Detroit Pistons officially become the worst team in NBA history

Neither Santa Claus nor a Christmas miracle can ruin these Pistons, whose morale is completely broken and who will now be in the saddest pages of the NBA history books, leaving behind their tragedies against the Philadelphia 76ers in 2013-2014 and their defeat in 2010. -2011 Cleveland Cavaliers. To date, these two teams have achieved a bitter record with 26 defeats in a row.

There’s another line the Pistons could cross as they head towards hell: The total of 28 consecutive losses suffered by the Philadelphia 76ers between 2014-2015 and 2015-2016; including the end of one season and the beginning of the next.

Monty Wiliams’ men will face an almost impossible task to avoid their 28th defeat in their next game, having once again heard the criticism and cries of ‘sell the team’ from their fans at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit this Tuesday. This Thursday, we will play in Boston against the Celtics, the leader of the East (balance 23-6) and a great candidate for the championship ring this season. Later, they will host the Toronto Raptors at home, where they can surpass the record set by the Sixers between the two seasons.

Whatever happens, there can be no consolation for this team, which does not live up to an emblematic NBA team with three championship rings: two of Isiah Thomas’ violent and frightening ‘Bad Boys’ in 1989 and 1990, and Chauncey Billups in 2004, from defense to defense. We were burning the great Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Gary Payton and Karl Malone.

The bottom team in the East with the worst balance in the entire league (one cooling 2-28), Detroit is now a washed-up, hopeless team that hasn’t won a game since defeating the Chicago Bulls 118-102 last October 28. Excluding this win and a victory over the Charlotte Hornets (99-111) on October 27, the Motown team lost 27 of 29 games this season and did not win a single one throughout the month of November. or so far in December.

In addition, discussions about the Pistons currently revolve around the team having the worst post-regular season balance and winning percentage in NBA history. While Detroit went 2-28 and came away with a .066 winning percentage, the worst teams in league history at the end of the regular season were the 2011-2012 Charlotte Bobcats (7-59 and .106 in the lockout-shortened season). ) and 1972-1973 Philadelphia 76ers (9-73 and .110).

At least it’s not like the Pistons went all out to avoid disaster tonight. Detroit, with Jalen Düren returning after eight games against the Nets, who defeated them last Saturday, in the 1st Division. very promising start (22-8 partial) And we closed the first quarter ahead. An example of the magnitude of the crisis at the Pistons is that they have failed to win the first quarter since last December 11th.

The illusion didn’t last long as the Nets came back with a 23-36 run in the second period and took a 54-61 lead into halftime.

After the restart, the Pistons held a minimal advantage in the third quarter despite the Nets dominating for nearly the entire period; They had a +5 lead before reaching the halfway point of the final quarter but eventually they buckled down again and confirmed their pathetic record.

Cade Cunningham had a great game and did everything possible to keep the Pistons from sinking with 41 points (15 of 21 from the field), 9 rebounds and 5 assists. The young man scored 37 of his points in an overwhelming second half and 19 in the final quarter alone. Bojan Bogdanovic supported him with 23 points.

While Cameron Johnson (24 points) was the Nets’ leading scorer with six players scoring over 10 points, there was a surprising lack of performance from the entire team on the individual line (43/43, 62.8%).