November 18th 2021 at 5:37pm CST by Dana Gauruder The Cavaliers are hopeful they’ll be closer to full strength by Monday, Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweets. Jarrett Allen missed the team’s game against the Lakers on Thursday with an illness. Lamar Stevens is rehabbing from a right ankle sprain and Lauri Markkanen
I hope that we can mostly agree that momentum is a real, albeit impossible to quantify, part of sports, basketball included. As I watch the Detroit Pistons play, I can’t help but track some of the plays and sequences that keep a run going, stop a run, or contribute to a swing in momentum one
On episode 65 of the Motor City Hoops podcast, I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons’ Wednesday night win over the Indiana Pacers. I give my overall outlook on the game and a rundown of what we saw from the Pistons. I also provide my biggest takeaway, player of the game,
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons’ backcourt lottery picks are going through the learning process of how to deal with adversity. Backup Cory Joseph knows what he has to do when things don’t go his way. Joseph, the floor leader of the second unit, played just six minutes against Sacramento on
Detroit — With the start to the season that the Pistons have had, with just three wins in 13 games, coach Dwane Casey will take any shreds of evidence of moving in the right direction. Wins have been hard to come by, but the Pistons showed resilience in getting a 97-89 victory over the Indiana
We hear from Jerami Grant after he again, with 19 points Wednesday, leads the Pistons in scoring. #DetroitBasketball
Detroit — The final minutes of the game are slowly becoming Cade Cunningham’s time. For a rookie, he’s showing a poise late in close games that is making all the hype surrounding his selection as the No. 1 pick even more palatable. Cunningham took control of the offense and helped spur a late finish for
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons earn a nice bounce-back victory Wednesday night. #ItsMillerTime
Cory Joseph — who comes of the bench to score 18 in Wednesday’s victory — says his Pistons played together, smarter and harder. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Cade Cunningham after tallies 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in Wednesday’s 97-89 victory over the Pacers. #DetroitBasketball
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press This Detroit Pistons season is all about the young backcourt of Cade Cunningham and Killian Hayes. Their primary backup stole the spotlight on Wednesday. Cory Joseph had a season-high 18 points as the Pistons bounced back from a 22-point loss to Sacramento on Monday with a 97-89 win
Nine games into the year, Cade Cunningham’s reputation as a clutch player is already playing out in real time. The Detroit Pistons rookie entered the game in the fourth quarter with Detroit down two and having blown a large lead. But the rookie proved calm beyond his years. Cold off the bench, he patiently knocked
Detroit — In some ways, the game was over before it really got started. It was a disturbing first quarter for the Pistons against the Sacramento Kings that led to another lopsided loss. It was just the way things started that made the lead tough to overcome for the final three quarters. The Kings jumped
The Bulls are off to an outstanding 10-4 start and sign-and-trade acquisition DeMar DeRozan is a huge reason why. DeRozan scored 38 points against the Lakers on Monday, shooting 15-for-23 from the field, 2-for-5 from deep, and 6-of-6 from the line while adding six assists to an all-around great performance. Jamal Collier of ESPN writes
The lions’ share of the attention is on Detroit’s current, some would say historic, inability to put the ball in the basket. Kind of goes with the territory of having a league-worst true-shooting percentage, effective field goal percentage and bottom-three overall offensive rating. The most noticeable reason for all those offensive struggles are an allergy
The rumors of the demise of the Golden State Warriors dynasty has been greatly exaggerated. After thrashing the supposed Eastern Conference frontrunners 117-99 and having a lead as large as 28 points, it’s official — The Warriors are back. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that didn’t prematurely bury Steph Curry and Draymond Green.
The second game of the Detroit Pistons’ five-game home stand sees a familiar face come to Little Caesars Arena in the form of the Indiana Pacers. Indiana has struggled to begin the year, but has surged a little by winning two of their last three, including a road victory over the Utah Jazz. Detroit looks
Detroit — Josh Jackson is a basketball nomad. Since high school, he’s rarely stayed in one place for more than a year or two. It’s been hard for him to stay around long enough to grow roots and call a place home. Jackson spent his first two years in high school at Detroit Consortium Prep,
The Detroit Pistons are, frankly, a mess on offense. They currently sport one of three sub-100 offensive ratings in the NBA and sport the worst shooting in the entire league. There are several familiar suspects when people try to pin the blame on Detroit’s offensive woes. Dwane Casey and his offensive philosophy creating poor looks,
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press It’s become a familiar scene for the Detroit Pistons this season. Shots don’t fall in the early going, the offense gets out of sync and the game gets away from them. They followed up their best offensive performance of the season vs. the Toronto Raptors with another of