![]() But Detroit’s defensive woes have become a clear trend at this point. And Atlanta almost certainly out-shot expectation. To be clear, defending a Trae Young-led offense is on easy feat. Whether the Pistons played drop coverage, switched, or trapped, the Hawks continuously got into the paint at will and found basically whatever shot they wanted. More concerning was yet another extremely poor defensive performance from Detroit. Stewart ended with 17 points while Ivey added 12. Isaiah Stewart and Jaden Ivey were the only other Pistons to make threes, even draining two. Bojan Bogdanovich made three of those deep balls and ended the game with 22 points. The Pistons made only seven of 32 threes and the vast majority of those misses were wide open. The primary culprit offensively for Detroit was an extremely poor shooting night from deep. ![]() When he returned in the fourth quarter, the Pistons were down 21 and out of the game. When Cade left just before the third quarter break, Detroit was down nine and at least in striking distance. Cunningham again sputtered in the second half, was hampered by foul trouble, but still ended with a career-high 35 points while adding 8 rebounds and 8 assists.Īs for the rest of the Pistons, it was an especially rough night. The Detroit second-year leader scored an efficient 27 points before halftime while again largely abandoning the three-point line that he so relied on a year ago. The Atlanta Hawks once again took advantage of the porous Pistons’ defense and pulled away in the second half, winning 136-113.Ĭade was again terrific in the first half against the Hawks. Both Cade Cunningham and the Little Caesars Arena court looked sharp with the controversial teal jerseys returning, but the Detroit Pistons defense remained bad.
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