Cade Cunningham #2 of the Detroit Pistons drives to the basket between Gary Trent Jr. #33 and Jakob Poeltl #19 of the Toronto Raptors throughout the first half at Little Caesars Enviornment on Saturday in Detroit.
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Cade Cunningham #2 of the Detroit Pistons drives to the basket between Gary Trent Jr. #33 and Jakob Poeltl #19 of the Toronto Raptors throughout the first half at Little Caesars Enviornment on Saturday in Detroit.
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After a future of bitter defeats, the Detroit Pistons ended their streak of losses on Saturday evening — narrowly avoiding setting a brand new file for the longest dropping streak within the historical past of the NBA.
The Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors at a house sport in Little Caesars Enviornment with a rating of 129-127. The win prevented the Detroit staff from breaking the earlier 28-game dropping streak set by the Philadelphia 76ers throughout the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. The Pistons had matched the 76ers’ file on Thursday.
At a press convention after the Saturday sport, Pistons coach Monty Williams mentioned he had by no means seen a staff so overjoyed after a sport.
”It wasn’t reduction, it was identical to, ’thank God, lastly.’ And guys have been screaming. I used to be nearly in tears. And I am simply so completely happy for our guys, completely happy for everyone within the locker room,” Williams mentioned.
He added that he was happy with the gamers for his or her steady dedication to enhance regardless of the sequence of losses.
”I feel folks could have thought they have been OK with dropping, however they got here in on daily basis with an important spirit they usually wished solutions they usually got here in eager to study,” he mentioned.
If the Pistons had misplaced, the Detroit staff would have been neck and neck with the Chicago Cardinals, who at present maintain the longest dropping streak in the entire 4 main North American skilled sports activities leagues after gathering 29 consecutive losses over 4 seasons from 1942 to 1945.
The victory towards the Raptors is simply the third win within the 2023-24 season for the Detroit staff, which is likely one of the youngest within the NBA with a majority of gamers beneath 25.
The Pistons’ cascade of losses turned historic after Detroit fell to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday and have become the primary staff within the NBA to lose 27 consecutive video games in a single season.
Then, on Thursday, the Detroit staff misplaced to the Boston Celtics in an in depth sport of 128-122 and reached their twenty eighth loss.