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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — With three losses to open the season, the Pistons were on the verge of digging themselves a huge hole to start the season. An 0-4 start would be their worst since the 2012-13 season, when they opened with eight straight losses. The count is still going. BOX

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — Pistons forward Blake Griffin left Tuesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors after taking an elbow to the jaw in the second quarter. In the third quarter, he was removed from the game and placed in concussion protocol. Griffin absorbed the blow from Warriors center James Wiseman

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons were shorthanded for Monday’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, missing two of their top scorers, Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose. That should have meant that they would struggle to score. Not so. The Pistons put up a season-high 120 points, surpassing even the 119 points

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons lost their third straight game to start the season, falling to the Atlanta Hawks, 128-120, on Monday night. On one hand, it’s another loss, but one important takeaway was that two of the rookies started and a third saw his first significant time of the season and

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News With Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose missing the middle game a stretch of three games in four nights for the Pistons, it was a good opportunity for coach Dwane Casey to work on some different lineup variations. That included giving the young players an extended look to see how

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News It’s a simple question directed to the majority team owners of each of the NBA franchises: “If Black lives matter, what are you doing about Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores?” The question, posed by Bianca Tylek, an activist for prison reform, wasn’t in a conversation in a coffee house

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — A look at the box score from Saturday’s game presents an interesting dilemma. The Pistons lost to the Cavaliers, 128-119, in double overtime, but of the 58 minutes, the rookies didn’t get a ton of run. Killian Hayes played 19 minutes — with none after an opening

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — A look at the box score from Saturday’s game presents an interesting dilemma. The Pistons lost to the Cavaliers, 128-119, in double overtime, but of the 58 minutes, the rookies didn’t get a ton of run. Killian Hayes played 19 minutes — with none after an opening

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — Within a matter of days, the Pistons underwent a significant overhaul, with general manager Troy Weaver transforming the roster from the 20-46 team that finished the season with a whimper. In the opening hours of trade season, continuing into the draft and through free agency, Weaver made

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — In the season opener, the Pistons let a late lead get away in a loss to the Washington Wizards. They did it again in the home opener. Not once, but twice. The Pistons squandered an eight-point lead in the final four minutes of regulation and a nine-point lead

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The early results were promising, with the Pistons playing a solid first half and showing their improved defense. Things fell apart in the fourth quarter and they couldn’t hold the lead against the Minnesota Timberwolves, losing the opener on Wednesday night. Those types of games are building blocks, but

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The early results were promising, with the Pistons playing a solid first half and showing their improved defense. Things fell apart in the fourth quarter and they couldn’t hold the lead against the Minnesota Timberwolves, losing the opener on Wednesday night. Those types of games are building blocks, but

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons lost the regular-season opener to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 111-101, after giving up a 16-6 run to finish the game. The Pistons played well for three-plus quarters, but the 10 second-half turnovers were their undoing. Unlike the preseason, they had solid offense in the first half, with a

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons lost the regular-season opener to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 111-101, after giving up a 16-6 run to finish the game. The Pistons played well for three-plus quarters, but the 10 second-half turnovers were their undoing. Unlike the preseason, they had solid offense in the first half, with a

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News As he begins his 13th season in the NBA, Derrick Rose clearly is not the same that he was as a rookie prodigy. Make no mistake, he can still get to the rim and dazzle with acrobatic finishes that reprise that rookie season, but most of that video-game turbo

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Entering the regular season, the Pistons had several questions, after a nine-month layoff because of the pandemic, a short training camp and quick preseason. They got a few answers in the regular-season opener, jumping to a 14-point lead in the second quarter but folding in the fourth, allowing the Minnesota

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News As he begins his 13th season in the NBA, Derrick Rose clearly is not the same that he was as a rookie prodigy. Make no mistake, he can still get to the rim and dazzle with acrobatic finishes that reprise that rookie season, but most of that video-game turbo

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons made a big addition Wednesday, but it wasn’t another trade. The team announced that Big Sean, a Grammy-nominated rapper who grew up in Detroit, will join the organization as creative director of innovation. As part of the new role, he will “provide creative counsel and strategic guidance

Greg Beacham  |  Associated Press Los Angeles — The Los Angeles Lakers received their NBA championship rings Tuesday night in an empty arena that still felt filled with warmth from their families, friends and millions of fans worldwide. And while they put the blindingly brilliant jewelry on their fingers, the Lakers promised to hold a