DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons’ locker room was silent. The bulk of the fans who remained after their blowout Game 7 loss at Little Caesars Arena were there for the Cleveland Cavaliers after being bused in by owner Dan Gilbert.As disappointing as Detroit’s performance was Sunday evening, coach J.B. Bickerstaff refused to view his team’s overall season that way.“Not ever will I be disappointed in these guys,” Bickerstaff said after the Pistons lost 125-94 to the Cavaliers. “These guys, every single day, give us what they’ve got. So it is not a disappointment. It’s a loss, and it’s a tough loss. But that adjective will never be used with this group.”Considering how the Pistons struggled to produce consistently in the playoffs and that they went to back-to-back seven-game series as a No. 1 seed, it was a fair question.They plowed through the regular season to win 60 games for the first time since 2006 and overcame a 3-1 first-round series deficit against the Orlando Magic. But Detroit’s damning offensive flaws, which its defense compensated for during the regular season, were exposed by the Cavs.The Pistons’ 110.4 offensive rating and 104.9 points per game were the lowest of all remaining playoff teams entering Sunday. Outside of Cade Cunningham, Detroit couldn’t generate enough quality offense to keep pace with the Cavaliers, who had four players average double figures in the Eastern Conference semifinals.Cunningham has logged the most minutes (571.5), points (394), assists (105) and turnovers (79) in the playoffs. The 24-year-old guard’s 31.5 usage percentage was the highest of anyone to play at least 10 games during the postseason, highlighting how much responsibility he shouldered. Cunningham will enter next season on the second year of a five-year, $269 million max contract.“It was a great opportunity this season, to move forward and continue to experience new things we hadn’t been exposed to,” Cunningham said. “We fell short. We were right there, but we fell short. So I think that chip, that sting is going to sit for a while. We’ve got to work through it and continue to grow.”Veteran Tobias Harris was Detroit’s second scoring option. The 33-year-old, whom Bickerstaff has routinely referred to as his “safety blanket,” averaged 18.1 points per game, good for the second most in his playoff career. But Harris scored a combined 11 points on 2-of-13 shooting in the final two games of the second round. Harris will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.As valuable as Harris was to start the postseason, he couldn’t sustain his level of offensive production as the playoffs pushed on. Harris will likely have multiple suitors around the league, in addition to the Pistons, this summer.Although Detroit collapsed in the second round, the front office’s confidence in Bickerstaff, who signed a contract extension the day after the Pistons ousted the Magic in the first round, hasn’t wavered. The Pistons view him as the coach of the future, and the expectation, per league sources, is for Bickerstaff to be around long term. He’s established meaningful relationships throughout the locker room and has cultivated a culture that the organization believes is sustainable, given the team’s youth.