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NEW YORK — Coaches who lead rebuilding teams must find a tricky balance — weighing the needs of the future against the present. They’re paid to win, but also to develop talent. Many nights, those goals are in open conflict. Most of this season, the Detroit Pistons have prioritized developing their young players. But on
The Pistons snapped a four-game losing streak in a much-needed 130-122 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday. It was a game of consistency from start to finish, which has been their Achilles Heel for the majority of this season. Detroit led by as many as 14, but the Nets cut the deficit to five
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons come away with a 130-122 win in Brooklyn on Thursday. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Saddiq Bey after he posts 25 points and 9 rebounds Thursday. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Jaden Ivey after he scores 16 to go along with 8 assists in Thursday’s win over the Nets. #DetroitBasketball
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Things appeared bleak for the Detroit Pistons entering Thursday. They had lost seven of their last eight games, including consecutive blowouts to the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. On Thursday, they were able to get the best of the road-weary Brooklyn Nets on the second night of a back-to-back.
Int he NBA, you’re not as bad, or good, as you looked the previous night. Every team wins in this league. Some (a lot) more than others but, over an 82-game season, you’re going to see good teams beat up on bad teams, and then bad teams surprise some good ones and beat ‘em. Sound
The Detroit Pistons will make their fourth trip to New York on the season for their second meeting with the Brooklyn Nets. The team from the Motor City enter the night looking to make amends for their pitiful 150-130 shellacking at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night. After giving up a season-high
Detroit — Pistons rookie Jalen Duren is coming off his 10th double-double of the season and a career-high 23 points and 15 rebounds in Monday’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. He’s the youngest player with a 20-point, 10-rebound game in franchise history and the youngest player in NBA history with at least 23 points, 15
National games are when Pistons fans, dying of thirst wandering the desert of irrelevance, can finally witness some quality basketball. Is that the case tonight? Well, even a game that is potentially missing both Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant will serve up much more talent than the Pistons can throw on the floor. Durant, of
The Detroit Pistons have two prime trade candidates in Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks. Both veterans have been among the NBA’s best scorers in their respective roles. In some eyes, they’re luxuries on a rebuilding Pistons team that may be better served bottoming out for Victor Wembanyama, rather than hanging onto two players who could
In the few days off last week before a two-game road trip to Cleveland and Detroit when it appeared Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton would return to the Milwaukee Bucks after protracted absences, head coach Mike Budenholzer was asked if it felt like his team was getting a reset at about the halfway point of
Detroit — It was one of the most anticipated seasons in recent memory for the Pistons, after an exciting NBA draft and an offseason full of trades to bolster the roster. The buzz around the franchise seemingly increased the expectation level for fans overnight, despite the team’s 23-win campaign last season. Still, the Pistons, beaming