The Detroit Pistons are one of the hottests teams in the NBA. And they're coming off a dominant victory. On Sunday, Feb. 1, the Pistons welcomed the Brooklyn Nets to Detroit for an Eastern Conference matchup.
The Detroit Pistons made incredible franchise history with their blowout win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday evening. Detroit has been enjoying a spectacular campaign throughout the 2025-26 NBA season.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
The Pistons (36-12) didn’t just beat the Nets; they dismantled them, piece by piece, in a 130-77 laugher that rewrote the franchise record books. For fans
Jalen Duren, who was named an NBA All-Star for the first time prior to the game, had 21 points and 10 rebounds as the host Detroit Pistons pounded the Brooklyn Nets 130-77 on Sunday.
The Detroit Pistons ended the first half against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday with a 67-44 lead. Ausar Thompson helped Detroit earn an extra three-points after stealing the ball away from Brooklyn guard Cam Thompson and nailing a crazy half-court shot at the buzzer.
The Detroit Pistons were a very good basketball team last year, and they have graduated to excellent this season. While saying as much earlier in this season might have generated some side eye, you don’t generate a 5.5-game lead in the Eastern Conference by accident.
The Eastern Conference’s top team appears to catch a breather on Sunday—at least on paper—when the Detroit Pistons return home from a West Coast business trip to face a Brooklyn Nets squad loaded with rookies.
Daniss Jenkins has been an absolute rookie revelation for the Detroit Pistons this season. The entire team has been a revelation for the entire city of Detroit, but Jenkins has been the diamond in the rough this bench unit has needed.
The top team in the Eastern Conference gets, at least on paper, a breather on the scheduled Sunday. The Detroit Pistons return home from a West Coast trip to host the rookie-laden Brooklyn Nets.
Second-year guard Daniss Jenkins recently declined a two-year, minimum-salary contract offer from the Pistons, report Jake Fischer and Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Substack link).
When you flick through the Detroit Pistons regular season records from 2020 to now, you notice a rapid shift midway through, and one man is at the heart of it all.
It wasn’t just a win; it was a declaration. In a season where the Detroit Pistons have steadily climbed the ladder from “promising young core” to legitimate Eastern Conference heavyweights, Friday night at the Chase Center served as a microcosm of their evolution.
Cade Cunningham had 29 points and 11 assists as the Detroit Pistons withstood a fourth-quarter rally to beat the Golden State Warriors 131-124 in San Francisco on Friday.
Will the Pistons make a move for more shooting or ride with their young, talented, defense-first roster? With the trade deadline on Feb. 5, the world will know soon.
The Detroit Pistons are sitting comfortably at the top of the Eastern Conference for most of this season so far. They have been playing extremely well on both ends of the court.
The Pistons’ J.B. Bickerstaff has wrapped up one of three head coaching slots in next month’s All-Star Game, the NBA announced (via Twitter). The Celtics’ loss Saturday night in Chicago ensured that Detroit will hold the best record in the East by the February 1 cutoff.
College basketball's new most controversial player had a solid individual performance on Saturday, but Charles Bediako and No. 17 Alabama fell to Tennessee 79-73 inside Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa.