MILWAUKEE — Judging solely from their performance against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, one probably wouldn’t have guessed the Detroit Pistons were coming off of a month filled with adversity. They had eight players — including their first overall pick, Cade Cunningham — enter health and safety protocols from Dec. 22 until Dec. 26. A ninth
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The mass COVID-19 outbreak has forced teams across the NBA to get a close look at various players on 10-day hardship deals. Some teams like the Detroit Pistons are using these hardship contracts to give G-League players an opportunity while other teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks are bringing in veterans, like former
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons beat the world-champion Bucks for the first time since February 2018. #ItsMillerTime
MILWAUKEE — Saddiq Bey delivered one of the best moments of his young career Saturday night, knocking down a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime to give a depleted Detroit Pistons team a win over the San Antonio Spurs — their second win since Nov. 17. Flanked with a much healthier roster, Bey followed up with the best game
We hear from Josh Jackson after he shows no rust Monday, coming off the bench to score 24, including 5 3-pointers. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Saddiq Bey after he puts up career-highs in points (34) and 3-pointers (8) in Monday’s upset win over the Bucks. #DetroitBasketball
It feels like it’s been 16 years since the Detroit Pistons last beat the Milwaukee Bucks. For Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co., beating the Pistons has looked as easy as pie over the past four seasons. The Bucks have throttled them in the regular season. They’ve done it in the postseason. Basically, when Milwaukee and Detroit
Milwaukee — It was a night of firsts for the Pistons. It was the first game back for six Pistons players who had been in COVID protocols, including Cade Cunningham, Josh Jackson and Trey Lyles, for most of the past two weeks. More than that, after a spirited performance that featured outstanding ball movement and
The NBA has announced the rescheduling of the 11 games postponed in December due to COVID-19 issues, listing the changes in a press release. Additionally, eight other scheduled games have been shifted to accommodate the postponements. A pair of others have been shifted to new starting times. Most notably, Kyle Lowry‘s return to Toronto will
By Dan Gelston | Associated Press Philadelphia — The Houston Rockets suspended guard Kevin Porter Jr. and former Pistons forward Christian Wood for Monday’s game against Philadelphia for conduct detrimental to the team. Wood is Houston’s leading scorer at 16.8 points. He and Porter both had meltdowns in a loss Saturday to Houston and neither player played in
Milwaukee — The Pistons are making room for a postponed game from last month. The NBA announced Monday that the league is shuffling the schedule to add the games that were missed because of COVID postponements in December. The Pistons have two games that are affected, with their game at the Chicago Bulls being moved
The NBA rescheduled the 11 games it postponed in December due to a league-wide COVID-19 outbreak, and it led to two changes on the Detroit Pistons’ calendar. The Pistons’ road game against the Chicago Bulls, scheduled for Dec. 12, will now be played on Jan. 11. Detroit’s home game on Jan. 12 against the Phoenix
The Pistons are back. Well, sort of. Like almost everyone else, they’ve been trying to keep their players and staff out of COVID protocols and still continue business as usual. It hasn’t been easy, and just holding practices in person has been a challenge. It’s stalled what already was a difficult season, but things will
The Pistons aren’t likely to make a series of major moves at this year’s trade deadline, but Jerami Grant looks increasingly like a candidate to be on the move, according to James L. Edwards III of The Athletic, who hears from sources that contending teams are “routinely calling” Detroit to inquire on the veteran forward.
Coming off (arguably) their most exciting win of the season, the Detroit Pistons hit the road for a game against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks. The best part about it? They look like they might finally be getting healthy. The Pistons assigned Cassius Stanley, Deividas Sirvydis and Trayvon Palmer to the Motor City Cruise on
We are only 34 games into the 2021-22 season, but it’s already been quite the tumultuous start for the Detroit Pistons. The losses were inevitable, but the way many of them have come has discouraged the fanbase. Many games have not been competitive. Injuries have stunted some development. Second-year players have struggled to make the
Over the past 7-10 days, I have continually tried to look at the “silver lining” with so many Detroit Pistons players out due to either Covid-19 health and safety protocols or working their way back from injury. Again, I want to wish all of the best and HEALTH to those players and everyone dealing with
Milwaukee — The Pistons’ bout with COVID issues looks to be turning around, and they finally could be getting some players back from the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, Trey Lyles, Saben Lee, Rodney McGruder and Josh Jackson no longer appear on the injury report, after their designation had shifted from
Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about your 6-28 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Hami and Saddiq stepping up in the face of multiple players in Health and Safety protocols, who – if anyone – called up from the Motor City
Things have been different for Hamidou Diallo ever since he put on the mask. On Dec. 8, two days after Diallo suffered a face fracture and had to be fitted for a mask, he played a then-season high 29 minutes and scored an energetic 12 points off of the bench in a competitive overtime loss