The Pistons lost 112-118 at home to the Nets and suffered a 27-game losing streak, breaking the NBA's all-time single-season losing streak. I have to say that the Pistons hired Monty to coach, and the team spent a lot of money or returned with a miserable defeat. Because Udoka and Monty are both coaches who lead the team to the Finals, one leads the Finals with the Suns and the other leads the Finals with the Greens. But now Monty's Pistons are first from the bottom in the league, and the Rockets are eighth in the West, and it seems that Udoka is more capable.
The most pitiful player for the Pistons right now is undoubtedly CC Cunningham, who really can't win no matter how he leads the team. He really did his best in this game, and the Pistons still saw some hope in the first quarter, with a 22-8 start under the leadership of Cunningham and Bojan, and Duren also returned, the Pistons ended the losing streak at this moment. But the Nets didn't give it a chance, and at the end of the quarter, the small train Thomas suddenly broke out with all the firepower, leading the Nets to chase only 6 points. In the second quarter, O'Neal and Bridges scored a one-time out, and the Nets led 61-54 at halftime.
The Nets led by 11 points in the second half, and at the critical moment of life and death, Cunningham stopped passing teammates and began to play in a single mode. In 3 minutes, Cunningham scored 11 points and scored 18 points in a single quarter to lead the team to a 97-92 lead! Unfortunately, more people from the Nets stepped up in the final quarter, and Bridges led the team to a wave of 13-0 to overtake the Pistons by 8 points. It was CC who scored 12 points in a row to chase down only 2 points, but at the critical moment, Finney-Smith hit a game-saving three-pointer, and Bridges hit two free throws to kill the game. But Cunningham was respectable, and he scored 19 more points in the final quarter. In the second half, Cunningham scored 37 points and still couldn't save the Pistons.
In the whole game, Bridges scored 21 points, Johnson 24 points, Zhao Si, Claxton 11 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Thomas 17 points. Sharpe had 11 points, 11 rebounds and four hats, and Smith had 11 points. On the Pistons' side, Cunningham scored 41 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists on 15-of-21 shooting, and Bojan scored 23 points. Heading into December, Cunningham scored 40 points twice, and as a third-year rookie, he did his best. The so-called destruction of Shu is by no means the fault of the general.
So far this season, Cunningham has played in 30 games, averaging 23 points, 7 assists and 4.1 boards in 34.8 minutes per game, shooting 45% from the field and 33% from three-point range. Compared with the previous two seasons, Cunningham's statistics and shooting percentage have risen steadily, and to be honest, the curse of champions and leaders does still exist, and it may be the Rockets' leader Jalen Green at present. Green, who is in the third grade this season, has not advanced but regressed, and his shooting percentage has been less than 40%.
In the last five games, Green has been largely hidden in the final quarter, and his average time per game has slowly decreased from 30 minutes to 19 minutes now. Especially in today's game where the Rockets lost to the Pacers, the Rockets lost by 19 points in the 19 minutes Green played. If Cunningham and Jalen Green were to swap teams, it might be a good option for both teams. Cunningham can play to his strengths in the Udoka system, while Jalen Green can continue to score points on the swing team.
In the past few years, there have only been 19 years of champions and lists, Zion and Morant. 18 years of Ayton's champion, the list of Bagley water. In 20 years, Edwards was the top player, Wiseman was on the list, and he had three goals, but the result was another list. Now that the Rockets are 21 years old, it is better to use the list to choose Barnes of the Raptors, the template is the upper limit poor version of James, and the lower limit is Dream Green. Barnes is a top-class striker, tall and playmaker. If the Rockets had chosen Barnes in the '21 list, perhaps the roster would have won five more games now.