On December 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, just after two games, the Pistons lost to the Nets 112-118 to create a shameful record, suffering 27 consecutive defeats, setting a new record for the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history, and one game away from the longest losing streak in history (across seasons);The Magic beat the Fish Belly Wizards 127-119 to make it two wins in a row and continue to chase the Celtics, Bucks and 76ers.
The Pistons have lost 27 consecutive games and the Pistons have won the championship 3 times in history, and the name of the Bad Boys Army once shocked the whole league, Billups, Ben Wallace, and Rodman are the stars in the history of the Pistons, but time has passed, and the Motor City of Detroit has come to an end. The Pistons have not been competitive this season, have been on a losing streak for a long time, and head coach Monty, who was signed with a high salary in the offseason, has become an ant in a hot pot, and the team's failure has something to do with him. Against the Nets today, the Pistons played well in the first quarter to lead by 6 points at 31-25, but the power went out in the second quarter, and they lost 13 points in the second quarter at 23-36.
Monty's high-salary record was terrible in the second half, and the Pistons fought back under the leadership of Cunningham and once achieved a comeback, but they still couldn't catch up on the points in the crucial final quarter, and finally lost 112-118, helplessly swallowing a 27-game losing streak. Cunningham finished with 41 points, nine rebounds and five assists on 15-of-21 shooting, 3-of-4 three-pointers and 8-of-10 free throws, Bogdanovic 23 points, Duren 12 points and 15 rebounds, and Burks 15 points. The Pistons have 2 games left in 2024, and the opponents are the Celtics and the Raptors, and with their strength, the losing streak may continue.
The Magic 4th in the East, the Nets ushered in two consecutive wins, temporarily ranked 9th in the East, Johnson scored 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting + 4 three-pointers, Bridges 21 points, and Thomas 17 points.
Wizards' second-to-last dark horse Magic challenged the second-to-last Wizards away today, Banchero, Wagner and Blake all scored more than 20 points, after four quarters of the battle, with a score of 127-119 ushered in two consecutive wins, firmly in fourth place, the Wizards suffered two consecutive defeats, the number of wins this season is only 3 more than the bottom of the Pistons, Poole 20 shots 11 hollow cut 30 points, Kuzma 18 shots 6 got 17 points and 4 rebounds, Jones 22 points. 2023 Post Sprint Competition