Under the Hood – it’s time to see what’s really going on inside this Pistons team.
The Pistons had three players (Tobias, Cade, Duren) with 20+ points last night, and it would’ve been four if Ausar made one more free throw. Here are some of my favorite plays from last night:
In the point guard role, Ausar makes a mean right-to-left crossover that draws the attention of most of the Kings defenders. This won’t show up in the box score, but he’s the reason Tobias got a wide open three on this possession.
Cade with a Smooth Operator bucket from the midrange.
And a coast-to-coast steal and and-one layup to start the fourth quarter.
Duren continues to make a strong impact off the bounce.
And I loved this possession out of him in the short roll – instantly read the defense and saw that Stew would be open in the corner.
There were way too many Cade turnovers last night.
Some of them were inaccurate passes.
Some were from the double teams that Sacramento was sending at him.
I really enjoyed a possession where Ausar did his best DeMar DeRozan impression right over DeMar himself.
Later on in the fourth, Ausar walked down his sagging defender to the elbow where he confidently knocked down 15-foot jumper.
He’s getting to his spots!