INDIANAPOLIS – The Detroit Pistons are experiencing a historic moment. Just two years ago, the team set an NBA record for the most consecutive losses in a season. Now, they seem unstoppable.On Monday night, the Pistons tied the franchise record with their thirteenth consecutive victory, defeating the Indiana Pacers with a score of 122-117. This streak equals those of the 1990 and 2004 NBA championship teams, and the Pistons improved their record to 15-2.
This is a radical change for a franchise that began the 2023-24 season with a 3-36 record and finished with 14 wins.The Pistons have the opportunity to surpass all the great Detroit teams, including the “Bad Boys” of yesteryear. It is fitting that these Pistons, like those teams led by Isiah Thomas, have Boston on the path to an important goal. Detroit visits the Celtics on Wednesday night in an NBA Cup game.It’s incredible. We play for the Detroit Pistons, a historic franchise. Being able to make history for a franchise like this is special.
Cade Cunningham, Pistons star
On Monday, Detroit had to overcome another old rival, the injury-riddled Pacers fighters, to tie the record. Indiana demonstrated the toughness of a team that played in the NBA Finals a few months ago, but still fell to 2-15.
Cunningham, the former No. 1 draft pick, has led Detroit’s race to the top of the Eastern Conference standings. He had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists on Monday night. Jalen Duren, one of the league’s best rebounders this season, had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Caris LeVert added 19 points.Jaden Ivey returned on Saturday to the already dangerous Pistons team. The fifth pick of the 2022 draft had been out since breaking his fibula in January. He scored 12 points against the Pacers on Monday, playing only 12 minutes due to a minute restriction.Even so, Cunningham didn’t like that the Pistons almost squandered an 18-point lead in the final quarter.We shouldn’t have let them back in the game like that. So you have to watch the film, feel bad about the film, but work from it, learn from it, and get better.
Cade Cunningham
