We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons fall to the Nets in Brooklyn on Sunday 117-91. #ItsMillerTime
New York — Winning streaks haven’t been easy for the Pistons to come by in the past couple of seasons. They only had one last year and two the previous season. After Saturday’s victory over the Orlando Magic, their first of the season, the Pistons had a chance for a win streak, their first since
Even on the best of nights, the odds the Detroit PIstons are going to get the best of a team like the Brooklyn Nets are pretty low. Add in the Pistons being on the second night of a back-to-back, being without Cade Cunningham and with Brooklyn starting to figure things out on offense. Detroit was
The Detroit Pistons put together their best shooting night of the season on Sunday. It wasn’t nearly enough to keep up with a lights-out night by the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets shot a scorching 65.3% overall, and 52% from 3, to hand the Pistons a 117-91 loss on the second night of a back-to-back. Kevin
Pacers swingman Caris LeVert made his season debut on Saturday after a stress fracture sidelined him during training camp. LeVert learned a lot from the way he was thrown into the deep end last season following his return from a kidney surgery in March 2021, writes Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files. After just one post-surgery practice,
New York — The first question in Saturday’s pregame press conference for coach Dwane Casey was predictable: whether Cade Cunningham was going to make his NBA debut. “Yes, he’s good to go. Is that all you’ve got?” Casey joked. That encapsulates the anticipation for seeing Cunningham, who missed almost a month because of an ankle injury.
After making his NBA debut against the Orlando Magic on Saturday, Cade Cunningham will miss Sunday’s game. Cunningham (right ankle injury management) will sit out the second half of the Detroit Pistons’ home-road back-to-back when the team travels to Brooklyn to face the Nets. SHAWN WINDSOR: Cade Cunningham playing catch-up to NBA game, but breathes life
After securing their first win of the season against the Orlando Magic, the Detroit Pistons traveled east to Brooklyn and will look to build confidence against the preseason favorites. They do so with less fanfare than they brought to Little Caesars Arena the night before when number 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham debuted. Cunningham will
Cade Cunningham only scored two points in his NBA debut Saturday night, but he was happy to finally be on the court, writes Eric Woodyard of ESPN. A sprained ankle he suffered in training camp forced the overall No. 1 pick to miss the entire preseason and the Pistons‘ first four games. “I think it was
They came to see the debut of the franchise’s first No. 1 pick in half a century. No, Little Caesars Arena wasn’t sold out for Cade Cunningham. But it had life. Lots of life considering the Detroit Pistons were winless before Saturday night and had struggled, other than a late stretch against Philadelphia recently, to score. And to shoot,
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press Cade Cunningham emerged as the top prospect in this year’s NBA draft with his dynamic playmaking and pinpoint shooting. Those things were missing in his debut Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena. He didn’t mind too much. Cunningham was simply thrilled to suit up and contribute to the
Detroit — It’s not always going to be a storybook ending. Or even a storybook beginning. Pistons rookie Cade Cunningham didn’t have an auspicious debut in the NBA on Saturday night, going just 1-of-8 from the field and missing all five of his 3-point attempts. The numbers weren’t eye-popping, either: two points, seven rebounds and
Detroit — The waiting for Cade Cunningham is over, and so is the wait for the Pistons’ first victory of the season. Cunningham didn’t have gaudy numbers in his NBA debut, but the second unit helped end the Pistons’ four-game losing streak to start the season with a tough 110-103 victory over the Orlando Magic on
In one of the franchise’s most anticipated nights of the last decade, Cade Cunningham and company treated the home crowd to the team’s first win on the young season. The now 1-4 Detroit Pistons were able to capitalize on a weary Orlando Magic team, who were coming off a hard-fought game against Toronto the night
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons beat the Magic 110-103 Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Kelly Olynyk after he comes off the bench to score 18 in the Pistons’ first victory of the season. #DetroitBasketball
Detroit — The mystery is over. Cade Cunningham is making his NBA debut on Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena. Coach Dwane Casey confirmed before the game that Cunningham, the Pistons’ No. 1 overall pick, will play against the Orlando Magic. It’s a long-awaited beginning for Cunningham, who missed most of training camp and the
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press Cade Cunningham’s delayed NBA debut didn’t go according to plan. The top pick in the 2021 draft was supposed to inject some life into the Detroit Pistons’ moribund offense. Cunningham fell into his own offensive malaise, but his teammates found their groove while he was resting during the
Detroit — The wait is over for Cade Cunningham. The search is also over for the Pistons’ first win. Cunningham made his NBA debut, and the Pistons’ second unit helped end their four-game losing streak to start the season, with a tough 110-103 victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena. Cunningham had a
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The wraps come off tonight. Cade Cunningham will make his NBA debut against the Orlando Magic at Little Caesars Arena. The top pick in the 2021 draft has missed the first four Detroit Pistons games due to an ankle injury. “He’s good to go,” coach Dwane Casey said. PISTONS