Hunter Patterson

After the Pistons’ 14-win season, Cade Cunningham had FOMO watching the playoffs. He texted someone he knew would understand. I spoke with them both for an exclusive on how that text sparked Detroit’s two-year turnaround: nytimes.com/athletic/7196374…

Quentin Grimes plays like he just chugged a Red Bull right before checking in. Not always out of control, but he plays pretty fast.

Pistons are winning the second quarter 19-7 and have trimmed the Lakers’ lead to 45-33. Daniss is leading Detroit with 10 points off the bench on 2/2 from 3. He’s also a team-high +8.

Ron entered tonight shooting 6/12 from long range over his last three and he just knocked down his first attempt of the game.

The reaction J.B. had to Paul trying to throw a lob to himself was priceless. He was in disbelief.

Huerter entered tonight shooting 37.5% from 3 and he’s 3/3 from distance so far tonight. He’s looking much more confident in his jumper this season and he’s playing solid defensively.

Lakers up 38-14 at the end of the first. LA has 20 paint points, 17 points off turnovers and 16 bench points. Detroit hasn’t had any consistent source of offense and stops have been hard to come by.

Lakers have 17 points off turnovers while the Pistons have 9 points in total. Not great for Detroit.

Pistons have more turnovers (6) than made field goals (4) so far tonight. They look out of sorts on both ends of the floor right now.

John tried celebrating his 3 and J.B. was already at halfcourt telling him to get back 😂

Might be the quickest we’ve seen J.B. call a timeout this season. He clearly isn’t happy with the Pistons’ effort on defense to start.

J.B. on Jalen Duren: “It’s a slow process because it’s one of those things you don’t want to push too far. …. We’re not going to rush him. We’re going to take our time and make sure we’re doing things right so when he comes back, he’s back for good.”

Jalen Duren has begun on-court activity and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, per the Pistons.

Pistons rule Isaiah Joe (right hip contusion) out for tomorrow’s matchup against the Lakers.

Asked J.B. how encouraging it is to be 6-2 while still working on continuity: “It says a lot about the group. … For us, this is about how do we just keep getting better? As the year goes on, there’s things we can clean up and get better at, that’s what we’re working at now.”

Pistons said he’d be re-evaluated in two weeks on October 25. I’d probably expect an update on his progress sometime this weekend.

Ausar rocking a new Kobe Protro colorway: