The young Pistons continue their young season and continue to struggle.
On Tuesday, they traveled to Washington to take on Kyle Kuzma and the Wizards. This is a Pistons team that cannot play four quarters of basketball.
Bojan Bogdanovic will inevitably get tired of scoring 25 each night and losing. Cade Cunningham did contribute 19, however, a number one draft pick is not selected to average 20 points a game. Saddiq Bey had a whopping six points. Rookie Jaden Ivey was a bright spot in this game, contributing 11, but how long can the Pistons go without a true point guard in their starting lineup?
Pistons – 99
Wizards – 120
On Wednesday, the Pistons were back at LCA to host the Hawks.
Once again Bojan Bogdanovic had a game, scoring 33 and Cade had 26. That is more than half the Pistons 113 points. The Pistons have to get more production off the bench, only getting 28 points, or they will need to get used to losing these close games.
Hawks – 118
Pistons – 113
On Friday, the Pistons we’re looking to end their four-game losing streak with a rare back-to-back against the same team in Detroit. The result however was the same as Wednesday night.
Defensive problems and no bench scoring were the names of the game here. For Atlanta, Trae Young went off for 36, and Dejounte put up 26. Atlanta’s bench could teach the Pistons bench a thing or two because they got 43 points off the bench while once again the Pistons bench contributed 19.
Hawks – 136
Pistons – 112
Unless things change, the Pistons (1-5) will have a very long season and players will become frustrated and stop playing for Coach Casey.
Is it time to ask should the front office make a head coaching change? If so who do you bring in to coach this young team?
David Masters