Detroit Pistons vs. Los Angeles Lakers - Dec. 14, 2015

Detroit Pistons forward Aron Baynes (12) celebrates after making a layup in the second quarter of their NBA game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Monday, December 14, 2015.

(Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

AUBURN HILLS -- When J.J. Redick climbed the back of Andre Drummond late in the fourth quarter Monday with the ball in the air during a Jamal Crawford free throw, the only emotion out of Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy was regret.

He knows the rule, awarding any player fouled off the ball in the final two minutes of an NBA game two free throws and his team possession, but the Los Angeles Clippers found a loophole.

Redick's foul, some would say done with clear intent, was ruled a loose-ball foul and sent Drummond to the line to split, setting up his game-tying 3-pointer and a 105-103 overtime loss for the Pistons.

"I blew it on that," Van Gundy said, of not taking Drummond out. "And it cost us a point. I've got to take the blame on that."

Van Gundy stopped short of criticizing the NBA on its lax rules when it comes to teams targeting poor foul shooters late in games, but did say Tuesday he wished for uniformity.

"My only thing that I've said, and I've been with this all the time I've been in coaching, I don't like anything where the rule changes in terms of time," Van Gundy said. "I don't like the fact that we can't throw the ball into the backcourt, but with two minutes or less we can. I don't like that the rule is one way on the fouls for the first 46 minutes and a different way for the last two minutes. I don't like our replay rule where we're going to replay stuff in the last two minutes as if the first 46 minutes aren't important.

"I don't like any of those things that change at the end of the game. That's the only thing I've said. Whatever you want to do with the rules, but let's play with the same rules the whole way through. If we can grab people for 46 minutes, let's grab them the whole game."

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Van Gundy was critical of Drummond after Monday's loss for his defensive blunder in overtime, allowing Crawford a wide-open look from the 3-point line with 12.4 seconds left, and finally got to ask him about it Tuesday morning in practice. "He had no answer," Van Gundy said. "You just can't go out and make it up. You have to have five guys on the same page and no one on our team was expecting that because that wasn't the plan. ... "It's not a yell and scream, it's a discipline thing. Andre at the end, it was mind boggling. Mind boggling."

Baynes strong off bench: Aron Baynes proved strong off the bench in Monday's loss, scoring 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting and six rebounds in 13 minutes, and brought the Pistons bench to their feet with a fourth-quarter slam. He's averaging 7.2 points and 4.4 rebounds the last five games. "He was playing well and then he got the nose thing, I think that set him back a little bit," Van Gundy said. "He came back really strong and I thought he played really, really well. I think he's one of the best backup centers in the league, there's no question about it, and I think that's really, really big for us. Last night was his best game in a while. I thought he was outstanding."

'Still can't sleep': Van Gundy went home Monday night after the loss to the Clippers, Detroit's second close loss in six days, and re-watched the final six minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime. It was a departure for the Pistons' coach and president of basketball operations, who usually waits until the next morning to re-watch film. "On those, I go back and watch the end of the game right away," Van Gundy said. "Not so much for things like that, but what should we have done? What did we do wrong? What adjustments should we have made? It doesn't help -- you still can't sleep."

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