Jon Leuer attemped 23 field goals tonight, by far a career high. I don’t know what got into him. He was being guarded by short dudes way too much, which probably factored into his mindless (by his standards, not by Brandon Jennings standards) chucking. Also, his teammates were all sucking. One of the cardinal rules of the NBA is that when your teammates start sucking, you start blowing. Leuer remembered that adage, and put it to use.
He only got 22 points out of his 23 shots, not a very good rate, until you consider that the refs hated him and didn’t let him shoot any free throws. The Pistons could have used those, too, because they shot an all-time worst 17 percent from the stripe. I think Andre Drummond’s confidence is fully gone now. For real. I saw it depart his body after his 7th miss from the charity stripe and exit through a duct in the roof.