On December 27, Beijing time, the Pistons played the Nets again at home! The last away game was lost, and the Pistons have now swallowed 26 consecutive defeats, tying the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history (2010-11 Cavaliers)! 2 games away from the longest losing streak in history (2015 76ers lost 28 consecutive games across the season). Can the team end the losing streak today?
Pistons owner Tom Gores' latest response to local fans calling out for the boss to leave class is: "This idea is ridiculous!" What's even more annoying is that the American media posted a poster of Morant vs Pistons with the caption: "3 wins vs 2 wins, Morant even let the Pistons 25 games." "The Pistons have a 2-27 record this season, and Morant has led the team to three consecutive wins since his return!
On the Nets' side, if you don't mention it, many brothers may have forgotten Simmons. Recently, Xidi talked about his comeback: "They didn't give me any timetable for my comeback, I really wish I just sprained my ankle, but I don't know what happened to me, I can only do some shooting training now." "With $170 million in five years, Simmons is the real winner in life.
I thought I was really going to win, and the Pistons were 31-25 Nets in the first quarter, leading the opponent by 6 points! At halftime, the Pistons trailed the Nets by seven points, 54-61 at home.
Cunningham didn't have much of a presence in the first half, only played 12 minutes plagued by fouls, and got 4 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 fouls on 2-of-5 shooting. Fortunately, the rest of the people stepped up, and three scored double-doubles, Bogdanovic 13 points, Burks 11 points and 4 rebounds, Duren 10 points and 10 rebounds, and the young man came back to contribute many violent dunks.
The Nets scored in double figures, Johnson 10 points and Thomas 11. The biggest highlight is Claxton, Zhao Si was extremely efficient in the half, played 14 minutes, 4 of 4 and scored 9 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks!
After fighting again, Cunningham let go, and when he only scored 4 points in the first half, he scored 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting and 1-of-1 three-pointer in the third quarter! There were more people who came out of the basketball site, Johnson maintained a good hand, scored 9 points in the third quarter, Thomas Jr. made consecutive kills at the end, and the Pistons still trailed by 3 points after the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Pistons suddenly rained three-pointers, Bojan took the lead from the outside, and then Cunningham also opened, a wave of 12-5 climax. Seeing that the team was behind, Dinwiddie teamed up with Bridges, and the two continued to make kills, and soon the Nets once again seized the initiative.
At the end of the period, it was Cunningham again, three points + breakthrough consecutive points, and the difference was narrowed to only 2 points, but the two fists were hard to beat with four hands, and the Nets could respond every round, first Johnson hit the outside, and then more than 30 seconds left, Smith also shot a big heart bottom corner three-pointer! The difference returned to 5 points, you are going to ruin the Pistons.
Congratulations to the Nets for beating the Pistons 118-112 and sending the opponent to 27 consecutive defeats to make history! Cunningham scored 18 points in the third quarter and 19 points in the fourth quarter, shooting 15 of 21 from the field, 3 of 4 from three-point range, and scoring a game-high 41 points! plus 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. The full-site data chart is presented.
It's a pity, this game Pistons once again let fans see the hope of winning, but in the end they still pulled their hips! Cunningham slashed 40+ and tried his best, he knew that tonight was the best opportunity, but he couldn't take it. In the next game against the Celtics, the Pistons will continue to lose streak if nothing else......