Ray Scott: Making It Through the Night, 1973

[Earl Lloyd began the 1971-72 NBA season as head coach of the Detroit Pistons. Seven games in, Lloyd got “the ziggy,” as they called it in Detroit. He got fired. Detroit GM Ed Coil then surprised everyone by handing the Lloyd’s former job to his assistant Ray Scott. Probably surprised the most by the news was the 34-year-old Scott, who had been just min…