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Pistons’ Meeks: ‘We don’t feel like an 8-23 team’
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Now, after three consecutive Detroit Pistons victories, all by double-digit margins, the last two by 23 points apiece on the road, there is a distinctly different sense that this team’s happiness may not be so fleeting after all.
The Pistons will end 2014 at 15 games under .500, yet they appear a much different team after their first three-game win streak under head coach Stan Van Gundy, the latest a 109-86 win Tuesday over the Orlando Magic.
“We don’t feel like an 8-23 team, that’s for sure,” said Jodie Meeks, whose nine 3-pointers fell one shy of Joe Dumars’ franchise record en route to a team-season-high 34 points.
