A game at noon? What a perfect way to really get your Saturday going. The Detroit Pistons will look for their second straight win over the Boston Celtics and to have the first three-game winning streak of the season. The Pistons will look to their bench to provide the energy, defense and rebounding that have
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Cade Cunningham’s offensive bag is deep. He can post up smaller defenders and move bigger defenders out of the way with a bump from his shoulder. He is comfortable with his pull-up jumper and stepback 3-pointers and can operate from midrange. We’ve seen him take over games, and he’s already proven he can be a go-to player in clutch
A noon game on a Saturday in February is weird. Matinee games happen, but they are typically reserved for days like MLK Day or Sundays. The Pistons entered the All Star Break on a high note after beating the Boston Celtics and have exited the break with a win over the Cavaliers on Thursday. Granted,
Cade Cunningham’s offensive bag is deep. He can post up smaller defenders and move bigger defenders out of the way with a bump from his shoulder. He is comfortable with his pull-up jumper and stepback 3-pointers and can operate from midrange. We’ve seen him take over games, and he’s already proven he can be a go-to player in clutch
Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Ray Scott was a 12-year-old who would shovel snow off the asphalt courts with his buddies like Bill Cosby and Wilt Chamberlain and then make his way to the Philadelphia Convention Hall to see his hometown Warriors. “It was magical — absolutely!” Scott said. Scott’s NBA dreams in Philly
Detroit — Hamidou Diallo had an eyebrow-raising stretch during the first quarter of Thursday night’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Diallo hit three 3-pointers in the final three minutes, scoring nine of the Pistons’ final 13 points of the period. It’s not so surprising that he’d have a chunk of points in a short time
As the season’s unofficial second half gets underway, the Detroit Pistons are going to struggle to thread the needle in addressing two priorities. They must allow their current core players to continue to play together and build chemistry, and they also must use these last two dozen games to dust off some little-used pieces and
A few minutes before the halftime buzzer, Cade Cunningham and Marvin Bagley III pulled off one of the best fastbreaks of the season for the Detroit Pistons. Cunningham lost Cleveland Cavaliers guard Rajon Rondo with a behind-the-back dribble and lobbed the ball to Bagley, who completed the play with a left-handed dunk. The play stood
A few minutes before the halftime buzzer, Cade Cunningham and Marvin Bagley III pulled off one of the best fastbreaks of the season for the Detroit Pistons. Cunningham lost Cleveland Cavaliers guard Rajon Rondo with a behind-the-back dribble and lobbed the ball to Bagley, who completed the play with a left-handed dunk. The play stood
Detroit — John Beilein has a new happy place. It’s not pacing sidelines and yelling at officials in the Big Ten or in the NBA. It’s not crisscrossing the country pursuing five-star recruits. It’s not at Crisler Center on Michigan’s campus continuing the legacy he built there as the school’s all-time winningest coach. Beilein has
Detroit — The Pistons came out of the All-Star break the same way they went into it — with a win. It wasn’t just a nail-biter, but another win over a playoff-bound team that didn’t match the Pistons down the stretch. In the previous game, it was the Boston Celtics. This time it was the
The game appeared to be under control. A 3-pointer by Rodney McGruder extended the Detroit Pistons‘ lead to 11 over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 97-86, midway through the fourth quarter. The Pistons had led for most of the fourth quarter, and were pulling away with a 17-4 run. But the Cavs made the game interesting, using a late
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons win their second straight game over an Eastern Conference contender. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Marvin Bagley III after he scores 16 of the Pistons’ 53 bench points Thursday. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Hamidou Diallo after he posts 21 points and 6 rebounds off the bench to help the Pistons top the Cavaliers on Thursday. #DetroitBasketball
It was either stealthy tanking or bad basketball. Maybe both. The Detroit Pistons led the Cleveland Cavaliers by 10 points late on Monday at Little Caesars Arena. After knocking off the Boston Celtics in the last game before the NBA All-Star break, it looked like the Pistons were on their way to another win over
Isiah Thomas still finds ways to fire shots at his longtime rival, Michael Jordan, by declaring LeBron James the eventual GOAT in basketball. Isiah Thomas made the coveted NBA75 list alongside LeBron James and Michael Jordan, but Thomas only considers one of them to be basketball’s GOAT — and it isn’t Jordan. Thomas joined ESPN’s
Jevon Carter, who was recently released by the Nets in order to sign Goran Dragic, plans to sign with the Bucks after he clears waivers. It’s the second time the Bucks will have scooped up an ex-Nets player who was cut in the past few weeks, as the same thing happened with DeAndre’ Bembry following
The Cleveland Cavaliers are finally back. And this time, they’re back without LeBron James at the helm. The Detroit Pistons are chasing what the Cavaliers have achieved, success with a young core that has lead to not moral wins, but tangible wins in the standings. Cleveland rebuilt the right way. They finally got it right.
The dog days of the season have arrived for the rebuilding Detroit Pistons. The team enjoyed its weekend off because of the All-Star break, and Cade Cunningham, Isaiah Stewart and Saddiq Bey delivered noteworthy performances during the Rising Stars Challenge. The Pistons (13-45) have the league’s second-worst record, and Dwane Casey’s staff will focus on evaluating its young