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The Pistons Pulse is brought to you by The Detroit Free Press and is co hosted by Bryce Simon of MotorCityHoops and Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Detroit Free Press. Omari and I bring you all the Detroit Pistons news, analysis and storylines from week three of the NBA season. We

The Detroit Pistons, coming out of halftime down 15, clamped down on defense and rediscovered some flow on offense to win Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, 112-103. Saddiq Bey led the Pistons with 25 points and 5 rebounds, Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and added 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and Jaden Ivey threw

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 2-8 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about the Bojan Bogdanovic extension, where the Pistons have been better (and worse) than they were last season through ten games, and what Cade Cunningham is

Hello DBB! Long time no see. I am excited to be returning to the Detroit Pistons Progress Reports this 2022-23 Season as we have seen so much already in just 10 games. I am excited to be joined by Data Driven Pistons Fan (@D_D_Pistons_Fan on Twitter) who has put together some awesome graphics around lineup

The Detroit Pistons have lost eight of nine games, but they are well-rested, healthier and have their best opportunity for a win until a Dec. 28 showdown against the Orlando Magic. After winning four straight, including an overtime thriller against the Dallas Mavericks, the Oklahoma City Thunder have dropped two with lopsided losses to the

The Detroit Pistons have brought the teal back in a big way this season with the return of their class 90s-era uniforms and custom court for select games, and now the team is giving away 33 pairs of custom teal sneakers in a partnership with DoorDash. Fans are eligible to win a pair of the

We are only nine games into the Detroit Pistons season and eight games into the young career of rookie Jaden Ivey. Giving any overarching takeaways from any aspect of his game would be unfair at this point but what we can do is take a look at the film and simply discuss what he has

Returning home from a combative road trip against the now 7-0 Milwaukee Bucks, the Detroit Pistons host another scorching hot division rival in the 6-1 Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs have gotten off to a dominant start, entering Little Caesars Arena on the back of six straight victories and the ranking in the top 7 for

The Milwaukee Bucks were determined to dominate the Detroit Pistons, and also determined to let the Pistons stay in the game much longer than they deserved. In the end, the Pistons faded and they lost 116-91. The Bucks defense keyed in on Cade Cunningham early and he struggled mightily in the first half. The Bucks

As a reward for Monday night’s valiant two-point loss, Detroit will face the 6-0 Milwaukee Bucks for the second time in three nights. This will mark the Pistons’ final outing as visitors against the Bucks, with the remaining two matchups scheduled for Little Caesars Arena in the new year. Following a pair of thrilling outings

Thursday nights on TNT on Tuesday nights continues to be a thing, and the night’s first matchup is not exactly the barnburner the schedule makers thought they were getting. The Chicago Bulls seem to be what every skeptic assumed — a cute story good but not good enough team after their flurry of acquisitions a

The Pistons Pulse is brought to you by The Detroit Free Press and is co hosted by Bryce Simon of MotorCityHoops and Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Detroit Free Press. Omari and I bring you all the Detroit Pistons news, analysis and storylines from week two of the NBA season. This

The Detroit Pistons fell to the Milwaukee Bucks, 110-108 on the second half of a back to back. Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and had 6 rebounds and 7 assists (and 5 turnovers), Bojan Bogdanovic scored 23 points, and Hamidou Diallo scored 13 points in long minutes off the bench for Detroit. Giannis Antetokounmpo led

The Detroit Pistons delivered a thrilling and thorough victory against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday in front of a raucous Little Caesars Arena. They didn’t get much time to celebrate, however, as they immediately travel to Milwaukee to face Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks on Halloween night. The Bucks are the only remaining undefeated

The Detroit Pistons delivered a thrilling and thorough victory against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday in front of a raucous Little Caesars Arena. They didn’t get much time to celebrate, however, as they immediately travel to Milwaukee to face Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks on Halloween night. The Bucks are the only remaining undefeated

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 1-5 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I go into how much we loved the decisive, aggressive version of Cade Cunningham we saw against the Atlanta Hawks, talk again about how bad the defense has

In some respects, it just wasn’t Golden State’s night. Missing Klay Thompson and on the second night of a back-to-back, the Warriors didn’t exactly have their “A” game against the struggling Detroit Pistons. In other respects, Detroit managed to take every body blow the Warriors could muster and hit big shot after big shot when

Bojan Bogdanovic, who has had a hot start to the season in his first stint for the Detroit Pistons, has agreed to a two-year extension for $39.1 million, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Bogdanovic was traded from Utah to Detroit in the final year of a four-year deal that will see him make $19.5 million

According to NBA.com, the Detroit Pistons are second to last in opponent points per possession in transition defense at 1.34 and T-23rd overall, giving up 25 transition points per game. For comparison, Detroit only gave up 1.14 PPP last season and 19.7 points per game overall in transition. It is worth noting that transition scoring

The Detroit Pistons are struggling to begin the year, and nowhere is that more acutely felt than on the bench, where several key contributors are unavailable. Detroit began the year without the services of veterans Alec Burks and Nerlens Noel and young big man Marvin Bagley III. The Pistons are averaging just 25 points per