The Detroit Pistons have a nasty habit.
They’re terrible in the third quarter. Like, not just bad. Terrible. They blew a big lead against the Brooklyn Nets earlier this week, and the kept the trend going tonight against the Utah Jazz. After trailing by one at half, they were outscored by nine in the third.
If that wasn’t bad enough, they came out in the fourth slow and fell behind by 15 points before falling 126-111 at Little Caesars Arena.
It’s hard to point to one thing that ails the Pistons in those dreaded third quarters.