Tobias Harris, who figures to get the primary defensive assignment against Love, although he and Morris switch regularly, also said the Pistons need to be more physical in stopping him.
"He's a strong player but a lot of it's just making his catches tough for him, pushing him out and just trying to make him make a tough shot," Harris said. "He got into a rhythm early on, got a lot of open looks, and was able to make a lot of three-balls, especially off of missed rebounds that we weren't able to get. That's something they capitalized on as a team and that's something that we discussed as a team that we have to be better at coming into Game 2."
One possibility is the Pistons going ultra-small and using Harris to defend Love when the latter is playing as a de facto center.
That smaller lineup hurt the Pistons in the fourth quarter of Game 1.
"Can't tell the game plan, that's what coach says," Harris said. "But that was a scenario just because of Kevin Love at the five. But we discussed all scenarios today at practice and yesterday. So we'll be ready for that tomorrow."
The Pistons have not played a center-less alignment this season and head coach Stan Van Gundy said before Game 1 that it would be uncomfortable for them. But playoff basketball is about adjustments and the Pistons went over using center-less alignments in practice this week.
Asked about adjustments in Game 2, Van Gundy twice this week said they would be "subtle."
"You're not going to change your entire system," he said.
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