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By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Killian Hayes hopes to continue playing through the injured left thumb on his shooting hand. The Pistons point guard was fitted for a splint that allowed him to return for the last two games on the current road trip, and has held up just fine. “His growth is

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups went together like peas and carrots when they played for the Detroit Pistons. The intimidating center and dominating point guard were at the core of the “Goin’ to Work” teams that captured the imaginations of their fans. They were NBA All-Defensive team

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News The struggles continued Tuesday night for the Detroit Pistons, whose losing streak reached seven games in a 110-92 loss to the Trail Blazers in Portland. Blazers rookie coach Chauncey Billups, who led Detroit to the 2004 NBA title, got his first win against his former team. Portland might be

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Chauncey Billups led the Detroit Pistons to their last NBA title in 2004, had his No. 1 retired by them five years ago, and Tuesday night will go up against his old team as a head coach for the first time with the Trail Blazers in Portland.

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Trey Lyles is draining treys from beyond the arc. The Detroit Pistons’ 6-foot-10 power forward has been playing some center, too, and grabbing big rebounds. He’s been a valuable player coming off the bench since the start of the season, but his role has intensified on the

By Steve Galluzzo |  Special to The Detroit News Los Angeles — Seven days after an altercation between Detroit center Isaiah Stewart and Los Angeles superstar LeBron James resulted in both players being suspended, they were back on the court, facing off in the teams’ second and last regular-season meeting Sunday at Staples Center. Cooler heads prevailed

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Cade Cunningham’s last performance against the Los Angeles Lakers got somewhat lost amid the Isaiah Stewart-LeBron James skirmish in last weekend’s loss at Little Caesars Arena. Cunningham had 13 points and season highs of 12 rebounds and 10 assists in joining Grant Hill and Dave DeBusschere — two of the

Isaiah Miller had a dunk and a free throw as the Iowa Wolves outscored the Motor City Cruise 8-0 in the overtime period to win 125-117 in an NBA G League game at Wayne State Fieldhouse in Detroit. The Cruise rallied from a 19-point deficit in the final quarter to get the game into overtime.

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News It’s become a familiar script for the Detroit Pistons on the beginning of this five-game road trip. The Los Angeles Clippers scored the first four baskets Friday afternoon and pushed it to a 24-point halftime lead before recording a 107-96 victory over the Pistons. Detroit trailed 14-0

Detroit — The Pistons started this season 4-14, which is the same record they had last season. Some fans were expecting a significant uptick after the addition of Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick, but the Pistons have had some other issues that have combined to stunt their rapid growth. The schedule has been

The defending-champion Milwaukee Bucks don’t need any help in getting out to a big lead or getting their offense jump-started. The Pistons got off to a sluggish start and the Bucks raced to a 14-0 lead in the first three-plus minutes, but the game wasn’t over. The lead ballooned to as many as 17 points,

The defending-champion Milwaukee Bucks don’t need any help in getting out to a big lead or getting their offense jump-started. The Pistons got off to a sluggish start and the Bucks raced to a 14-0 lead in the first three-plus minutes, but the game wasn’t over. The lead ballooned to as many as 17 points,

Detroit — The Pistons were down two starters and coming off an emotional loss to the Lakers on Sunday. In their first game after the two-game suspension for Isaiah Stewart, they bounced back with a good performance. The problem is that it was only for the first three quarters. The Pistons led by as many

Detroit — The start to the season has been a bit rockier than the Pistons had planned. They got a big boost after taking Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick, but several injuries since the start of the NBA Summer League have deflated their high hopes for jump-starting their rebuild. Cunningham missed most of

Detroit — For all the attention Sunday’s altercation between the Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart and the Lakers’ LeBron James received, here’s a sobering stat: there were more technical fouls assessed than punches thrown. There was more theater around what could have happened than what actually did happen. It was more playground dust-up than an actual fight

Detroit — Following Sunday’s altercation between the Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart and Lakers superstar LeBron James, the NBA league office issued its punishments for the incident that made the rounds on highlight reels and national sports-talk shows. Stewart was suspended without pay for two games and James for one game for their involvement. The league office

Detroit — Injuries have bombarded the Pistons all season, limiting their starting lineup and causing them to play with various combinations. They’ll get some more work at it this week. Killian Hayes, who had been playing with a sore left thumb, missed Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers after re-injuring it in Friday’s game

Detroit — In the aftermath of Sunday night’s altercation between LeBron James and the Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart, the focus shifts how the NBA league office will handle the situation and whether either player — or both — will get a suspension for the incident. It was an ugly episode, to be sure, but it doesn’t

Detroit — In one of the Pistons’ marquee games of the season, facing LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, most of the attention wasn’t on the game. Instead, it was on a bloody scene between James and Pistons center Isaiah Stewart, which led to James being ejected and an altercation being defused before things calmed

Detroit — Things got out of hand in the third quarter of the Pistons’ marque matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night at Little Caesars Arena. Pistons center Isaiah Stewart suffered a bloody gash over his right eye after taking an elbow from LeBron James, which set off a wild scene with 9:18 left