Pistons attempt to keep away from twenty seventh straight loss and a brand new NBA single-season document Tuesday towards Nets
DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons received’t deny it. They are absolutely conscious of the undesirable historical past they’ve been tumbling towards for 2 months.
“I could sit here and say I don’t think about it,” coach Monty Williams mentioned. “I mean, it’s in my face.”
And if the Pistons can’t bat it away Tuesday night time, they may personal the longest single-season dropping streak in NBA historical past.
Detroit can be making an attempt to keep away from its twenty seventh straight loss when it hosts the Brooklyn Nets within the again finish of a home-and-home collection.
The Nets beat the Pistons 126-115 on Saturday in Brooklyn, handing Detroit its twenty sixth consecutive defeat. The Pistons matched the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers for essentially the most losses in a row inside one season.
Next up is the general document of 28 straight losses, set by the 76ers from late within the 2014-15 season via early 2015-16.
The Pistons obtained off to a 2-1 begin of their first season underneath Williams, however haven’t received since beating Chicago of their residence opener on Oct. 28.
The loss in Brooklyn was typical of the way in which many video games have gone for the Pistons. They performed nicely for two 1/2 quarters however finally their errors caught up with them, because the Nets scored 22 factors off Detroit turnovers.
“We continue to shoot ourselves in the foot,” heart Isaiah Stewart mentioned. “If we do that, we’re not going to really win any games doing that. We’re not that good enough to recover from those kinds of mistakes.”
If the Pistons don’t win Tuesday, it could possibly be powerful to finish the streak quickly. Their subsequent recreation is at Boston, which at 23-6 has the most effective document within the league. They host Toronto on Dec. 30 however then start a four-game street journey on New Year’s Day that ends with consecutive video games towards Golden State and Denver, the final two NBA champions.
Williams praised the way in which his gamers have saved combating even whereas not successful.
“Everybody feels down when you lose and you lost this many in a row, and you have to allow people to be human, but the way that they come back the next day is something that I am blown away by,” Williams mentioned.
“I’ve been around a lot of teams and not many teams have that type of resilience. Our guys don’t want to be a part of any losing streak, whatever, but every day they come back with focus and drive and grit trying to win a game.”
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