The Detroit Pistons lost to the Brooklyn Nets and racked up the worst losing streak in NBA history

Detroit Pistons made history this Tuesday in NBA, but not exactly for reasons worth celebrating. It’s that, after losing to the Brooklyn Nets in 112-118, they chained the defeat number 27 in a rowwhich represents the Worst winning streak for a franchise in a single season in the most competitive basketball league in the world.

In this way the Michigan team overcame the negative votes Philadelphia 76ers in the 2013-2014 campaign e Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010-2011. As of Tuesday, both had a record of 26 consecutive falls.

However, there is still another barrier the Pistons could overcome. It’s about 28 consecutive defeats that the Philadelphia 76ers accumulated counting the end of the 2014-15 season and the beginning of the following one.

However, those led by Monty Williams, who this Tuesday once again heard the criticisms of their fans at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and the cries of “sell the team”, They will have a virtually impossible mission to avoid their 28th defeat.

The next comparison will be this Thursday in Boston against the Celtics, who is one of the great candidates for the ring and who leads the Eastern Conference with a record of 23 victories and just six defeats. Then they will receive from the local a Toronto Raptor.

With a boot to forget two wins and 28 lossesDetroit he hasn’t celebrated a victory since last October 28thwhen they beat the Chicago Bulls 118-102. He has failed to win a game all of November and so far in December.

It is a desolate landscape for one emblematic franchise that has three sample rings: the two obtained with “Bad Boys” by Isiah Thomas (1989 and 1990) and the one in 2004 with Chauncey Billups.

“They brought me to change in this team. This streak is probably more my fault than anyone else’s.. The players are putting their hearts into it. I have to put them in a position where they don’t feel tense,” coach Monty Williams said after Tuesday’s loss.

Additionally, he referenced the great start to the game, when Detroit went 22-8 and finished the first quarter ahead on the scoreboard: “The way we started today is something we’ve seen a lot this year. we had very good starts at times; other times we were in the hole. Starting like this tonight and giving up in the second quarter… That quarter was the one that put us in the hole with a minus 13.”

Finally, he assured that Cade Cunningham, who scored 41 points and failed to prevent the Pistons from falling, did a “wonderful job” and underlined the words spoken in the locker room: “He spoke with passion about the things we need to do and that everyone needs to be in the same boat. We have to be real about the situation we find ourselves in“.

For his part, Cunningham In the press conference he declared: “Every day I try to lead the team and I don’t succeed enough. We are 2-28. It’s okay for me to talk about it and show my face”.