A Late Surge?

The Pistons have been fairly inconsistent this season with getting wins. They have only managed nine so far this season. They have only managed to muster 9 wins out of 31 this season. With injuries since the beginning of the season this was kind of expected by them. They lost their main shooting guard, point guard, and power forward before the worst week was over. They have rarely played since their injury and barely even dressed for any games. But things are starting to look up for the Pistons because they have won 5 out of the last 10 and have won the 5 of the last 7.

Their run started when Ben Gordan, their starting shooting guard, Will Bynum, their starting point guard came back. They are not playing their usual 30 – 35 minutes a game because the coaches want them to get back into rhythm, they are starting with 10-20 minutes a game and they are coming off of the bench so they can play at the important moments of the game.

Their power forward, Charlie Villanueva, have yet to come back and he is listed as day to day but for the last 9 games he have been listed as inactive. He is battling a sore right ankle now. He is expected to come back February 17, 2012 after missing over a month of action. This is good news for the Pistons because their rookie point guard is struggling even more than usual because he broke his nose.

This happened in the first quarter of the win against the New Orleans Hornets. He have been wearing the facemask to protect his nose from taking any more damage but it is difficult for most NBA players to wear this because it is uncomfortable and it is very hard to see out of.

The Pistons Season is looking up and they could make a run for the playoffs because they are getting healthy at the perfect time of the year.