Cade Cunningham and the Pistons are getting a better deal on the last corner

With already 19 wins after seven weeks of competition, c clips, still at the top of the Eastern Conference, they are doing almost better than some seasons of their dark years, between 2019 and 2024. Then they collected between 14 and 23 wins only, at the end of 82 meetings…

The progress seen during the last financial year is thus confirmed, and the spirit of revenge is strong in Detroit. Long years of occupying the last places in the league do not disappear with the wave of a magic wand. On the contrary, they now serve as the driving force to never look back and win again and again.

“There were so many long drives home after games, long nights thinking about what could have been different. It stays. It chases you around the floor. I know that’s the case with my teammates.”, notes Cade Cunningham. “It’s the little things that make the difference and we’ve been on the wrong side of these things and now we’re trying to get out of it every time. It’s still early in the season and we’re not happy or satisfied with where we are right now. We’re just trying to accumulate things and we’ll see where it takes us.”

Have a sense of timing

It’s the little things that allow you to win in meetings where everything is decided in the end, “on the details” as the old saying goes. This has been the Pistons’ bread and butter for several days now with plenty of games played within six points (seven of eight) in the last two weeks. And Cade Cunningham and his gang won five times, losing to Boston – ending their 13-game winning streak – then Orlando and Milwaukee.

“This season is crazy. The difference in these actions is so good. Lost ball 90 seconds from the end of the match, this year we found a solution. We wouldn’t have succeeded before and we lost these matches.” compares Michigan training leader. “There against Orlando, we ended up giving up four offensive rebounds and losing. Small actions make the final result. We are getting better at noticing these moments and taking advantage of them. Good teams make the fewest mistakes and know the timing, when we need to do a certain action. We are getting better and better in this area. »

How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / 3 points in an attempt; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.