The 2023-2024 NBA season began with top storylines of LeBron James’ age, rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama and several players joining new teams. While those storylines are still alive, a top story for the season has emerged with a historically bad season from the Detroit Pistons.
What Happened: The Detroit Pistons set an NBA record with their 27th straight loss on Wednesday night, breaking the streak for consecutive losses in a single season.
With another loss, the Pistons would tie the overall record for consecutive losses by a team, which happened by the Philadelphia 76ers across the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 NBA seasons.
After starting the season with a 2-1 record, the Pistons are now a league-worst 2-28 and have not won a game since Oct. 28.
On Wednesday, the Pistons lost to the Brooklyn Nets 118 to 112 in a game that saw the Detroit NBA team have several leads. Pistons star Cade Cunningham had 41 points in the game, his second game in December with 40 points or more. On the season, Cunningham is averaging 23 points per game and 7.0 assists per game, ranking 23rd and 11th respectively in the league, according to ESPN.
Cunningham was the first overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft and has now lost 10 games when he has scored 30 points or more, the longest streak to start an NBA career.
The Pistons had the worst record in the NBA last season at 17-65 and have struggled in recent years, last making the NBA Playoffs in 2019.
Record-breaking seasons for the wrong reasons are not new to the city of Detroit with the 2008 Detroit Lions one of only two NFL teams to go winless in 16 games in a season. The 2003 Detroit Tigers (43-119 record) and 2019 Detroit Tigers (47-114 record) have two of the three worst records in MLB since 1962.
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Betting Against The Detroit Pistons
While it’s now easier said than done, a bettor who bet against the Pistons over their last 27 NBA games would have won each bet.
Here’s a look at the 27 games in the Pistons’ losing streak, the betting odds (from BettingPros) of the team they played and how much a $100 bet would be worth if the winnings were continuously rolled into the next game.
Oct. 30 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, -210 odds, $100 into $147.62
Nov. 1 vs…
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