After a tight race, Jalen Duren has secured the first NBA Eastern conference player of the week award of his career. Duren is in the midst of his breakout season.
After their most recent games, the Detroit Pistons have a narrow lead as the number one team in the league over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Keeping that lead, let alone building on it, is going to be a much bigger issue given how competitive both the Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs are.
It seems inevitable that the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons and the fourth-place Cleveland Cavaliers will meet in the second round of the playoffs.
Robbie Bettelon of Detroit Bad Boys joins the show to discuss the Pistons’ past week of games. Robbie and Blake discuss Detroit’s Sunday night win over the Magic, plus the previous games against the Cavaliers, Thunder and Spurs.
The Detroit Pistons started the month of March off with a bang with a 106-92 victory over the Orlando Magic. All-Star guard Cade Cunningham pushed past a slow 3-point shooting night to lead the Pistons with 29 points and 11 assists.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Cade Cunningham scored 29 points with 11 assists as the NBA-leading Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 106-92 on Sunday for their sixth consecutive road victory.
Confidence never wavered for J.B. Bickerstaff, even as his Detroit Pistons stumbled through a frustrating first half against the Orlando Magic. Detroit looked disjointed early, missing its first 15 attempts from beyond the arc and struggling to find rhythm on either end of the floor.
Facing the first matchup of a difficult three-game road trip, the Detroit Pistons extended their winning streak to three games with an impressive 106-92 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.
The MVP case of Detroit Pistons’ point guard Cade Cunningham continues to gain significant momentum. The Pistons just finished defeating the Orlando Magic 106-92 on the road.
It was all smooth sailing in the second half of the Detroit Pistons game against the Orlando Magic on Sunday night, as they snagged their third straight victory to improve their NBA-best record to 45-14 this season.
The Detroit Pistons outscored the Orlando Magic 56-35, behind 29 points from Cade Cunningham and 23 points from former Magic Tobias Harris. That second-half performance was a far cry from a sluggish first-half showing where the Pistons couldn’t hit a three to save their lives and couldn’t keep the Magic’s Paolo Banchero off the free-throw line.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Cade Cunningham paired 29 points with 11 assists as the visiting Detroit Pistons defeated the Orlando Magic 106-92 on Sunday. Cunningham also had six rebounds for the league-leading Pistons, who overcame some early shooting woes to crush the Magic 31-18 and 25-17 across the last two quarters.
In a recent overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Detroit Pistons proved they can win tough games without star guard Cade Cunningham. When he fouled out late in the fourth quarter, the rest of the squad kept going, pulling off the narrow victory over a strong Cavs team.
One word springs to mind for Detroit forward Ausar Thompson when asked to describe teammate Jalen Duren's recent surge. "Domination," Thompson said. It's an ominous thought for the Orlando Magic, who host in-form Duren and the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons on Sunday.
Jalen Duren was dominant in the Detroit Pistons’ 122-119 overtime victory against their division rival, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The first-time All-Star looked exactly like that, dropping 33 points, 16 boards, three assists, and three blocks.
The Detroit Pistons' matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers did not disappoint the fans that packed into Little Caesars Arena for a nationally televised showdown on Friday night.
Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart said he is the best defensive player in the NBA, a claim supported by his league-leading 42.7% opponent field goal percentage at the rim among players with at least 150 attempts defended.
The Detroit Pistons hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers at Little Caesars Arena on Friday night in a game that featured more than just basketball drama. In the third quarter, with the Pistons clinging to a slim 65-64 lead, a power surge triggered an electrical malfunction, sending the arena’s overhead horn into an unrelenting blare.
The Detroit Pistons didn’t shoot it well from deep. They didn’t always look polished. But when it mattered most, they were tougher, sharper, and more composed.
The Detroit Pistons are hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers for a nationally televised game today, for a marquee matchup between two top-four Eastern Conference contenders.
The Detroit Pistons didn’t stumble into championship contention — they’ve forced the league to reckon with them. At 43-14, they hold the best record in basketball.
NBA Hall of Famer Ben Wallace supports comparisons between himself and Isaiah Stewart, adding further validation to the young forward’s emergence during the Detroit Pistons’ standout season.
The Cavaliers were riding high Tuesday night. Beat the Knicks. Looked connected. Sounded confident. Felt like something was clicking. Two days later, the injury report reads like a novel.
Flexing their muscles, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Monday night. The win extended the Spurs' win streak to nine games.