Detroit Pistons set NBA record with 27th straight loss - ESPN

DETROIT — It's history that not many fans inside of Little Caesars Arena were looking forward to experiencing on Tuesday night but the Detroit Pistons couldn't avoid NBA infamy with their 27th straight loss against the Brooklyn Nets, 118-112.

It's the most consecutive losses in a single season in league history. Detroit hasn't won a game since Oct. 28 during its home opener against Chicago and now sits at 2-28 on the season.

Entering Tuesday's game, Pistons coach Monty Williams couldn't avoid the topic of potentially hitting the all-time losing mark — something he didn't want his name connected to.

«Streaks like that are attached to the coach. So, I've always felt like that was on me and been pretty blunt about that,» Williams said ahead of the tipoff. «I'm sure the players don't want to be involved in any type of losing at all, but I've said from jump street, the responsibility of this kind of thing is on me.

»I'm not going to absolve myself from that, but as competitors, yeah, it's human nature and its competitive nature that you want to do whatever you can to win a game. Nobody wants to be involved in something like this, but this is where we are, and we have to attack it."

Cade Cunningham, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2021 draft, gave it his best effort, finishing with a game-high 41 points to go along with 9 rebounds and 5 assists. He had 37 points in the second half alone.

The Pistons got off to a fast start in the opening quarter, holding a 14-point, double-digit lead for the first time in a contest since Nov. 12 (against the Bulls) but committed six turnovers in the second quarter and entered halftime trailing, 61-54.

Cunningham went off for 18 points in the third quarter as the Pistons went down 71-60 at 8:35