The Detroit Pistons lost their 15th straight game on Tuesday as they were beaten 133-107 to the Los Angeles Lakers. The 15 straight losses is a franchise high for a single season. Their previous record for consecutive losses was 14 in 1979-80, 1993-94 and 2020-21.
Detroit got off to a good start to the year, as they won two of their first three games. They beat Charlotte 111-99 on October 27 and Chicago 118-102 on October 28. However, since then the Pistons have lost 15 straight games by a total of 201 points.
Three of Detroit’s losses have come by 20 or more points. They lost 142-113 to the Toronto Raptors on November 19, 136-113 to the Indiana Pacers on November 24, and then by 26 points to the Lakers on Tuesday.
Detroit has been very competitive in a few of the games. They have lost by less than 10 points in six of the contests, including a 107-103 loss to the reigning NBA Finals champion Denver Nuggets on November 20.
Anyway you look at it, the Pistons are a team that is a long ways away from being competitive on a regular basis. Point guard Cade Cunningham of Arlington, Texas, the first overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, is averaging 21.8 points per game this season, but is making plenty of mistakes. He is averaging 4.4 turnovers per game, and his 79 turnovers lead the entire National Basketball Association. Cunningham actually had 10 more turnovers than Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, who is second on the list with 69 turnovers. The Pistons meanwhile have the second most turnovers in the entire league with 307. Only the Utah Jazz, with 315, have more.
