Throughout the season, Nerlens Noel has been an emergency option for the Detroit Pistons. This week, though, he has been a starter, thanks to multiple injuries draining the Pistons’ depth up front. Noel turned back the clock Wednesday and played his best defensive game of the season. It energized the ailing Pistons to a rally
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons earn a nice bounce-back victory Wednesday. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Jaden Ivey after he posts 18 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds Wednesday. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Hamidou Diallo after his 18 points and 5 rebounds help the Pistons beat the Timberwolves 135-118 on Wednesday. #DetroitBasketball
Down several key rotation players and reeling from a 31-point blowout to the Philadelphia 76ers, the Detroit Pistons flew home in the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday in search of life. They found it against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Pistons cruised to one of their biggest wins of the season, 135-118, behind a
Detroit − Nerlens Noel rejected a shot by Taurean Prince that sparked a Pistons fast break, which set up a fast break led by Bojan Bogdanovic. Bogdanovic found Jaden Ivey inside the paint and the Pistons’ rookie dished a clean pass to a trailing Saddiq Bey for a two-handed dunk as he was fouled by
Superlatives abound when your team wins 135-118 and ends an opponent’s four-game winning streak. But the star of the game for the Detroit Pistons might have been a player who played just 21 minutes and scored two points. Little-used center Nerlens Noel was pressed into starting duty with injuries to Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart,
The Pistons were short-handed against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, but their effort was still abysmal. They couldn’t be bothered to play defense as the Pistons gave up a season-high 147 points, The Goin’ to Work Pistons cringe at that final score. Nobody expected the Pistons to beat a full strength 76ers team with the
We hear from coach Dwance Casey after his shorthanded Pistons lose 147-116 in Philadelphia on Tuesday. #DetroitBasketball
When the Detroit Pistons announced their starting lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, you knew it was going to be a rough night. Not only were the Pistons without their leading scorer in Bojan Bogdanovic, they were without their starting front court as Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart sat with assorted bumps and bruises.
After missing the 76ers’ trip to Little Caesars Arena on Sunday with left foot soreness, Joel Embiid returned for their rematch in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Unluckily for the Detroit Pistons, Embiid’s return coincided with an injury to their best defensive big man. Isaiah Stewart was a late scratch for Tuesday’s game with left shoulder soreness.
With three starters out of the Pistons’ lineup, there was little intrigue in the result of Tuesday’s rematch against the Philadelphia 76ers, and more so on how Detroit’s brand new starting lineup and rotations would operate. The Pistons were short-handed more than usual due to injuries to Bojan Bogdanovic (right calf soreness, Jalen Duren (right
With the season already halfway over, Johnny Kane and Grant long break down what the Pistons’ younger players need to do the rest of the season in order to make an impact.
Isiah Thomas, the former NBA and Indiana University star point guard, recently was a guest on The Pivot Podcast and spoke about a number of basketball greats, including Bobby Knight and Larry Bird. Thomas, who played two seasons for Knight at IU, told a number of stories for over an hour, including one about a