Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons dropped their third straight game, a 105-96 loss to the Orlando Magic, on Sunday night at Amway Center. The offense is struggling with some open shots that aren’t falling, and their defense didn’t do much to slow down Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic (37 points) and Evan Fournier (29 points).
We hear from coach Dwane Casey following the Pistons’ 105-96 loss to te Magic. #ItsMillerTime
In its first game without Delon Wright for the next couple weeks, the Detroit Pistons missed his steadying presence. Dennis Smith, Jr. started in his place and struggled mightily outside of a couple perimeter shots sunk in a 30-second burst. His signature athleticism continues to be more theoretical than functional, which isn’t terribly surprising given
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Remember when the Pistons went through a couple of games where they only had one center available? That was a shaky time with rookie Isaiah Stewart starting for a couple of games because Mason Plumlee had elbow bursitis. The Pistons might be going through a similar situation at point guard. Rookie
Dwane Casey has the Detroit Pistons sitting at a record of 8-21 heading into tonight’s game against the Orlando Magic. Along the way, the Pistons have said goodbye to their two big-name veterans in Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin. They lost seventh overall pick, Killian Hayes, after a hip injury in the seventh game of
Pistons point guard Delon Wright will be out of action with a Grade 2 strain to his right groin, tweets James Edwards III of The Athletic. His condition will be re-evaluated in two weeks. Wright, who suffered the injury in Friday’s game, is averaging 10.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists after being acquired from
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Detroit Pistons guard Delon Wright suffered a grade 2 right groin strain against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, the team announced Sunday. The injury occurred during the fourth quarter, when Wright grimaced while running back on defense after hitting a 3-pointer.
Rod Beard | The Detroit News The news on the injury front keeps getting worse for the Pistons. After losing starting point guard Killian Hayes to a torn labrum in his right hip early in the season, the Pistons are will be without his replacement for a while. Delon Wright sustained a grade-2 right groin strain in
The Detroit Pistons will continue their southern trip tonight visiting non-Michigan fans around the States. After stopover in Tennessee (hi,revken) two days ago, they head to Orlando (howdy, ScottFL) to play another game against Magic. But Scott and rest of us might get to see the team not at full steam as it’ll probably play
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press The NBA announced the final results of the 2021 All-Star vote on Thursday, and Jerami Grant was one of the top vote-getters in the Eastern Conference. His 427,925 fan votes and 34 votes from his fellow players gave him a ninth-place finish among frontcourt players. But he wasn’t voted
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons have already had one point guard suffer a non-contact lower body injury this season. They’re still awaiting Killian Hayes’ return, after the rookie tore his labrum in his right hip Jan. 4. He won’t be reevaluated until late March. So when Delon Wright winced and motioned
The fans have spoken. In a Detroit News poll with 1,057 votes, Detroit-area sports fans picked the Tigers to edge out the Lions as the local team most likely to finally compete for a championship and break the long drought of the four rebuilding franchises. ►Tigers: 33.43% ►Lions: 32.96% ►Pistons: 19.46% ►Red Wings: 14.15% The
Rod Beard | The Detroit News In their last loss, the Pistons gave up a 25-point lead in the second half. Against the Memphis Grizzlies, they got the opening basket and never led after that, falling into an early deficit. They had a hard time getting out. BOX SCORE: Grizzlies 109, Pistons 95 The Pistons closed
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons played from behind all night and lost to the Grizzlies 109-95. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Saddiq Bey after he has another solid night: 14 points, including four more 3-pointers. #DetroitBasketball
February 19th 2021 at 9:59pm CST by Dana Gauruder Hornets star forward Gordon Hayward practiced in full on Friday and is listed as probable to play against Golden State on Saturday, Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer tweets. Hayward missed last Saturday’s loss to San Antonio with lower back discomfort. The Hornets haven’t played since
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Basketball is a game of runs, as the saying goes. And for the second straight game, the Detroit Pistons were on the wrong side of one. The Pistons (8-21) lost Friday to the Memphis Grizzlies on the road, 109-95. After losing a 25-point lead to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, Detroit trailed by 21
Your Detroit Pistons lost to the Memphis Grizzlies, 109-95. Ja Morant led the way for the Grizzlies, pouring in 29 points. Detroit had six players in double-figures, but no one hit 20 points, and the team as a whole shot only 41 percent from the floor and 31 percent from three on the night. The
How can the Detroit Pistons rebound after an epic collapse against the Chicago Bulls? How will Jerami Grant deliver after a career-high 43 points in the loss to the Bulls? Ja Morant is coming off a triple-double in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, but he was just 4-of-14 from the floor. Will he
Rod Beard | The Detroit News In many ways, it’s crazy to think that Pistons forward Jerami Grant is even a serious candidate to be an All-Star. That’s not a knock on Grant at all; rather, it’s a commentary on how far he’s come this season in advancing his career, a bet on himself in free