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‘MOTOWN MISERY’: Injuries & continuity to blame for Pistons’ 27L streak – Bontemps | SportsCenter



‘MOTOWN MISERY’: Injuries & continuity to blame for Pistons’ 27L streak – Bontemps | SportsCenter

The losing streak reaches 27 consecutive games that is the longest streak in a single season in NBA history nobody wants something like this attached to them I’ve been through tough playoff losses um this is relative to that we need to continue to lean on each other

And continue to push each other and hold each other accountable more than ever now it weighs on us every Day W mtown misery continues for the Pistons after they set the NBA single season record last night with their 27th straight loss let’s go by the numbers now on their struggles the Pistons have lost 11 consecutive games that involve clutch time clutch time defined as score

Within five and final five minutes of a game Detroit is shooting just 21% in clutch time this season now the Pistons have led for a total of 55 minutes and 29 seconds that’s less than 5% of game time Detroit has had a lead with under 3 minutes to play in just three contests

During the losing streak on that note our NBA reporter Tim bontin joins us right now so let’s talk Detroit here because it is turned into a national story Tim uh owner Tom Gore is under Fire after saying that he’s not going to sell the team and that fans who are

Chanting sell the team are essentially ridiculous how did we get here with the Pistons you at theame well Michelle you don’t get to 27 and maybe 28 consecutive losses depending on what happens in Thursday’s game against the Boston Celtics if you don’t have a lot of

Things go wrong and I think it’s safe to say that a lot of things have gone wrong for the Detroit Pistons this year let’s start with the fact that they began the season with buan bogdanovich their best veteran player out for an extended time with a calf injury and have J had Jaylen

Durren the number 13 pick in last year’s draft a very impressive young big man missed big chunks of the Season as well those two key guys out of the lineup allowed the losses to add up early those injuries have also contributed to Detroit not having a single lineup play

Over 100 minutes this year and not have any lineup play in more than nine games so far this season so there’s been no continuity across the roster and the other big thing Michelle is the Pistons just do not have very much shooting on the roster at all they are dead last in

The league at three-point makes per game they’re dead last at attempts per game and they’re 29th in the league in three-point shooting percentage so you look at where the league has gone and where offense has gone if you’re not a good shooting team you started a deficit

Every game you couple that with some bad luck and close games that’s how you get to this streak and we’ll see what happens in this game on Thursday yeah the bad luck could very well continue because they go to Boston tomorrow night where our BPI gives them just a 3%

Chance to win so Tim listen to this if you started with a $100 bet on the money line against the Pistons we ran the numbers and you just rolled over those winnings you kept betting against against Detroit you were up a lot up nearly $500,000 at this Point

Tim Bontemps joins SportsCenter to analyze what’s gone wrong for the Detroit Pistons as they look to potentially tie the NBA’s all-time longest loss streak (28, Philadelphia 76ers) on Thursday against the Boston Celtics.

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46 Comments

  3. @LogicOverEmotion

    The real reason is the owner. Tom Gores has the lowest win percentage in the NBA since he purchased the team in 2011 and the lowest win percentage in all pro sports over the past 5 years.

    He’s turned what was once a proud and decorated franchise into the laughing stock of the sports world.

    He hires people who have no idea what they’re doing and continues to employ them because he isn’t proactive with the organization. He was even recently quoted as saying his “work in the community” (which he obviously profits immensely from) all but takes precedence over actually running a functional professional basketball franchise.

    We will forever flounder in mediocrity until the league steps in. He simply doesn’t care.

  8. @liulbitew14

    The whole team is 5 pgs 5 centers and 2 wings 💀Bojan and burks want their numbers to get traded the young guys are outta position and don’t know how to win

  10. @Matthewisfigu

    Maybe teach ur team some defense Monty Williams. When to switch, when to go over or under on the pick and roll, etc. There defense is atrocious. No effort doesn't help either. Watch film session YouTube and he points out elementary defensive mistakes that can easily be corrected by coaching and nothing changes.

  11. @purprince5458

    Thats enough espn no need to kick them while they are down, how many posts you gonna make about this L 😢

  15. @MadisonAvenue074

    We in the year of skull and bones. The brotherhood of death that was started at Yale university 322 years ago. The year 2023, in freemasonry the “0” has no value so 223. Which is 322 in reverse. The NFL season this year is 22 weeks and 3 days long. 223. And how coincidentally in the year of skull and bones, the Detroit pistons chose to incorporate the skull and bones logo on their alternate uniforms. And also how coincidentally Detroit is in its 322nd year being established… and my last point “ the Detroit pistons” equates to 223 in gematria… their not losing because they suck, they’re losing because it’s scripted and that’s what they’re being instructed to do. These games are ruled on numerology. Not about talent, pure numbers aka “gematria”

  23. @vinceeuropa5587

    I genuinely would like to know what would happen if they just didn't stop losing, like at one point does Adam Silver step in and say something.

  29. @hnobody

    Jesus, this segment is awful. The Pistons are a poorly-coached team top to bottom, especially on defense, and worst of all is that they simply do not play with effort. How this coaching staff has not already been fired is totally baffling – either fire the staff, or fire more or less the entire roster, otherwise this team may not exceed 5 wins all season.

  35. @militiamancampbell

    The pistons are in this he impart because of their un-subtle tank job last year to get Wemby, they rested their good players and sent out junk lineups and lost a year of team development on a crap shoot, also the decision to trade for Blake Griffins big contract was a dumb move and they got one good season out of him and maybe 2 playoff games where he could actually play

  40. @colekuczek9812

    The big question now is: when will they be eliminated from the playoffs? This’ll obviously be the earliest that a team has clinched the lottery, I’m just wondering when it’ll be official. Probably soon.

  42. @kennethgray2510

    Here's the problem – they brought in a new coach instead of a new GM. Dwane Casey knew the players. He knew their habits. He knew their strengths. He knew their weaknesses. He knew how they would compliment one another on the floor. He knew match-up combinations. He had a relationship with the players. The owner and the front office got too impatient and pulled the plug at the wrong time. Sure, Casey was a liability. However, he didn't get a fair chance to really get ALL of these players to mesh like he should have. Due to injury, influx of new talent (or lack-thereof), Troy Weaver's confusing draft and free agent signing tendencies, etc. Casey was considered the least valuable piece and he got fired. This is the problem. Bring Casey back and get rid of Monty Williams. For God sake, he's walking his wife through cancer. He was ready to take some time off until this desperate and clueless owner brought him in with money he could not refuse. Get rid of Weaver, get rid of Williams. Humble yourself, Tom Gores, and beg and plead for Casey to come back (if it's at all possible at this point). Make a move and make it now before these young players become traumatized for life! I'll always be a Detroit Pistons fan, but man, how much do fans and young players have to suffer? This horrible failure is on Gores and Weaver.

  46. @xantanaxworld

    surprised nobody feels bad for cade..: hes the face of this whole situation for generations to come… mustve been heavy for him…

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