With the return of fans to the stands of professional sports venues, there was also going to be the return of some unruliness. During Friday night’s Game 3 matchup between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets, a fight broke out in the seats at Ball Arena in Denver that was captured on video. The end … Read more
According to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic, the 2020-21 NBA MVP is Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. During the 2020-21 season, Jokic averaged 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 8.3 assists. Jokic becomes the lowest draft pick in NBA history to win the award. Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic has won the … Read more
The Detroit Pistons will have to wait to take on the Denver Nuggets. Their game, which was scheduled for 9:00 PM EST, was cancelled literally three minutes before tipoff: Here's the official announcement from the NBA. Pistons are scheduled play the Jazz tomorrow, Suns on Friday and Lakers on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/d27Ui40pm4 — Omari Sankofa II … Read more
The Detroit Pistons (20-43) returned home from a four-game road trip, but couldn’t get it done tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder (38-24), falling to the visiting team in a close one 114-107. This looked like it was going to be a close game when it started, with the Pistons only down 69-64 to end … Read more
The Detroit Pistons (19-41) couldn’t get it done tonight on the road, losing to the Denver Nuggets (40-18) 115-98. The Pistons are in full rebuild mode, as this game marks the Pistons seventh straight loss. Meanwhile, the Nuggets came into this one winning five of their last seven games. The Pistons went into halftime trailing … Read more
The Detroit Pistons (19-40) couldn’t get it done tonight, losing a close one to the Portland Trail Blazers (26-32) 107-104. The Pistons started this game poorly, trailing the Trail Blazers 40-24 to end the first quarter, but a 21-3 run in the second quarter tied up the game 43-43 with 6:30 remaining in the first … Read more
On March 26, 2006, Twitter creator Jack Dorsey sent out the first tweet ever. Over two years later (Oct. 2008), the Detroit Pistons joined the Twitter party and since then they have tweeted out a whopping 72,974 messages. Embed from Getty Images One of the Pistons’ biggest tweets came less than a month later (Nov. … Read more
Here are the NBA power rankings through week one: 30. New York Knicks (0-3) – Rookie RJ Barrett has been a shining bright spot for the Knicks, averaging 21 points per game through three games. He may be the only bright spot to highlight for a team that has started off 0-3 for the season. … Read more
With the Piston’s season underway tonight, here are our first NBA Power Rankings of the season: 30. Cleveland Cavilers – The Cavaliers have a first-year head coach (John Beilein), and there were no improvements made via free agency during the summer. Darius Garland/Collin Sexton back court will need time to work. Expect the Cavs … Read more
The Detroit Pistons were riding high last week following a huge win against the powerhouse Toronto Raptors at Little Caesars Arena. And now, that air of confidence has all but evaporated following a disappointing 1-4 road swing that caused major damage to their playoff chances. The latest setback was last night’s loss to the Denver … Read more
March 26, 2007 – 10 years to the day of the infamous “Fight Night at the Joe” – became known in Detroit sports history for a different kind of accomplishment. A ridiculous game-tying shot from Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace tied the score against the Denver Nuggets at 98 points apiece. After the Nuggets flubbed … Read more
What is always surely a tough pill to swallow for the “NBA players can’t play defense like they used to” crowd, December 13th marks the 33 year anniversary of the highest scoring game in NBA history. The game saw 370 points total as the Detroit Pistons outlasted the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime. The … Read more
Missing three of five starters, the Detroit Pistons limped into the NBA All-Star break on Wednesday, absorbing a 103-92 loss to the Denver Nuggets. The Pistons (27-27) began the day without starting shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, missing his fourth consecutive game with a core injury. By game time, Detroit was down two more starters as both … Read more
Players come around every now and then that you just want on your team regardless of what they bring to the court, whether it be their offensive ability, defensive mentality, leadership qualities, etc. For Chauncey Billups, selected third overall by the Boston Celtics in the 1997 NBA Draft, it just happened to take a few … Read more
Danilo Gallinari connected on a shot clock-beating step back 22-footer with 23 seconds remaining that gave the Denver Nuggets a one-point advantage and eventually led to a 104-101 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday. Detroit (23-21) had two opportunities to re-gain a late lead but a pair of difficult Reggie Jackson layups inside went … Read more
In case you missed it, things got a little wild in the United Center on Friday night. The Detroit Pistons’ 147-144 victory over the Chicago Bulls took not one, not two, not three, but four overtimes to finally squeeze out a winner. Pistons center Andre Drummond played 54 of a possible 68 minutes of game … Read more
