The Detroit Pistons made NBA history on Tuesday night for the wrong reasons when they slumped to a 118-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. This was the Pistons’ 27th consecutive loss this season; the longest losing streak in NBA history. Detroit has failed to win since their opening home game on October 28 against the Chicago Bulls, at which point they were 2-1. Now, the Pistons are sitting at the foot of the Eastern Conference standings with a 2-28 record.
Following the team’s 27th straight loss, Pistons star Cade Cunningham addressed his teammates, telling them to remain committed and not to “jump off the boat” in an impassioned speech to motivate his team. The number one overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Cunningham scored 41 points on the night. He has now lost all 10 of the games when he scored 30 points or more; the longest streak of its kind in NBA history.
“I don’t think what I said was positivity, I think it’s just being real … there’s nothing positive about this situation right now that we put ourselves in, so that’s why we have to dig deep and get ourselves out of it,” Cunningham said of his speech. “You can’t get away from it. It weighs on us every day, I mean everywhere. It weighs on us.”
