"Celtics star Paul Pierce got the ball in the corner and started to shoot.

Then he waited. And waited some more.

He had time to eat a sandwich before getting off the triple. The Eastern Conference champions came into the Palace and toyed with the Pistons all night Tuesday, winning, 109-86.

Pistons coach John Kuester, standing on the bench, just stared down DaJuan Summers, who blew the assignment, as he ran down court. The Pistons fell to 0-4 for the first time since 1999.

So it wasn't surprising when a frustrated Kuester said afterward that the locker room has a leadership void and needs someone to step forward and add a voice to his.

After saying no one is going to have sympathy for the injury-depleted Pistons, he said: "We have to collectively someway or somehow find another voice besides my own that is going to lead us."

Tayshaun Prince agreed with him -- but said Kuester has to share the blame on the horrible start.

"... He's right, but at the same time it goes both ways," Prince said. "We can sit here and continue to get on each other and be vocal, but like I said, the right thing has got to come from him as well as us.

"It goes both ways. He says we got to be more vocal, he has to do some things better, too. Obviously, we're 0-4 so it ain't just the team."

Kind of early for finger-pointing, but it's pretty obvious the frustration level is high."