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Jalen Duren is expected to miss two weeks with a sprained left ankle, as first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. Duren rolled his ankle late in the fourth quarter during the Pistons 116-102 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, their 18th loss in a row. He appeared in immediate pain as he quickly grabbed

The Detroit Pistons’ epic losing streak is going to come to an end someday. Tonight was a good night for it. The struggling Memphis Grizzlies — sans Ja Morant, Steven Adams, Luke Kenner and Marcus Smart — arrived at Little Caesars Arena and looked like the Pistons’ best chance at that much, much, much, much

The Pistons and Grizzlies have both been bad this season. The reasons for each team being bad are somewhat similar, as both teams have been plagued by injuries in the early parts of the season. The Grizzlies also have to deal with the suspension of Ja Morant, which has caused even more issues for them.

The NBA G League announced today that Motor City Cruise head coach Jamelle McMillan was named Coach of the Month for November. He led the team to a 4-0 start, the best in the organization’s early history. The team went 6-2 overall throughout the month. In his first year as head coach, his team has

The Detroit Pistons are a bad basketball team. I think we can all agree on that. Even the team itself has been extremely open about how it is not meetings its own expectations, and voiced issues with an inability to handle adversity, to lock in on both ends, and to put players in optimal situations

The Detroit Pistons welcome Bojan Bogdanovic back to the lineup, and he greeted his teammates with a 22-point performance, including three three-pointers. Alas, it wasn’t enough to end the Pistons’ franchise-record losing streak, as they fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-101. While Bojan delivered exactly as expected, the Pistons still have glaring deficiencies. They couldn’t

The Detroit Pistons radically remade its starting lineup Thursday against the New York Knicks in an effort to end the team’s 15-game losing streak. They started Isaiah Livers and Killian Hayes in place of rookie Ausar Thompson and Jaden Ivey. It didn’t work. They lost 118-112. But they did look a bit more functional, and

The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast is your home for fan-driven Pistons content. Hosted by Wes Davenport, from Motor City Hoops and producer of the Pistons Pulse Podcast, and Blake Silverman, DBB’s resident draft expert. The guys bring a reasoned analysis to a uniquely interactive show. After a tough 112 – 118 loss to the

What started as one of the most bizarre and frustrating games of the Detroit Pistons’ bizarre and frustrating season ended as one of the more normal games of the season. Monty Williams changed up the starting lineup, played guys who hadn’t seen the floor in several games and tried a bit of everything, but ultimately,

For a guy who has sat through 15 years of mediocrity and has endured nearly every game of the past four years of tanking, I’ve had a hard time dragging myself to the couch lately to endure yet another hair-pulling Detroit Pistons loss. Obviously, I am frustrated — all Pistons fans are. However, I am

The Detroit Pistons top scorer from a year ago, and the one player who could be most critical to helping the team end its franchise-record 15-game losing streak, could be nearing a return. Bojan Bogdanovic, who averaged 21.6 points and shot 41% from three on six attempts per game one season ago, is nearing his

When Troy Weaver arrived in 2020, the Detroit Pistons general manager said with pride, “this isn’t a rebuild — it’s a restoring.” “There’s been greatness here,” Weaver told media in his virtual introductory press conference. “The Motor City deserves a consistent winner back on the floor.” He was right. There has been greatness here, and,

The Detroit Pistons were never going to beat the Los Angeles Lakers. From the opening tip, the Pistons never had it. They fell behind early, then they fell behind by more, and then even more. They shot it poorly, they defended worse. D’Angelo Russell made them look like the Motor City Cruise, stunting on them

The Pistons were supposed to be entering this game on a 1-game winning streak. Instead, they have hit rock bottom and there isn’t an end in site. This is like when scientists thought they found the bottom of the ocean, only to find another trench that goes thousands of feet deeper. We have officially entered

The Detroit Pistons are down bad, matching a franchise record with 14 consecutive losses and the calendar hasn’t even hit December yet. They are coming off of a players only meeting, got blown out by the previously two-win Washington Wizards, and they have no answers to how they can get out of the rut they

The Detroit Pistons were run off the floor by the Washington Wizards 126-107 in a battle of the only two-win teams remaining in the NBA. Washington entered on a nine-game losing streak while Detroit stretches its losing streak to 14 games. The worst part for Detroit is that it was blindingly obvious who the better

I think this is the first and only time you will be able to say this, but this is a must win game that the Pistons should not have any issues with winning. The Pistons may not be a better team than the Wizards, if anything it is a wash, but they are at home

The Motor City Cruise continue to roll, off to a 5-1 start after beating the Cleveland Charge 101-92 Friday. The win followed the team’s first and only loss thus far in the early season which came on the road at the hands of the Indiana Mad Ants. Pistons two-way player Jared Rhoden is on a

The Detroit Pistons had ample opportunity to end their double-digit losing streak Monday when they were able to hold their own against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, but couldn’t capitalize when the MVP got himself ejected, eventually falling 107-103. Detroit has had four days to lick its wounds and enjoy the holiday with family.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast, your home for fan-driven Pistons content! Hosted by Wes Davenport, from Motor City Hoops and producer of the Pistons Pulse Podcast, and Blake Silverman, DBB’s resident draft expert. The guys bring a reasoned analysis to a uniquely interactive show. Our Pistons have lost 12 games in