Pistons showed grit in series comeback. Did they unlock a new level for the future?

DETROIT — All season, J.B. Bickerstaff has harped on one thing being paramount to the Detroit Pistons’ long-term success: peaking at the perfect time.He’s reiterated it from the Pistons’ 13-game win streak in November to their four-game losing streak in March. As Bickerstaff subbed out his starters Sunday to a standing ovation from the Little Caesars Arena crowd in a sea of blue and white rally towels, his vision was coming to fruition.Advertisement