The Detroit Pistons are on a seven-game winning streak and can slide into the 5th seed with a win against the reigning champions tonight. The Boston Celtics are on a back-to-back and arrive winners of six in a row. Who would’ve thought a Celtics-Pistons matchup in late February would be a critical game for both
On Monday night, the Detroit Pistons and the city of Detroit had a moment. A real moment. As the Pistons finished a workman-like victory over a scrappy Los Angeles Clippers outfit, the crowd rose to its feet and doled out some well-deserved appreciation for the home team after it capped off its seventh straight win.
Beginning a long stretch of home games, the Detroit Pistons kicked off their first of four at Little Caesars Arena by hosting the Los Angeles Clippers. With the Clippers having almost the same record as the Pistons, this was an important game to get a win and show that the Eastern Conference teams are just
Cade Cunningham played perhaps the best half of his career, but it took a true team effort from the Detroit Pistons to secure the 148-143 win against the Atlanta Hawks after Atlanta deployed an anyone but Cade defense in the second half. Cunningham and Atlanta Hawks’ star Trae Young both finished with 38 points on
The Detroit Pistons will visit the Atlanta Hawks, seeking their sixth consecutive win this season. Granted, those five previous wins didn’t exactly come against the league’s best and brightest, but the Pistons are beating the teams they are supposed to beat. Would the Hawks also fit into that category? Game Vitals When: 6 p.m. ETWhere:
When the schedule dropped, this was supposed to be a battle between two No. 1 picks in their breakout season. Cade Cunningham was ready for the duel, but Victor Wembanyama is out for the year with blood clots (get well soon, Wemby). The Detroit Pistons guard didn’t disappoint playing in his home state. This game
The final stretch of the season begins on Friday, and the Pistons are in prime position to finish strong. This team has exceeded every expectation placed upon them, and Blake and Wes are here to walk through everything from possible playoff rotations to seeding. Does the Wembanyama injury help Cade make an All-NBA team? Will
The Pistons last played a game on February 12, a win over the Chicago Bulls, they have now had to wait nine days to play again. The only hope is that the positive momentum the Pistons carried into the All Star break didn’t go away from going so long without playing. The teams the Pistons
It’s All Star Weekend and the Pistons have absolutely surged into the break. Blake and Wes break it all down as they talk some shop with the dunk contest and Friday’s rising stars tournament. They also discuss a few examples of Cade’s growing star power in the NBA — a fitting conversation for an All
Cade Cunningham is entering his first All-Star game at a time when the game itself has never looked more different. The fourth-year guard is playing in the NBA All-Star game’s new multi-team tournament format. He is the first Piston player to make the All-Star team since Blake Griffin in 2019. In prior years a player
NBA All-Star Saturday Night is the league’s signature event night, with various NBA stars competing in the Kia Skills Challenge, the Starry 3-point Contest and the AT&T Slam Dunk contest. For Detroit Pistons fans it’s also the night where they get to see their best player and *cough* fifth-best 3-point shooter Cade Cunningham compete in
Not all the Detroit Pistons are getting an extended break during All-Star weekend. Cade Cunningham is in in the big show, the NBA All-Star game on Sunday. His young teammate, second-year forward Ausar Thompson hopes to join him. First, he’ll have to win the NBA Rising Stars game, which is airing tonight on TNT and
The Detroit Pistons finished the unofficial first half of the season exactly how they wanted to. A 128-110 win over the Chicago Bulls, three games above .500 for the first time this season, and with real momentum as the lineup continues to gel. The game wasn’t as easy for Detroit as the 40-point win against
When you’re a team coming off one of the worst seasons in NBA history, a season when you set an NBA single-season record for most consecutive losses, league-wide and casual interest in the product you’re offering is going to be minimal at best. That was reflected in the national TV schedule prior to the start
Only one more game stands between us and the All-Star break. For the fans, it is the last meaningful 48 minutes of basketball for an extended period, with only some Cade Cunningham and Ausar Thompson All-Star festivities to distract us. For most of the players, it is near an extended break they can use to
The biggest mistake the Detroit Pistons can make is assuming that the Chicago Bulls team they will face tonight will look anything like the Bulls from the first half of yesterday’s game. Those Bulls couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean and were limited to 29 first-half points. Chicago might be a rebuilding team struggling
So, that was a lot of fun. With a much-deserved break coming soon due to the All-Star weekend, it’s important the Detroit Pistons don’t lose sight of the playoff picture and use every game as a stepping stone toward the 6th seed. If tonight was any indication, this team is hitting their stride in the
The NBA has some weird scheduling quirks, and one of the weirdest is back-to-back games against the same team. It doesn’t always happen, but every team seems to have at least one of these a season. I am sure it has to do with reducing travel during a long season by knocking out a couple
The thing about playing for seven teams in five years is that you’ve seen it all. That’s exactly why Trajan Langdon and JBB Bickerstaff wanted Dennis Schroder to become a member of the Detroit Pistons. The well-traveled point guard has started for years, come off the bench, captained young teams, and deferred to superstars. He’s