Detroit Bad Boys

Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images Detroit plays their final home game before a west coast swing this week Game Vitals: Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MIWhen: Sunday, January 16 at 1:00 pmWatch: Bally Sports DetroitOdds: Pistons (+11.5) Lineups Phoenix Suns (32-9): Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, Deandre Ayton Detroit Pistons … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Suns GameThread: Game Time, TV, Odds, and more

Ben and Laz talk about the (successful???) week in Detroit Basketball Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about your 10-32 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker returns to talk about whether the Pistons are a good bad team or a bad good team, Jerami Grant trade interest, the struggles of Isaiah Stewart, and the Bol Bol trade … [Read more...] about DBB Podcast: Just a Good Bad Team?

Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images Lyles has played a much larger role than anyone anticipated this season, and he’s figuring out how to contribute as a surprise center It is no surprise that second-year point guard Killian Hayes is the most polarizing member of the Detroit Pistons after an injury-marred an ineffective rookie year. What is most surprising is … [Read more...] about Film Don’t Lie: Trey Lyles, the surprisingly effective small-ball 5

Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports High powered Phoenix offense proves too much for Detroit to handle In a game between two teams at the opposite end of the NBA standings, the Phoenix Suns managed to improve their NBA-leading record, defeating the Detroit Pistons 135-108. As most did not expect the now 10-32 Pistons to top the NBA’s best team, the story of this one for Pistons … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Suns Final Score: Cade Cunningham ejected as Pistons fall to NBA’s best

Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images Cunningham went baseline, slammed it through the hoop and was ejected for pointing toward an opponent Cade Cunningham delivered perhaps the highlight of his young career with a vicious dunk along the baseline, but the Detroit Pistons rookie didn’t have long to enjoy it because he was ejected from the game seconds later in … [Read more...] about Cade Cunningham ejected after dunk for … pointing?

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Detroit eyes Phoenix for win number six in 2022. Fresh off an impressive victory against the Toronto Raptors, Detroit has it targets set on the league leading Phoenix Suns. The 10-31 Pistons have the chance to win back-to-back games for the third time in as many weeks. After winning a season-best 18 games in a row, the Suns … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Suns preview: Detroit seeks consecutive wins against the NBA’s best

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Mobley continues his dominance and Cade Cunningham continues to be crippled be turnover and offensive inefficiencies Welcome to Vol. 3 of our NBA Rookie Rankings! The time has come to see how the rookie class stacks up after another month of data. Vol. 3 does not disappoint. If you missed Vols. 1 & 2, or want a refresher on where … [Read more...] about NBA Rookie Rankings Vol. 3: Evan Mobley continues his place atop rankings

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports The Pistons’ domination of the Raptors under Dwane Casey continues. The Raptors came into this game winners of 6 of their last 7 while the Pistons came off of a 46-point blowout loss to the Bulls on Tuesday. It seemed like the result of this one was already pre-determined, but the Pistons had other plans. There seem to be no rules when … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Raptors final score: Pistons hold on to win, 103-87

Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports The Raptors have won 6 of their last 7 and are working their way up the Eastern Conference standings. The last time these two teams faced, the Pistons came out victorious, which has happened a lot since Dwane Casey has taken over as coach of the Pistons. The Raptors have won 6 of their last 7 games and are now above .500. They have gotten … [Read more...] about Pistons vs. Raptors preview: Pistons welcome a hot Toronto team to LCA