"I don't think we could have written the story any better," Reggie Jackson told reporters after he helped the Detroit Pistons clinch their first playoff berth since 2009 with a 13-point victory over the Washington Wizards.
However, that story and the one about to begin have far different ideal endings.
In 2015-16, the Pistons wanted desperately to end their prolonged playoff drought. They did so, and it couldn't have been too disappointing that their brief postseason adventure ended in a first-round sweep at the hands of LeBron James and the eventual champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The 2016-17 campaign carries higher aspirations, even with Jackson beginning the season on the shelf with knee tendinitis. Though the star point guard is looking at a six-to-eight-week absence, per MLive.com's Aaron McMann, this Detroit iteration can do more—competing for home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference and even threatening to challenge the Cavs' postseason supremacy—if everyone progresses expeditiously.
"What Cleveland did last year is a really good thing for our guys, ...
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