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
Victor Wembanyama seems to be the consensus No. 1 pick on almost every NBA Mock Draft. How will he fit with the teams who could win the draft lottery? Victor Wembanyama is a unique talent. A 7-foot-5 unicorn with elite shot-blocking potential who also handles the ball like a guard and can drain deep 3s
The Detroit Pistons, on paper, did everything necessary offensively to win Monday night. They scored 130 points, their fourth-highest total of the season, on 49.4% shooting and 40.6% from 3-point range. Bojan Bogdanovic had one of his best games of the season, scoring 33 points on just 15 shots, and rookies Jaden Ivey and Jalen
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DETROIT – Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday played just their sixth game together this season Monday evening at Little Caesar’s Arena and led the Milwaukee Bucks to a 150-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons. It was a season-high point total for the Bucks. With the victory, the Bucks improved to 30-17 and became
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons give up 49 first-quarter points and suffer a 150-130 loss to the Bucks on Monday. #DetroitBasketball
The Milwaukee Bucks are great. The Detroit Pistons are bad. Traveling home from Paris was hard. Killian Hayes and Isaiah Stewart were hurt. But the Pistons’ early effort in their 150-130 shellacking on Monday was unacceptable. There’s only one place to begin: the beginning of this god forsaken game. The Pistons, playing for the first
The game was over almost as soon as it began. The Milwaukee Bucks, who have a championship-caliber roster and one of the game’s most dominant players in Giannis Antetokounmpo, quickly put away a hobbled Detroit Pistons team that was missing not only Cade Cunningham, but several other core players as well Monday night. Killian Hayes
Detroit − Another poor defensive effort in the first half led to another disappointing loss for the Pistons. Last week, it was against the Chicago Bulls in Paris. This time, it was against the Milwaukee Bucks inside Little Caesars Arena on a night when the team honored the life and legacy of the late Bob