CELTICS OVERCOME PISTONS 128-122 IN OT TO SEND DETROIT TO AN NBA RECORD-TYING 28TH STRAIGHT LOSS.
The Pistons’ current NBA record-tying 28-game losing skid began with a different kind of loss than any of the many other setbacks that preceded it.
The outcome remained unchanged.
On Thursday night, Detroit led the league-leading Boston Celtics by twenty-one points at the half. The Celtics, however, came back from a six-point deficit in the closing minutes to force overtime, which they eventually won 128–122. The Pistons were leading by more than 20 points for the first time this season, and it was also the first time they had advanced to overtime in the two months since their previous victory.
The way the group brings it, I’m incredibly pleased of them, said Pistons coach Monty Williams. “They just keep bringing it even after hearing everything there is to say about our team. I’m sure it will be worthwhile.
With 28 straight losses, Detroit dropped to 2-29 and tied the “Trust the Process” Philadelphia 76ers for the most losses in a season. The Pistons must defeat Toronto at home on Saturday night to avoid setting an NBA record for the longest losing streak.
Only the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals, who dropped 29 games in a row from 1942 to 1945, owns the longest losing streak among major North American sports.
“You know what I mean? I’m not interested in just winning one more game this season. to put an end to this. Guard Cade Cunningham of the Pistons, who finished the first half with 22 points but missed a game-winning 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining, remarked, “That would be soft, in my opinion.”
“We have much higher objectives than that. That’s nothing; we have what it takes to win a game. However, to piece together games, identify our methodology, identify what’s working, and enable us to keep winning. All we’re searching for is that.
With a 19-5 surge in the third quarter, Boston overcame a 66-45 advantage from the second quarter to make the game 77-76 despite trailing by 15 points. In the last two minutes of regulation, a 10-0 surge by Kristaps Porzingis scored eight of his season-high 35 points, turning a four-point deficit into a 106-100 Boston lead.
After Detroit’s Jaden Ivey scored six straight points to tie the game, Bojan Bogdanovic hit a putback on Cunningham’s missed three-pointer to send it into overtime, and Jayson Tatum was given credit for a layup on a replay-confirmed goaltending call.
However, 10 of Derrick White’s 23 points came in the overtime, while Porzingis added six points. White made the score 125-117 by dunking on a Tatum full-court pass and then making two free throws.
Williams remarked, “As much as they hurt right now, I hurt for them.” “However, I assured them that we wouldn’t win one game if we brought that level of intensity and execution—minus the turnovers. We are going to assemble something.
For Boston, who won its fourth straight and their ninth in the previous ten games, Tatum finished with 31 points and 10 assists. With a 24-6 record, the Celtics boast the best record in the league and are 15-0 at home this season without Jaylen Brown.
Cunningham, who finished with 31 points and nine assists, remarked, “We’re on the same level as all these teams were playing against.” “I’ve never encountered an NBA team where I felt like I was entering a butcher. I’ve never felt more nervous before a basketball game in my whole life.
Therefore, we ought to be able to battle teams and force our will on them during every game. That was something we did right away. In the third quarter, we let off a little bit on the rope. However, there has been a lot of improvement, and we can take what we’ve learned and apply to the next game.
Bogdanovich finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, Jalen Duren with 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Ivey with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
The fact that the Celtics committed only 12 turnovers compared to Detroit’s staggering 18 turnovers which contributed to their defeat. In terms of rebounds, the Pistons had 57 more than the Celtics, who had 43.
With their 27th straight loss, a 118-112 defeat to Brooklyn on Tuesday night, the Pistons broke the NBA record for the most consecutive losses in a season. The Sixers’ winning run spanned the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
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