Stan Van Gundy believes the Detroit Pistons played harder in the preseason and have been outworked by every team they've played since their loss at the Memphis Grizzlies a few weeks ago.

"There's no dilemmas in the preseason. No dilemmas," Van Gundy said. "No one cares how many shots they're getting. Everybody knows everybody's gonna play so everybody's spirits are up. You're not worried about stats. … No one cares. Same in practice. You practice hard, do what you're supposed to do."

The Pistons shot just 36.7 percent against a Los Angeles Lakers' team that is bad on defense.

"I think we took a lot of tough shots with people open," Van Gundy said. "We have to show them those things. I have to do my job better. I'm not gonna say I have a selfish team or lazy team. We have a messed up team."