Cade Cunningham #2 of the Detroit Pistons drives to the basket between Gary Trent Jr. #33 and Jakob Poeltl #19 of the Toronto Raptors throughout the first half at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday in Detroit.

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Cade Cunningham #2 of the Detroit Pistons drives to the basket between Gary Trent Jr. #33 and Jakob Poeltl #19 of the Toronto Raptors throughout the first half at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday in Detroit.

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After a future of bitter defeats, the Detroit Pistons ended their streak of losses on Saturday night time — narrowly avoiding setting a brand new report for the longest shedding streak within the historical past of the NBA.

The Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors at a house recreation in Little Caesars Arena with a rating of 129-127. The win prevented the Detroit staff from breaking the earlier 28-game shedding streak set by the Philadelphia 76ers throughout the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. The Pistons had matched the 76ers’ report on Thursday.

At a press convention after the Saturday recreation, Pistons coach Monty Williams mentioned he had by no means seen a staff so overjoyed after a recreation.

“It wasn’t relief, it was just like, ‘thank God, finally.’ And guys were screaming. I was almost in tears. And I’m just so happy for our guys, happy for everybody in the locker room,” Williams mentioned.

He added that he was happy with the gamers for his or her steady willpower to enhance regardless of the sequence of losses.

“I think people may have thought they were OK with losing, but they came in every day with a great spirit and they wanted answers and they came in wanting to learn,” he mentioned.

If the Pistons had misplaced, the Detroit staff would have been neck and neck with the Chicago Cardinals, who at present maintain the longest shedding streak in all the 4 main North American skilled sports activities leagues after accumulating 29 consecutive losses over 4 seasons from 1942 to 1945.

The victory towards the Raptors is barely the third win within the 2023-24 season for the Detroit staff, which is likely one of the youngest within the NBA with a majority of gamers underneath 25.

The Pistons’ cascade of losses turned historic after Detroit fell to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday and have become the primary staff within the NBA to lose 27 consecutive video games in a single season.

Then, on Thursday, the Detroit staff misplaced to the Boston Celtics in an in depth recreation of 128-122 and reached their twenty eighth loss.