm going against the grain here, but I'm about to say something "controversial. " The Detroit Pistons ' tremendous regular-season success this year wasn't, in fact, fake. (Gasp!
No way! WHAT did he say?! ) You heard me.
You don't win 60 games, the first time Detroit has achieved that in 20 years , and capture the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed if you're built on a house of cards. You're not tied for second in net rating , with the league's No.
2 defense, and still a pretender. The Pistons, for all intents and purposes, were and remain a wagon. But there's a big difference between the grind of regular-season basketball and the intensity of the playoffs.