Pistons Set an NBA Record with 27 Straight Losses

A fiery-hot fourth quarter from star player Cade Cunningham wasn’t enough for the Detroit Pistons to avoid losing their NBA-record 27th consecutive game, this time 118-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, Dec. 26, at Little Caesars Arena. It was the second of back-to-back games the Pistons dropped to the Nets (15-15), and the defeat resulted in Detroit setting the league’s all-time record for consecutive losses in a single season. With the loss, the Pistons fell to just 2-28 on the season, and have gone two entire calendar months without a win. The last victory came on Oct. 28, 2023. Cunningham was spectacular on the night and particularly in the last quarter, where he scored 19 of his game-high 41 points. He continued to go basket-for-basket with the Nets late in the game, but after scoring 10 consecutive points down the stretch and the Pistons trailing by only five points, 115-110, with 38 seconds remaining, the Nets double-teamed Cunningham in the corner and didn’t allow him to receive an inbounds pass. Instead, the ball went to Pistons reserve Alec Burks, who hurled an off-balance three with the shot clock winding down. On Brooklyn’s previous possession, Cam Thomas, with two...