The Pistons ran out of offensive firepower when they needed it most. Any formula to dominance Jalen Duren and Cade Cunningham figured out during the regular season proved to be unsustainable against both the No.
The Detroit Pistons finished off their 2025-26 season making it as far as Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals before losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Detroit Pistons will be in unfamiliar territory during the 2026 NBA Draft. Most of this decade, the Pistons have spent their time in the lottery, but after the success of the last two years, Detroit will be selecting later in the first round.
This time, Michael Jordan can’t take that personally. On Thursday morning, Jordan’s longtime rival and Detroit Pistons great, Isiah Thomas was asked by Dan Patrick to name his “Dream Team” during an appearance on Patrick’s radio show.
How many of the players to score 35 points, dish out five assists and haul in five rebounds in a Conference Final game at least once can you name in six minutes?
The Detroit Pistons must do whatever it takes to retain as many of their starters from their record-breaking season as they can going into the offseason.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
The Detroit Pistons 2025-26 NBA season officially wrapped up on Sunday night. The Cleveland Cavaliers ended the Pistons' postseason run with a dominating 125-94 win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Little Caesars Arena.
Cade Cunningham did not finish the postseason the way he hoped, shooting 12-of-35 in his last two contests, but he gained a massive amount of respect from fans around the world after returning from a collapsed lung and attempting to carry the Detroit Pistons to the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Detroit Pistons have plenty of time to collect their thoughts after being eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon said on Tuesday he’s hopeful of signing both Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson to long-term deals this offseason, according to Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press.
It’s been two days since the Detroit Pistons season came to an end against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at Little Caesars Arena.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
While expectations for the young Detroit Pistons grew exponentially over the course of the regular season, there's no doubt that this team were a group of overachievers this season.
The Detroit Pistons face a major offseason decision regarding Jalen Duren after President of Basketball Operations Trajan Langdon acknowledged the young center’s postseason struggles during the team’s exit interviews Tuesday ahead of his upcoming restricted free agency.
Over the weekend, the Detroit Pistons’ 2026 season came to an end with a blowout Game 7 loss at home to the Cleveland Cavaliers, denying them a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
There was no yelling, no chest‑thumping, no over‑the‑top celebration. When the final seconds of Cleveland’s 125–94 Game 7 win ticked away, Mitchell simply exhaled — a long, overdue breath that felt like it had been sitting in his chest for nearly a decade.
Following a year where the Detroit Pistons exceeded expectations and proved preseason analysts wrong, one of the most vital pieces to this season’s success might be on the move.
Now that this season has come to an end, it’s time to look ahead to free agency and the NBA Draft to see how the Detroit Pistons can improve the roster for the 2026/27 season.
Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and the Detroit Pistons are officially out of the postseason after falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Detroit on Sunday, 125-94.
There is some good news and some bad news right now for Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren. The Pistons are expected to try to retain Duren in free agency this offseason, Hunter Patterson of The Athletic reported on Monday.
The Pistons are wasting little time looking ahead to next season. Ausar Thompson becomes extension-eligible this offseason, and according to The Athletic’s Hunter Patterson, Detroit would like to lock him up as part of its long-term core.
It’s going to take some time before Ausar Thompson completely moves on from the painful ending of the Detroit Pistons’ 2025-26 NBA campaign. The Pistons’
The Detroit Pistons had high hopes heading into Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but things went the other way as the team fell hard, losing 125-94.
Random dribbles following the first half of the Cavs-Pistons Game 7 in Detroit. Cavs lead, 64-47. That may have been the Cavs’ best first half of the season.
The Pistons have listed guard/forwards Duncan Robinson (low back soreness), Caris LeVert (right heel contustion) and Kevin Huerter (left adductor strain) as questionable for Sunday’s do-or-die Game 7 against Cleveland, according to Hunter Patterson of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The Detroit Pistons have officially forced a Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals after the team's Friday win, 115-94, on the road.