The Detroit Pistons put up a combat in opposition to the league-leading Boston Celtics on Thursday night time, however regardless of opening the primary half of the sport with their greatest lead of the season, they suffered a heartbreaking extra time loss to tie the NBA’s all-time file for the longest dropping streak.
The Pistons, who earned their twenty seventh lack of the season to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday to set the NBA file for many consecutive losses in a single season, have been hoping to keep away from additional disasters after they traveled to TD Backyard, the place the Celtics have been undefeated this season.
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) drives to the basket in opposition to Boston Celtics ahead Jayson Tatum (0) through the first half of an NBA basketball recreation, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, in Boston. (AP Picture/Charles Krupa)
“I’ve been within the league for some time and I’ve seen groups give in to circumstances which might be lower than what we’re coping with and that was admirable,” head coach Monty Williams mentioned after the sport.
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The Pistons stored on tempo with the Celtics within the first quarter and commenced to tug away late within the second. They took a 21-point lead with lower than a minute remaining within the first half – the primary time all season that they led by greater than 20 factors.
They entered the second half with a 19-point lead that Boston shortly made up for, and the Pistons then rallied from a six-point deficit within the ultimate minutes to pressure extra time. Finally, the Celtics would recuperate with a 128-122 victory.
“Clearly, we had a tricky third quarter, and the flexibility to combat again from that and have an excellent fourth was large,” Williams continued. “I damage for them. We really feel like we simply are getting so near not simply profitable one recreation, however profitable a number of video games if we play that approach versus most groups within the league.”
Detroit Pistons ahead Bojan Bogdanovic (44) and guard Cade Cunningham (2) return to the courtroom through the fourth quarter of the crew’s NBA basketball recreation in opposition to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, in Detroit. The Pistons set an NBA single-season file with 27 straight losses. (AP Picture/Duane Burleson)
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The loss tied the Pistons with the Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA’s longest dropping streak with 28 consecutive losses (over two seasons.)
“We’re on the identical stage as all these groups have been taking part in in opposition to,” mentioned Detroit guard Cade Cunningham, who had 31 factors and 9 assists. “There’s no crew that I’ve ever come throughout within the NBA the place I felt like I used to be going right into a slaughterhouse. I’ve by no means felt like that in my life, going right into a basketball recreation.”
Williams praised his crew’s resiliency regardless of the “noise.”
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Detroit Pistons head coach Monty Williams watches his gamers through the first half of an NBA basketball recreation in opposition to the Boston Celtics, Thursday, December 28, 2023, in Boston. (AP Picture/Charles Krupa)
“I see it every single day. With all the things that this crew has been by – we’ve misplaced a number of video games, all people is aware of that – they convey a spirit and integrity and toughness to the health club each single day. They hear all the things that individuals need to say about them and us as a result of they’re on social media, and it doesn’t sway them from doing their jobs but additionally taking part in to the extent and normal that we discuss every single day. You understand, we will’t do something in regards to the noise. We are able to management how we strategy our jobs, and as dangerous as they damage proper now, I damage for them.”
The Pistons will want a win at dwelling in opposition to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday to keep away from setting the NBA file.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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