By the time the second quarter began, Washington had already built a 20-point advantage, so Daniss Jenkins worked to engineer a comeback in what little time he had before his ejection early in the second half. Later on, Ausar Thompson and then Paul Reed were bounced from the exhibition contest due to foul trouble, so the Pistons were short-handed on several fronts against the Wizards, but Detroit responded well to even force overtime given their thinned-out depth chart.Â
