While any 12 game losing streak looks bad, Detroit must be trying for the ugliest.

They start the season with a hot 2-1, only dropping a 1 point game to the runner-up Miami Heat. Hopes are high, fans are cheering, things might finally be looking up for little ol’ Detroit.

  1. Then comes a 112-124 loss to a healthy Thunder, understandable. 32 from SGA
  2. The Trailblazers missing Simons up next? That’d be a tough loss to have. And it is. 101-110 L
  3. The Pelicans missing Zion and Ingram, this should get them back on track, right? … 116-125 L
  4. Suns missing Beal and DBook, they have a chance! … 106-120 L
  5. 109-120 L to a healthy Warriors team
  6. The Bucks are missing Middleton, and Giannis gets ejected early (L refs on that one). Pistons still find a way to lose 118-120.
  7. 106-114 L to a healthy 76ers
  8. 108-119 L to the Bulls missing Caruso
  9. The Hawks missing Trae Young. 120-126 L
  10. The Cavs missing Donovan Mitchell. 100-108 L
  11. 113-142 L to a healthy Raptors
  12. The Nuggets are missing Jamal Murray, Mike Malone gets ejected in the 1st, Jokic gets ejected in the 2nd. The Pistons lose 103-107 to Reggie Jackson and KCP, two players they used to have.

The Pistons themselves have been dealing with anywhere from 3-7 players injured each game as well, but there doesn’t seem to be much light at the end of their tunnel right now. Just an absolutely pitiful stretch of games for a professional team. For me personally, all spirits were dead after the Pelicans loss.

  • affnn@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    10 of those 12 teams are likely to make the playoffs or at least the play-in, so it’s a bit of a rough stretch in that sense. Losing to the Blazers was tough tho.

    • rediveyy@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      if you look at the big picture, sure you could say that. but the teams that we actually played? only the healthy warriors and healthy 76ers are certified playoff teams. nuggets without mike malone, jokic and murray are nothing. same for the bucks without giannis and middleton, the pelicans without zion and ingram, the suns without dbook and beal, etc. we’ve consistently lost to teams resting their core players, it’s beyond embarrassing.

      we lost to a team led by CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, MATT RYAN, and Jonas Valanciunas. the suns only had 35 y/o KD, eric gordon, and grayson allen. the trailblazers loss was the beginning of the end