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Winning hasn’t come easy for the Detroit Pistons this season. But they made it look that way Wednesday. The Pistons used a 27-6 third-quarter run to take control  and blow out the Atlanta Hawks at Little Caesars Arena, 122-101. It’s their biggest winning margin of the season. Detroit took the lead for good with 10:22

Nov. 30, 2021 was Chauncey Billups’ first time in the head coach’s chair against his former team but this week’s matchup was a little different. Billups, a Detroit Pistons legend who earned a NBA Finals MVP and three All-Star berths with the franchise from 2002-08, was hired as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers last

Nov. 30, 2021 was Chauncey Billups’ first time in the head coach’s chair against his former team but this week’s matchup was a little different. Billups, a Detroit Pistons legend who earned a NBA Finals MVP and three All-Star berths with the franchise from 2002-08, was hired as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers last

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Cary Junior II • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys have plenty to say about the big scoring nights from Saddiq Bey and Jerami Grant in the last few days. They also dig deeper into

A severely depleted Portland Trail Blazers team team nearly embarrassed the Detroit Pistons at home on Monday. Instead, they had to settle for a close win. Without Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, Jusuf Nurkic, Josh Hart and several other rotation players, a rag-tag group of Blazers players built a 23-point lead over the Pistons early in

CLEVELAND — The NBA Rookie of the Year award has typically favored the highest-scoring rookie. This year’s race is challenging that notion. The Detroit Pistons‘ own Cade Cunningham, by any measurement, has a Rookie of the Year-worthy resume. He leads all rookies in scoring (16.9 points per game), is second in assists (5.4), fourth in

CLEVELAND — The Detroit Pistons were cruising. An alley-oop lob from Cade Cunningham to Marvin Bagley III gave the Pistons an 80-68 lead late in the third quarter. But the Cavaliers used a 24-4 run second-half to take control of the game, and eventually had the Pistons a 113-109 loss on Saturday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

ORLANDO — Dave Bing needs no introduction, but here’s a quick recap: He’s one of the greatest Detroit Pistons of all time, making six All-Star games with the organization from 1966-75, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990 and named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996. Bing is

ORLANDO, Fla. — To understand Saddiq Bey’s career 51-point night, you have to look back at a handful of games he played for the Detroit Pistons leading up to it. Following a hot stretch that saw Bey score at least 20 points threshold in 11 of 18 games, Bey went cold. Entering Thursday’s match against

ORLANDO, Fla. With eight seconds to play before halftime, Saddiq Bey received the ball after an offensive rebound and drained a high-arcing midrange jumper over Ignas Brazdeikis’ outstretched arm. He then stole the inbounds pass from Mo Bamba, dumped it off to Cory Joseph and received the ball back. Everyone in Amway Center knew Bey was

March Madness tips off in earnest on Thursday, when Colorado State takes on  Michigan basketball shortly after noon. It’s an exciting time for college basketball fans and NBA diehards eager to see how the next group of stars perform under the lights. The Detroit Pistons, 18-51 and owners of the third-best odds in the NBA draft lottery,

Dave Bing would like to clarify his position on rookie Cade Cunningham. Bing, a Detroit Pistons Hall of Famer who made seven All-Star games during his 12-year career from 1966-78 and was the mayor of the city from 2009-13, received some blowback from fans earlier this season after weighing in on Cunningham’s game. During a game Dec. 13

MIAMI — The Detroit Pistons haven’t been good this season, as their record indicates. But they’ve been even worse without their No. 1 pick. Cade Cunningham missed Tuesday’s road game against the Miami Heat with a non-COVID illness. The Heat, who own the best record in the Eastern Conference, appeared to have an straightforward win ahead

Detroit Pistons (18-50) vs. Miami Heat (45-24) When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Where: FTX Arena, Miami, Florida. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WWJ-AM 950 (Pistons radio affiliates). Slam dunk deal: Access our most exclusive sports content, like the stories linked below, by becoming a Free Press subscriber for $1. For more Pistons news: Download our free, easy-to-use mobile app on iPhone and Android! • Box score Game notes: The