In a home loss against the Los Angeles Lakers, the Detroit Pistons set a team record with their 15th straight loss.
On Wednesday, the Detroit Pistons created history, but not in the way that anyone had anticipated or desired this season.
In a 133-107 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at Little Caesars Arena, they dropped their fifteenth straight game and established a new franchise low for a losing streak during the regular season. The Pistons had previously suffered three successive losses (1979–1980, 1993–1994, and 2021–2022). In total, those teams placed 16–66, 20–62, and 23–59. When the 1980–81 team lost seven games in a row to start that season, it set a franchise record for consecutive losses in multiple seasons.
After losing to the Toronto Raptors by 29, the Indiana Pacers by 23, and the Wizards by 23, the Pistons have now experienced their four worst losses of the season in their last five games. Their previous worst loss came against the Phoenix Suns, a 14-point loss that was close until the final quarter.
Thank you very much for accountability. Make an attempt. The Pistons’ list of issues is expanding as their losing streak does.
They have a tough schedule ahead of them, as they go to New York on Thursday to play the Knicks (10-7) and then come home on Saturday to play the 10-8 Cavaliers. Since February 10, the Pistons (2-16 overall) have only won four games while suffering 39 losses.
The Pistons are expected to win even fewer games this season, about eight months after Troy Weaver wrote a message to supporters following a 17-win campaign. Monty Williams used his whole bench to find a spark while all 13 of the players who were active on the court got action. But by the time Kevin Knox, the final player to check in, joined the game halfway through the fourth quarter, the Lakers were ahead by 31 points.
Although D’Angelo Russell led the way for Los Angeles, LeBron James and Anthony Davis were both fit and in the starting lineup for the Lakers. The point guard scored eighteen of his thirty-five points in the first half on eight-for-10 shooting, making all six of his shot attempts in the first quarter.He went 13 for 17 overall, 5 for 7 from 3, and had nine assists by the end of the evening.
The Lakers got off to a scorching start thanks to Russell’s effort; they made 11 of their first 14 shots and ended the first quarter 13 of 21. Russell’s 3-pointer with 4:28 remaining in the quarter increased their lead to 28–14, and before the quarter concluded, the deficit had grown to 19.
