"In case you missed it, the Pistons won a game Saturday night, 94-91, over the Portland Trail Blazers. But don't get too excited.

Detroit (4-13) plays four consecutive games against teams with winning records, including tonight's game in Oklahoma City (13-3). The Thunder have the best record in the Western Conference and are 6-1 at home.

The Pistons follow that up with home games Wednesday against the Heat (11-4) and Hawks (12-5) on Friday. On Saturday, they end the gantlet at Philadelphia (11-5).

So this win over the Trail Blazers does not mean the team is turning things around. Even in winning the Pistons showed some old flaws that might come back to haunt them this week. The most troubling thing is they barely held off the Blazers, a team that was finishing up a nine-day, six-game trip that covered three time zones."