Tass Mellis

The Hawks was an OT loss, their only loss.

They beat the Pelicans and the Wolves.

So 5-1 without Cade, defense showing strong.

How do you feel about these Pistons overall, Trey?

Well, I mean, these wins don't mean a whole bunch to me because they're playing without Cade Cunningham.

However, they're beating some decent teams, like four of the teams you listed are playing pretty well.

I'm including the Pelicans, even though they've recently been eliminated.

They can't even make their fake play and push, but at least they're the healthiest they have been and are trying to win.

You know, the Wolves don't have Anthony Edwards, but they're still trying to...

look good going into the postseason.

So I still give the Pistons credit for winning, especially when nobody played incredibly well on this team.

They just played well as a team.

And like we said last week, the silver lining is that Duren gets to do a little bit more.

they can be relied on a little bit more in a playoff situation.

But I think the main concern with the Pistons when Cade went down was, are they going to lose the first seed in the Eastern Conference?

In the meantime, especially when you factor in Tatum coming back, like signs were pointing toward the Celtics being able to take a step forward.

Meanwhile, Detroit goes out, wins five out of six, locks down their seed, and now they're pretty safe.

I mean,

I suppose they could collapse in the last two weeks of the season.

I suppose the Celtics could win out from here and they could flip flop.