Pistons Blog

Heading back home

Several thoughts after Sunday's 117-91 Phoenix victory over the tired, ragged Pistons: 1) One thing I'm noticing on the NBA beat is the schedule plays such a big role. It didn't seem as much in the NHL. It does in the NBA, and you could tell this was going to be a tough game to win from the day the schedule came out. Fourth game in six days, last game of a trip, and the Pistons wound up playing overtime Saturday in Utah. All the ingredients for a blowout loss, which it turned out to be. 2) The Pistons play seven of their next nine games at The Palace. Perfect time to accumulate some victories and get back into the race, before they dig themselves too big of a hole. Whethere they can actually do it, we'll see. 3) Nice to see DaJuan Summers get playing time on this trip and take advantage of it. 4) This Pistons team really needs a big man who can score, a threat down low in the blocks that they don't remotely have right now. It's beginning to hurt more and more as the season gets rolling.