This year, the Detroit Pistons are trying to turn things around, going from being the laughing stock of the NBA to turning into a legitimate competitive threat on a nightly basis.

Wednesday’s game was a good start for the team that turned into the latter type, but they still made a huge mistake, which caused social media to have a field day.

As Detroit tried to close out the fourth quarter with its first win of the season against an Eastern Conference contender, they were hit with a technical foul for having too many players on the court.

After the game, Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff addressed the mistake.

“It’s very early in the year for this. It was just confusion,” the head coach told reporters. “Some of our guys were told to stay. It was just unclear who would stay and who wouldn’t. The referee told some of our guys to stay on the switch. There was just confusion about who was staying and who wasn’t.”

All teams, including the Pistons, are still in early season form. As the Pistons developed a reputation for making a lot of mistakes during their 14-68 journey last year, they were an easy target for jokes made at their expense during Wednesday night’s opener.

However, the Pistons showed that they are not the same team. With some key additions to the roster and major changes in the front office and coaching staff, Detroit nearly took down a Pacers team fresh off a conference finals appearance.

On Friday night, they look to bounce back against the Cleveland Cavaliers.