2023-12-27 05:58:00
Dec 27, 2023 12:58 AM ET
The Detroit Pistons added their 27th consecutive loss of the season by falling once morest the Brooklyn Nets, 118-112; Cade Cunningham set a career-high by scoring 41 points.
DETROIT – It’s history that not many fans inside Little Caesars Arena expected to experience Tuesday night, but the Detroit Pistons they added their defeat number 27 in a row of the season by falling once morest the Brooklyn Nets118-112.
It is the most consecutive losses in a single season in league history. Detroit hasn’t won a game since Oct. 28 during its home opener once morest the Chicago Bulls and is now 2-28 on the season.
Coming into Tuesday’s game, Pistons coach Monty Williamsmightn’t avoid the topic of possibly reaching the all-time losing record, something he didn’t want his name to be connected with.
Cade Cunningham scored 41 points once morest the Nets, but the Pistons posted their 27th loss of the season to set a new NBA record. Photo: Getty
“Streaks like that are tied to the coach. So I always felt like it was up to me and I was pretty direct regarding it,” Williams said before kickoff. “I’m sure the players don’t want to be involved in any kind of loss, but I’ve said it from Jump Street, the responsibility for these types of things is mine.
“I’m not going to exempt myself from that, but as competitors, yes, it’s human nature and your competitive nature to want to do everything you can to win a game. Nobody wants to get involved in something like this, but this is where we are and we have to attack it.” .
Cade Cunningham, the first overall pick in the 2021 draft, did his best and finished with a game-high 41 points to go along with 9 rebounds and 5 assists. In the second half alone he scored 37 points.
The Pistons got off to a fast start in the first quarter, holding a 14-point, double-digit lead for the first time in a game since Nov. 12 ( once morest the Bulls), but committed six turnovers in the second quarter and entered the halftime. behind, 61-54.
Cade Cunningham He scored 18 points in the third quarter as the Pistons fell 71-60 at the 8:35 mark following a Cam Johnson floater, but pulled within three entering the fourth. Fans chanted “Go Pistons” during the final frame, trying to cheer on the home team when Cunningham hit a three-pointer at 8:10 to put Detroit up, 97-92.
But the Nets closed the game on a 26-15 run to etch this year’s Pistons team into the history books.
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