AUBURN HILLS, MI – Portland guard Damian Lillard was well defended by Detroit’s Rodney Stuckey, but after driving down the lane, spinning and fading away, Lillard dropped in the game-winner on Sunday night, leading the visiting Trail Blazers to a 111-109 overtime victory at the Palace of Auburn Hills. “They told me that I was […]
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Pistons pregame: Detroit hosts first place Trail Blazers on Sunday
The top team in the Western Conference this season is not the Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs or the Oklahoma City Thunder. So far, the Portland Trail Blazers are king. On Sunday, the Blazers will bring a 20-4 record the NBA’s highest scoring offense to the Palace of Auburn Hills. Portland has won its […]
Pistons hold on against Brooklyn, 103-99
Andre Drummond scored 22 points and added 13 rebounds and Greg Monroe had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons (11-13) held off a stingy fourth quarter comeback to beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets (8-15), 103-99 Friday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Detroit led by as much as 21 points in the […]
Pistons pregame: Detroit looks to snap three-game skid, hosts Brooklyn
The Detroit Pistons return to action Friday looking to snap a three-game losing streak. They welcome the Brooklyn Nets, who currently ride a three-game winning streak. Head coach Jason Kidd’s first season in Brooklyn has so far been one he’d like to forget. The team’s NBA-record $101,291,208 payroll has given Kidd a loaded roster of aging […]
How Maurice Cheeks, the right coach, can help Brandon Jennings
Detroit Pistons head coach Maurice Cheeks was known to drop a few dimes in his day. A point guard himself, Cheeks was a four-time All-Star with the Philadelphia 76ers and a key member of the Sixers’ 1983 NBA Championship squad. He averaged 11.1 points and 6.7 assists per game for his career, and a banner […]
Pistons fall to hot-shooting Timberwolves, 121-94
AUBURN HILLS, MI – Kevin Love scored 26 points and had 16 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons allowed a season-high 121 points to the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves in a 27-point home loss on Tuesday. “We couldn’t get any defensive stops going and that’s a good offensive team,” said Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks. “We had […]
Pistons a legitimate contender for third place in the East
As noted by Grantland’s Bill Simmons, the NBA’s Eastern Conference is a “muddled mess of mediocre players, bad executives and even worse contracts.” Through a month and a half of the 2013-14 season, only three teams are above .500: the Miami Heat, the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks. With Miami and Indiana head and shoulders above the […]
Pistons Pregame: Detroit looks to snap skid against Sixers
After earning the season’s first winning-streak with wins over Brooklyn and Milwaukee, the Detroit Pistons (6-10) have lost consecutive games – to Chicago and the Los Angeles Lakers. Holding eighth place in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons welcome the slumping Philadelphia 76ers (6-11) Sunday afternoon in a 3:30p.m. tip-off at the Palace of Auburn Hills. […]
Pistons Pregame: Detroit hosts Milwaukee, looks for first winning streak of season
After a decisive 12-point victory at Brooklyn on Sunday, the Detroit Pistons return home Monday in search of their first winning streak of the 2013-2014 season. Standing in their way will be former Pistons Khris Middleton and Brandon Knight and the visiting Milwaukee Bucks. Detroit (5-8) has yet to play consistently like the team Pistons […]
Pistons fall to Hawks, 96–89
AUBURN HILLS, MI – For the second time in three days, the Detroit Pistons fell short in a losing effort against the Atlanta Hawks – this time at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Atlanta defeated Detroit 96-89 on Friday in what Pistons players described as a disappointing loss. “Nobody likes to lose, nobody does,” […]