Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports The 2022 NBA rookie class has been impressive. Two weeks into the season, here are the way-too-early NBA Rookie of the Year rankings. We are now officially two weeks into the NBA season. This year’s rookie class has made a big impact early. Paolo Banchero and Bennedict Mathurin are both averaging
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 had good reason to be excited when they traded for Bojan Bogdanovic in September. The 33-year-old wing is a career 39.4% outside shooter, all-around efficient scorer, smart passer and capable defender. He plugs multiple holes for a rebuilding team in need of proven production. So it wasn’t a big surprise that the
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editors: Robin Chan, Cary Junior II • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys break down what should be termed a productive stretch of games that included a win over the defending champion Warriors. Bryce and Omari dig
The Milwaukee Bucks continued their winning ways Monday night with a 110-108 victory over the Detroit Pistons at Fiserv Forum, winning their sixth straight game to open the season. It is the third time in franchise history the team has begun a season 6-0, joining the 1971-72 and 2018-19 teams. “I think we’ve been very
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 Milwaukee Bucks repeatedly threatened to bury the Detroit Pistons for good. But the Pistons wouldn’t let them. A pair of free throws by George Hill gave the Bucks an 85-69 lead with 3:11 remaining in the third quarter. The Pistons, who rallied back from a 15-point deficit in the first quarter and stayed within
Milwaukee — After trailing by as many as 16 points at the end of the third quarter, the Pistons showed resilience and battled back against the undefeated Milwaukee Bucks in a wire-to-wire game on Monday night. Cade Cunningham, who led his team with 27 points, had two prime looks towards the end of regulation but
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons, playing on back-to-back nights, give the undefeated Bucks all they can handle Monday in Milwaukee. #DetroitBasketball
We Jaden Ivey after he puts up 19 points and 7 rebounds in Monday’s 110-108 loss in Milwaukee. #DetroitBasketball
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
Milwaukee — The Pistons are coming off their best win of the season after snapping a five-game losing streak with a victory over the defending-champion Golden State Warriors. Now, they’re setting their sights on their road series against the undefeated Milwaukee Bucks (5-0), whom they’ll play twice this week (Monday and Wednesday). Giannis Antetokounmpo, who
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
A 90-second sequence in the third quarter encapsulated the difference for the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. A Bojan Bogdanovic 3 gave the Pistons a 19-point lead over the Golden State Warriors — the defending champs — with 8:30 on the clock at Little Caesars Arena. The Warriors are adept at closing deficits quickly, and the
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
When the Detroit Pistons tip off against the Bucks on Monday night in Milwaukee, it’ll be the franchise’s 27th time playing on Halloween. That’s more than any other NBA franchise but one — the Sacramento Kings, who are a horror story in their own right. Counting Monday, a whopping 18 of the Pistons’ Halloween games
Detroit — In what was perceived as the most unlikely game to win at this juncture of the Pistons’ brutal schedule, they weathered a 36-point third quarter by the reigning NBA champions with their own offensive explosion. Detroit produced 37 points of its own in the third quarter — combined with with a career scoring
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Piston end a five-game skid by beating the defending champs. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Isaiah Stewart after he scores a career-high 24 to go with 13 rebounds to help the Pistons beat the Warriors on Sunday, 128-114. #DetroitBasketball