NBA-Pistons on brink of Motor City revival

It is too early to call it
a Motor City revival but like the auto industry the Detroit
Pistons are showing signs of life as the National Basketball
Association (NBA) heads into the All Star break.

With seven wins in their last 11 contests, the Pistons
(11-24) have begun to claw their way out of the Central division
basement but it has been a bumpy ride. A four game winning run
in early February was followed by a two game slide, then a three
game winning streak before dropping back-to-back to games to the
Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors.

Falling 103-93 to the Atlantic division struggling Raptors
(10-23) on Wednesday was not the way the Pistons would have
liked to close out the first half of the compacted season, but
for first year coach Lawrence Frank it is not yet time to start
counting wins and losses.

"It's all about the process of understanding what it takes
to be successful," Frank told reporters. "Toronto and us are in
the same boat, you're grinding every day, you're trying to build