NBA Cup success gives Detroit Pistons urgency in rebuild: 'We're going for it'
Organizationally, they had issues to solve that made the tournament an afterthought. Things are much different in the tourney's second season. Playing in a tourney with a fresh name — the Emirates NBA Cup — the Pistons improved to 3-0 in round-robin East Group B play with a commanding 130-106 road victory over the Indiana Pacers.