The Detroit Pistons set an NBA single-season report with their twenty seventh straight loss Tuesday evening, as Cam Johnson scored 24 factors and Mikal Bridges added 21 to steer the Brooklyn Nets to a 118-112 victory.
Cade Cunningham scored 41 factors however the Pistons (2-28) broke a tie with the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers maintain the general mark at 28, a skid that began within the 2014-15 season and carried over into 2015-16.
“A variety of this load is trusted to me, on the courtroom and within the locker room,” Cunningham mentioned. “Day by day, I attempt to lead the squad, and I have not been profitable at that — 2-28. It is solely proper that I converse for it and be the face of it.”
Cunningham scored 37 within the second half and shot 15 for 21 from the sector, however Bojan Bogdanovic was the one different Pistons participant with greater than 15. Cunningham’s teammates shot 36.2% (25 for 69), together with 28.6% (6 for 21) on 3-pointers.
Nic Claxton and Day’Ron Sharpe every added double-doubles for the Nets, who beat the Pistons for the second straight recreation.
“I did not sleep very nicely final evening, anticipating how powerful this recreation was going to be,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn mentioned. “Any time you play a group back-to-back like that, it’s actually powerful to [win].”
Dorian Finney-Smith’s 3-pointer capped a 13-0 run that put the Nets up 105-97 with 4:53 to play. Cunningham missed a pair of free throws, however got here again with a 3-pointer and a three-point play to tug Detroit inside 109-106 with 1:54 left.
After Johnson’s 3-pointer, a pair of layups from Cunningham made it 112-10. Finney-Smith, although, hit a baseline 3 to place the Nets up 115-110 with 38 seconds left.
“We had just a little little bit of execution and composure down the stretch,” Johnson mentioned. “It did not at all times go our method, however we have been in a position to pull it out.”
Alec Burks missed a 3-pointer, and the Nets clinched the sport from the free-throw line as followers chanted “Promote the group! Promote the group!”
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Brooklyn took an 11-point lead early within the third quarter, however the Pistons responded with an 11-0 run to tie the sport at 71. Cunningham scored 18 of Detroit’s 31 factors within the interval, holding Detroit inside 88-85 going into the fourth.
The Pistons began the sport with a 22-8 run, giving hope to a big crowd, however the Nets outscored them 53-32 in the remainder of the primary half.
“To have a begin like that after which type of let it go within the second quarter — that is the quarter that put us within the gap,” Williams mentioned. “I feel we had six turnovers within the second quarter. That is one thing that has plagued us all 12 months lengthy.”
