They also came across the nets around Christmas, and the Pistons still had no way to find an answer. Although ace guard Cade Cunningham scored 41 points, including 37 points in the second half, we the Pistons could still win. Pistons’ losing streak.By 27 games, he set a new NBA single-season losing streak record.
In the last 8 minutes and 10 seconds of the fourth quarter, Cade Cunningham hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc, giving the Pistons a 5-point lead.
Starting from the final 2 minutes and 55 seconds of the fourth quarter, Cunningham scored 10 points in two minutes, helping the Pistons come back from 8 points behind to just 2 points away.
Cunningham, who only scored 4 points in the first half, exploded in the second half, showing a strong desire to help the team end the losing streak, However, from the above process, it can be seen that the Pistons have suddenly collapsed again in this regard. Cunningham helped the Pistons take the lead After that, the Pistons were outscored 16:3 by the nets and trailed. Then Cunningham turned the tide and chased points. this time. After Cunningham scored a layup in the last 58 seconds of the game, the Nets In the counterattack, Dorian Finney-Smith hit a three-pointer from the right baseline, extending the lead to 5 points in the last 38 seconds of the game. After the Pistons called time out, Alec Burks missed a three pointer, even though he used dirty tactics to try to kill it. It was a desperate situation, but there was no way to save it. In the end, the Pistons lost to the Nets again 112:118 in two games in four days.
This was the Pistons’ 28th loss of the season, and it was also the Pistons’ 27th consecutive loss in one season, setting an NBA record. The record was a miserable 2-28. When Burks missed the three-pointer, the rest of the dead ball period was complete. The audience once again shouted “Sell the Team” to express their internal dissatisfaction, but they could not reverse the moment when the Pistons wrote an infamous NBA record.
Originally, the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history was the 26-game losing streak shared by the Cleveland Cavaliers and Philadelphia 76ers. The Cavaliers lost 26 games in a row between December 20, 2010 and February 11, 2011, seven games in a row Six people tied this negative record between January 31 and March 29, 2014. After the Pistons lost this game , they set a new NBA single-season losing streak record. The single-season losing streak record is the Sixers’ 18-game losing streak at the end of the 2014–15 season combined with the 10-game losing streak at the start of the 2015–16 season, accumulating 28 consecutive losses across the season. The Pistons are currently just one step away from this record.
Among the four major professional sports in North America, MLB’s longest losing streak was the Louisville Colonels’ 26-game losing streak in 1889. Taking modern baseball as an example, it was the Philadelphia Phillies’ 23-game losing streak in the 1961 season. The longest losing streak is the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabers lost 18 games. As for the only one the Pistons haven’t surpassed, it’s the 29-game losing streak of the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals (currently the predecessor to the Arizona Cardinals).
The Pistons welcomed back starting center Jalen Duren from injury and the Pistons took a 9-1 lead in the first three minutes, forcing the Nets to call an early timeout. The Pistons were actually able to hold a double digit lead in the first quarter, but as soon as the replacements came on the court, the Nets went ahead step by step. With 7 minutes and 03 seconds left in the second quarter, he hit Mikal Bridges jumper and the Nets took the lead for the first time in the game, the two teams went into a tug of war for more than three minutes. and Cameron Johnson.
The Nets once extended their lead to double digits in the third quarter, but Cunningham, who was relatively quiet in the first half, took the lead in the third quarter with 18 points in a single quarter, helping the Pistons to tighten the tip and even. Cunningham continued this firepower into the fourth quarter after hitting a three pointer with 8 minutes and 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Cunningham led the Pistons to a 12:2 offensive lead, but the Nets responded with 16:3 After the offensive lead, the Pistons never took the lead again.
Cunningham, who worked hard, scored 37 points in the second half, finishing with 41 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Duren, who returned to the team, also had 12 points and 15 rebounds. Bojan Bogdanovic provided 23 points of fire support before fouling out and leaving the game, but still unable to help the Pistons prevent the loss. , Cunningham scored tremendously in the second half of this game, recording the second highest scoring game of this season and of his career. the firepower of the Nets team, with a total of 6 people scoring in double digits. The Nets were led by Johnson with 24 points and Mikal Bridges with 21 points. Next, Cam Thomas scored 17 points, Claxton and Day’Ron Sharpe each had 11 points and 11 rebounds, and DFS, who scored three key pointers, also had 11 points.
Before the Christmas break, the Pistons had just lost to the Nets 115:126. At that time, they had to spend the holidays in a slump that was just one step away from the single season losing streak record, which made the team feel Cunningham said in an interview that he knew the team needed make changes, he can’t lose the same way day after day There must be a new strategy for every new game The Pistons really changed in this game because they welcomed Duren back to the team But Marvin was Bagley III, whose performance was not bad a while ago, was benched for the entire game because he lost his starting position as a center. Scheduling couldn’t help the Pistons win today.
After playing two games against the Nets, the Pistons are even less optimistic about their next game. Two days later, they will move to Boston to face the Celtics, the current leader of the Eastern Conference. If they lose again, they will tie the NBA multi-season losing streak record. The game is on December 30th, US time The Pistons will return to their home court to face the Raptors. the four major North American professional sports, but will also lose for two months in a row. Blas, write another embarrassing history of the NBA.
For the Pistons, this whole fall came too suddenly. Although they may not have been an immediate contender this season and were already at the bottom of the league last season, they never expected they wouldn’t be. n able to earn for almost two months. Coach Williams only came to the Pistons this season. He is only in the first year of a six year high paying coaching contract. It is unrealistic to cut people in the short term. It depends can the Pistons find any solution in We can only get out of this sluggish losing streak as soon as possible by holding on to our hope.
Further reading:
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“2023-24 Season Inaugural Analysis” Detroit Pistons – The record can’t get any worse, right? !
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