After a loss in an overtime game, the Pistons returned to Detroit with a 1-1 aggregate score. Their next goal was simple: to secure match point in Detroit.
They were willing to do whatever it took to achieve this goal.
All the Pistons players were eager to continue sweating it out on the training ground, and they couldn't wait to dive into training and games.
However, once back in Detroit, Rick Carlisle gave the whole team a day off.
Reflecting on the argument on the bus, Carlisle realized that everyone had been too tense recently.
The basketball world's 'Golden' Kerry was not a coach who didn't understand how to get along with others. Aside from a slightly strong desire for control and his insistence on shouting tactics at the guards from the sidelines for every play, he didn't have many quirks.
Only someone like Rajon Rondo, who thought he knew more about the game than the coach, would have conflicts with him.
