Breakups can be challenging, and it’s never easy when the split finally happens. Well, unless you’re former Cleveland Cavaliers and current Detroit Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff. When the Cavs host the Pistons for their home opener , there aren’t a lot of emotions attached to it for Bickerstaff. To him, it’s just another basketball game and another day in the office . It’s just his Pistons taking on the Cavs .
“It’s part of what we do,” Bickerstaff said pre-game. “Obviously, coming in on a bus instead of driving in and small things like that make it different. But it’s a basketball game at the end of the day, and we’re here to try and go out and win.”
Bickerstaff joked that navigating the visitor’s side of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse shook up his Cleveland pre-game routine. But other than that, Bickerstaff is focused on how to gameplan against his former team. From the moment the Pistons arrived in Cleveland to the final buzzer, there will be no love from Bickerstaff and the Cavs on the court. Hopefully, there’s some love from Cleveland fans, at least. But Bickerstaff isn’t sure if that will happen either…