​While the Detroit Pistons played on short rest in their 122-111 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday, the two squads will battle again tonight with the Wiz on the tail end of a back-to-back this time around. Three days ago, both teams took the court in Motown for an Eastern Conference battle, but the setting has switched to the nation’s capital for tonight’s affair, which comes with a 7 pm tip-off. The Wizards, who are now riding a five-game losing streak, came up 13 points short against the Indiana Pacers last night, and they’re in store for another tough matchup several hours from now. When looking at how the Wizards played last night compared to their performance two days earlier, several parallels can be drawn. Washington posted just 12 assists to the Pacers’ 29 helpers last night, which underscores the Wizards’ tendency to over-rely on iso-dominant basketball. Although Anthony Davis and A.J. Dybantsa both flashes at different moments against Detroit, the dynamic duo frequently did their damage outside the flow of the offense, which allowed the Pistons to hone in and force turnovers. And speaking of turnovers, that’s another area that held the Wizards back both last night and on Monday. Washington lost the turnover battle 15-11 to the Pacers, whereas the Pistons forced the Wizards into committing 19 turnovers in their most recent matchup, so ball control has continued to pop up as a frequent issue for the Southeast Division squad. Coming into tonight’s game, the Pistons will clearly be the more rested group after two days off, but there’s still expected to be a couple absences from the Detroit lineup with Jalen Duren and Isaiah Joe both rehabbing separate injuries. So, the Pistons will have to decide whether they’ll stick with the same recipe of a small-ball lineup to start the game with John Collins at the five and Paul Reed on the bench, which was their plan of attack three days ago. With Duren out of the mix for multiple weeks, the Pistons have had to be a bit creative with regard to the team’s center depth, but Reed has filled in effectively more often than not. Tolu Smith, on the other hand, has seen his playing time take a hit recently with Collins growing more comfortable at the five, so that’s one consequence to Detroit’s proclivity to space the floor. With Collins occupying a more interior role last time he faced the Wizards, Daniss Jenkins was able to move into the starting lineup in a move that paid dividends for the Pistons. Jenkins, who has served as a combo guard in the early portion of the regular season, put up 22 points, six rebounds, eight assists and four steals in a comprehensive two-way effort against the Wizards, so there would be strong merit if Detroit wanted to stick with a formula that worked so effectively just a few days ago.