“I think we’re more on the second part, still trying to look for it,” McLellan said about Detroit’s search for an identity. “Earlier in the year, I talked about identity and pace, and I do think we can be a quick, fast team that can get on top of people, both offensively and defensively.”
“Some nights we really bring it, and some nights, we really struggle with it,” he continued. “But the rest of our game will come from that. Can we defend better? Certainly we can, but we can do it faster and quicker. I think anytime a coach or media people talk about pace, they always just think on the offensive side, the attack point. We can be that defensively as well.”