Detroit Pistons made history this Tuesday in the NBA, but not exactly for reasons worth celebrating. It is that, after perder ante Brooklyn Nets by 112-118, they chained the defeat number 27 in a rowwhich represents the worst streak for a franchise in a single season in the most competitive basketball league in the world.
In this way, the Michigan team overcame the negative marks of Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013-2014 campaign and Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010-2011. Until this Tuesday, both had a negative record of 26 falls in a row.
However, there is still another barrier the Pistons could cross. It is about the 28 losses in a row that the Philadelphia 76ers accumulated counting the end of the 2014-15 season and the beginning of the following one.
However, those led by Monty Williams, who this Tuesday again heard the criticism of their fans at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and the cries of ‘sell the team’, They will have a practically impossible mission to avoid their 28th defeat.
The next confrontation will be this Thursday in Boston against the Celtics, who are one of the great candidates for the ring and who lead the Eastern Conference with a record of 23 wins and just six losses. Then they will receive from local to Toronto Raptors.
With a boot to forget two wins and 28 lossesDetroit has not celebrated a victory since last October 28when they beat the Chicago Bulls 118-102. He could not win a match throughout November and so far in December.
It’s about a desolate panorama for one emblematic franchise which has three champion rings: the two achieved with Isiah Thomas’s “Bad Boys” (1989 and 1990) and the one in 2004 with Chauncey Billups.
“They brought me in to change to this team. This streak is probably more my fault than anyone else’s.. The players are putting a lot of heart into it. I have to get them in a position where they don’t feel tense,” coach Monty Williams said after Tuesday’s loss.
In addition, he referred to the great start to the game, as Detroit went 22-8 and finished the first quarter ahead on the scoreboard: “The way we started today is something we’ve seen a lot this year. We’ve had very good starts sometimes; other times we have been in the hole. To start like that tonight and let it go in the second quarter… That quarter was the one that put us in the hole with a minus 13.”
Finally, he assured that Cade Cunningham, who scored 41 points and could not prevent the Pistons from falling, did a “wonderful job” and highlighted the words he said in the locker room: “He spoke passionately about the things we need to do and that everyone has to be in the same boat. We have to be real about the situation we are in“.
For its part, Cunningham He stated at a press conference: “Every day I try to lead the team and I haven’t been successful enough at it. We are 2-28. It is the right thing for me to talk about this and show my face”.
With information from AFP and EFE.