Per the Detroit Free Press:
It was a well-known ending for the Detroit Pistons. However the path to get there was nonetheless one in every of their higher efforts of the season.
They confronted the NBA’s greatest group, the Boston Celtics, on the highway and went toe-to-toe with them for many of the sport at TD Backyard in Boston. However it was one other collapse for the Pistons, who led by 21 factors within the second quarter and by 19 factors at halftime earlier than giving up an enormous run that gave the Celtics a four-point lead early within the fourth quarter, and, ultimately, a 128-122 victory in extra time.
The loss extends the Pistons’ dropping streak to twenty-eight video games, an NBA file for a single-season skid. It additionally ties them with the 2014-15/2015-16 Philadelphia 76ers for the longest skid no matter season. (These 76ers misplaced 10 video games to complete the ’14-15 season and 18 to start out the ’15-16 marketing campaign.) Detroit can declare the file outright with a loss in its subsequent sport, Saturday night time in opposition to the Toronto Raptors at Little Caesars Area in Detroit.
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