It was the best of times. The Detroit Pistons, lackluster for so long, were only 3½ games behind Denver in the National Basketball Association's Midwest Division, comfortably coasting toward a play-off berth and their first winning season in three years. Last week they had won 33 games and lost 24 and with a third of the schedule remaining were just three games short of last season's victory total. It was also the worst of times. Pistons players were at Coach Herb Brown's throat, and at one point a player actually attacked him. Locker-room arguments...
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