Pistons now hottest team in NBA; Abdul Carter diagnosed with stress fracture before NFL Combine

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THE DETROIT PISTONS

Around this time last year, the Detroit Pistons had just lost their 28th straight game, setting the record for most consecutive losses in a single season and were hurtling toward a league-worst 14-68 record. That team was nowhere to be found last night.

The Pistons put it on the reigning champions with an impressive 117-97 win over the Boston Celtics. That was Detroit’s eighth straight win, its longest such streak in 17 years. That 2007-08 team featured franchise legends like Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace.

This year’s squad may not be on par with that one — at least not yet — but it was an impressive team effort against the Celtics. The Pistons got contributions from everywhere with Cade Cunningham leading the way and strengthening his All-NBA resume.

Cade Cunningham: 21 points | 11 assists | 4 reboundsMalik Beasley: 26 points | 6 3-pointers | 5 reboundsTobias Harris: 16 points | 9 rebounds | 2 blocksJalen Duren: 13 points | 11 rebounds

This type of success hasn’t been seen in Detroit for a while, but don’t make the mistake of assuming this is just a fun mid-season story. As our own Sam Quinn points out, the Pistons have been outplaying some of the East’s heaviest hitters for a while now.

Quinn:“This one still has a ways to go before it reaches those heights, but at this point, they can no longer be treated as just an up-and-coming group of youngsters, either. Detroit is now 24-11 in its last 35 games, a better record than the No. 3-seed New York Knicks in that…


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Author : Zachary Pereles

Publish date : 2025-02-27 13:54:00

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