The Pistons have no regrets about the streak ending

The streak has to end, sooner or later. That Pistons like the rest. Even if in Boston, the Detroit players had the opportunity, at the end of the match, to claim the 14th victory in a row, which would be an absolute franchise record. in the end, the Celtics won and we stop at 13 successes in a row and an even record.

There is inevitably a bit of frustration with such an observation, but the regular season only started about twenty games ago…

“We are aware that it is only one match and that we did not play at the best level”, analyze JB Bickerstaff. “We could have done certain things better and we were in the match until the end. It’s all adding up, we’re still learning and we’re not as good as we’ll be in April. That’s always the goal.”

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The big player in this match is Cade Cunningham. The author of 42 points, the leader of the Pistons exploded in the last fifteen seconds, losing an important ball and missing a free throw that would have allowed the tie and overtime. The taste is bitter in the mouth.

“We all wanted to win. We wanted this 14th success. I’m not going to pretend it wasn’t like that. It was important. We wanted to be on this side of history.”admits the All-Star. “But that didn’t happen. I can’t go back. I can’t shoot the free throw again. The game is over. Now the question is how we respond. There are still many matches to play. We’re thinking about it. We’re not thinking about the past, we’re moving forward.”

With a record of 15 wins and 3 losses, the Michigan players remain at the top of the Eastern Conference and this setback does not detract from their excellent first month of competition. The main thing is elsewhere.

“Detroit teams that won 13 games in a row, how did they finish? With the title, recalls Isaiah Stewart, evocatively Pistons version 1989/90 and 2003/04. “That’s the goal in the locker room. We can’t let this run of success blind us. We want to win, yes, but sometimes we lose. Now we have to bounce back. We have Orlando coming up, with another NBA Cup game. It’s a great opportunity to bounce back, so we’re not going to dwell on it.”