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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Another game. Another injury. The injuries seem to be coming in spurts, with the Pistons losing rookie Killian Hayes to an apparent hip injury during Monday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. In the third quarter, Hayes was running to contest a fast-break layup and crumpled to the floor

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News A loss on a shot in the final seconds. Another loss in double overtime. A couple of losses after blowing late leads. The first two weeks of the season have been anything but kind to the Pistons, who started 1-5 with a handful of disappointing defeats. The start of

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Taking on one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons need all the help they can get. Not less. The Pistons, though, will be shorthanded when they open a two-game set at Milwaukee Monday night. Blake Griffin (injury management) and Josh Jackson (right ankle sprain) will

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — It’s not how they start; it’s how they finish. The Pistons’ poor start this season hasn’t been due to struggles in the first half; rather, it’s been about giving up big runs in the third and fourth quarters. Sunday’s matchup against the Boston Celtics was another example.

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons had a chance in the final seconds to pull off a second straight upset against the Boston Celtics, but fell short, 122-120, after the Celtics Jayson Tatum hit the go-ahead shot with 2.9 seconds left on Sunday afternoon at Little Caesars Arena. It’s a disappointing

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — Blake Griffin is back in the lineup for the Pistons. After missing Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics at Little Caesars Arena because he was in the league’s concussion protocol, Griffin will return for Sunday afternoon’s rematch. Griffin was injured in the first half of the Dec.

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons squandered a lead in their first four games, and did so again against the Boston Celtics on Friday night. But they showed some resilience in bouncing back for their first win of the season, 96-93.  Without Blake Griffin, who remains in the NBA’s concussion protocol, they led

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — Watching the Pistons lose leads is becoming a thing, and not in a good way. Coach Dwane Casey lamented the lapses that the Pistons have had early this season, leading in all four games in the fourth quarter, but letting those leads slip away late. This time,

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons had squandered a lead in their first four games, but against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, they showed some resilience in bouncing back for their first win of the season, 96-93.  Without Blake Griffin, who remains in the NBA’s concussion protocol, they led by

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — Watching the Pistons lose leads is becoming a thing, and not in a good way. Coach Dwane Casey lamented the lapses that the Pistons have had early this season, leading in all four games in the fourth quarter, but letting those leads slip away late. This time,

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — In the early part of the season, much of the attention has been focused on the Pistons’ three first-round picks and their development. What might be getting lost in the shuffle is how their other two young players are doing. Sekou Doumbouya is one of the biggest

Pistons forward Blake Griffin will miss Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics, and maybe longer, as he works his way through the NBA’s concussion protocols. Griffin was injured after he took an elbow to the jaw from Golden State Warriors rookie James Wiseman, who was going for a rebound in Tuesday’s game at Little Caesars

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The NBA doesn’t always come easy. For a very few elite players, it’s almost a seamless transition from playing college ball to playing as a pro. Even experienced college players often have issues with adjusting to the speed of the game and the level of play. For Pistons rookie

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Detroit Pistons finished Tuesday’s game vs. Golden State without two of their starters, after Blake Griffin and rookie Killian Hayes suffered injuries. Griffin was placed in the NBA’s concussion protocol after taking an elbow to the jaw from Golden State Warriors rookie James Wiseman, who was going for

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Every July in a tiny village in upstate New York, the living history of baseball is on full display. It’s long been tradition for living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame to return to Cooperstown for the annual induction weekend, and, health permitting, almost all of them do.

Tony Paul   | The Detroit News Tom Wilson, a sports and entertainment executive in Metro Detroit for more than four decades who oversaw the design and construction of The Palace of Auburn Hills and later helped make Little Caesars Arena an anchor of downtown Detroit, announced Wednesday he will retire from Olympia Entertainment, effective Thursday.

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons lost their fourth straight game, 116-106, to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Beyond the skid to start the season, they lost two starters to injury and struggled in shooting the ball, hitting only 38% from the field, though they improved to 37% (13-of-35)