The Detroit Pistons prolonged their historic shedding streak to 27 video games on Tuesday with a house loss to the Brooklyn Nets, and now stand alone with essentially the most consecutive defeats in a single NBA season. They’d been tied with the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers string of 26 defeats. Moreover, solely Thursday’s sport towards the NBA’s finest Celtics is separating the Pistons from matching the all-time streak of 28 video games, set by the Sixers on both aspect of the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Sarcastically, the Pistons really began the season effectively. They misplaced by only one level to the Miami Warmth on opening night time, then beat the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls, suggesting that maybe this may be the season that this younger roster confirmed its promise. As an alternative, it has spiraled uncontrolled, they usually’re now 2-28.
As their shedding streak nears the league’s all-time mark, here is a take a look at what has occurred on the planet of sports activities because the Pistons final gained a sport on Oct. 28.
1. Ja returns from suspension, already has extra wins than Pistons
The NBA suspended Grizzlies star Ja Morant for the primary 25 video games of the season after he flashed a gun on Instagram a number of occasions earlier this yr. His first sport again was on Dec. 19, when he hit a game-winner on the buzzer to beat the Pelicans. Since then, he is gone on to steer the Grizzlies to wins over the Pacers and Hawks. The Grizzlies are 4-0 with Morant within the lineup, and have twice as many wins within the final week because the PIstons have had all season.
2. Draymond drama
Inexperienced is at the moment suspended indefinitely after hitting Suns massive man Jusuf Nurkic within the face throughout their Dec. 12 assembly. That was the third time that the Warriors star has been ejected this season for violent acts and the second time he is been suspended. Beforehand, he had been tossed for, partially, shoving Donovan Mitchell into the stands on Nov. 11, and for placing Rudy Gobert in a chokehold on Nov. 15. He was suspended 5 video games after the Gobert incident. For the season, Inexperienced has extra ejections than the Pistons have wins.
3. KD strikes up a number of spots on scoring listing
Kevin Durant started the season in thirteenth place on the all-time scoring listing, and handed Hakeem Olajuwon within the Suns’ second sport of the season. That was really on Oct. 26, simply previous to the Pistons’ most up-to-date win. Nonetheless, Durant hasn’t stopped there. Since then he has moved up two extra spots into tenth, passing Elvin Hayes and Moses Malone within the course of. For the season, he is moved up extra spots than the PIstons have wins.
4. Your entire In-Season Match
The NBA’s inaugural IST started on Nov. 3 with the primary day of group stage video games, and concluded on Dec. 9 with the Lakers’ win over the Pacers within the championship sport in Las Vegas. The Pistons, in fact, didn’t handle a win throughout that complete five-week stretch and had been 0-4 of their IST group play video games with some extent differential of minus-45.
5. The Detroit Lions have gained six video games
Detroit’s sporting historical past is sadly affected by ignominious information, together with the Lions’ 0-16 season in 2008, which stays the one time an NFL team has gone winless because the schedule was expanded to 16 video games. The Lions, although, are not the town’s punching bag. They’ve clinched first place within the NFC North at 11-4, and will probably be heading again to the playoffs for the primary time since 2016. Six of these wins have come because the final Pistons’ win, which, in fact, is unimaginable since they solely play as soon as every week.
6. The Rangers gained their closing three World Sequence video games
Shifting to baseball, the Rangers gained their first championship in franchise historical past final season, defeating the Diamondbacks in 5 video games. Their closing three wins within the World Sequence got here on Oct. 30, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Thus, not solely have the Rangers gained a sport extra just lately than the Pistons regardless of their season ending 53 days in the past, they’ve extra wins in that span than the Pistons have all season.
7. The Dodgers have spent over $1 billion in free company
The Pistons’ shedding streak has been occurring so lengthy that baseball has shifted from the World Sequence to free company. The latter has been highlighted by the Dodgers’ unfathomable spending spree, which has surpassed the $1 billion mark with historic offers for Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
8. Caitlin Clark has scored 397 factors
The 2023-24 NCAA faculty basketball season did not tip-off till Nov. 6, 9 days after the Pistons gained their final sport. Since then, Iowa star Caitlin Clark, the reigning Naismith Participant of the Yr, has poured in 397 factors over 13 video games to maneuver as much as seventh place on the all-time scoring listing. She’s recorded two triple-doubles alongside the way in which, giving her as many triple-doubles because the Pistons have wins this season.
9. 20 college football bowl video games have been performed
The final time the Pistons gained a sport, it was nonetheless the center of college football’s common season. Since Oct. 28, the common season has come and went, convention championship video games had been performed, the Heisman Trophy was handed out to LSU’s Jayden Daniels and bowl season has kicked off. Thus far there have been 20 bowl video games performed, with 22 nonetheless to come back, together with the nationwide championship on Jan. 8. What number of will probably be accomplished earlier than the Pistons win once more?
10. Connor Bedard has scored 10 targets
Bedard was the No. 1 general decide within the 2023 NHL Draft, and entered the league with immense hype that he has to date lived as much as for the Blackhawks. He has 30 factors in 33 video games to steer all rookies, together with 10 targets because the Pistons’ final win. Probably the most spectacular of which got here on Saturday, when he scored a lacrosse-style purpose from behind the online whereas the Pistons had been shedding to the Nets.
