Detroit Pistons End Historic Losing Streak with 129-127 Win over the Toronto Raptors

For the first time in 63 days – since Oct. 28 – the Detroit Pistons have won a basketball game. The win on Saturday, Dec. 30, ended the Pistons NBA-tying streak of 28 consecutive losses. During the streak, Detroit surpassed the single-season loss streak of 26 straight games, as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ record of 28 consecutive losses, which happened over the course of two seasons. But the Pistons capitalized from solid three-point shooting and a short-handed Raptors team, plus another dominant second-half performance from Cade Cunningham, to notch a 129-127 over the Toronto Raptors. Hours before the game, the Raptors and New York Knicks finalized a big-time trade that sent its seventh year starting forward OG Anunoby to the Knicks along with backup center Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn. In exchange, the Knicks received Canadian-born RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and a 2024 second-round draft pick that the Raptors got from a previous trade with the Pistons. Anunoby, considered one of the league’s top wing defenders, made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team and led the league in steals last season while averaging 16.8 points per game and shooting 38.7% from three. Before the game, Pistons Head Coach Monty Williams...