{"id":651837,"date":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/651837\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:16:18","slug":"is-the-pistons-recent-skid-a-blip-or-a-big-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/651837\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Pistons\u2019 recent skid a blip or a big issue?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. discuss Detroit\u2019s season long losing streak and whether it\u2019s a real sign of concern for the Eastern Conference leaders. Check out the full conversation on \u201cThe Dunker Spot and subscribe on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> or wherever you listen.<\/p>\n

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They are on, they are on, as you alluded to, it’s not like they haven’t lost all that often, and they certainly haven’t strung together losses all that often.<\/p>\n

They have lost four straight games.<\/p>\n

Lost at Cleveland, at San Antonio.<\/p>\n

They lost to Brooklyn at home, in which they had a big lead and lost it.<\/p>\n

And then on the second leg of that back-to-back, they lost to Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

No Cade or Osar in the Brooklyn game, no Osar in the Miami game.<\/p>\n

We’re waiting on Osar Thompson to come back.<\/p>\n

He is very important to what the Detroit Pistons do defensively.<\/p>\n

He has had an all-defense caliber year, and even as he has some offensive questions that we talked about with Cuca Hill on a recent episode of Dunker Spot, like the offensive rebounding’s still important, the cutting’s still important, the transition attacks are still important, so et cetera.<\/p>\n

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Missing Osar is a big deal.<\/p>\n

Just wanted to sprinkle that in.<\/p>\n

But they’ve lost four straight.<\/p>\n

They are five and five since the All-Star break, where they have been pretty much middle of the pack in everything since then.<\/p>\n

So over those 10 games, seventeenth in offense, fifteenth in defense, fifteenth in net rating per NBA.com.<\/p>\n

And so Steve, the question I’ll pose to you is, is this just a blip for the Detroit Pistons?<\/p>\n

Late in the season, they faced adversity, they’re ultimately gonna be fine.<\/p>\n

Or has there been anything during this stretch of games where you’re like, “Ooh, they may need to solve this or this could be a bigger deal”?<\/p>\n

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You know what I’m gonna say.<\/p>\n

It’s, it’s, it’s the adversity of the season.<\/p>\n

You know?<\/p>\n

I, I’ll, I don’t wanna tell the full story, but I was in Brooklyn, 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Good Lord, long time ago.<\/p>\n

And the Brooklyn Nets were not having a good year on, on my way out, and we played the Cleveland Cavaliers in March with LeBron James, and we beat them in the Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

And I sat in the back and I was like, “Who says this team is a contender?”<\/p>\n

Well, they went and made history and made a historic comeback to four is one championship that year.<\/p>\n

So yeah, things happen in March.<\/p>\n

You gotta deal with it.<\/p>\n

This is the adversity of the season.<\/p>\n

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I think the biggest thing when it comes to Detroit, right, the, the defense hasn’t been at the same level.<\/p>\n

you could say they’re five and five post All-Star break.<\/p>\n

They beat New York.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

They beat Cleveland.<\/p>\n

They beat Orlando.<\/p>\n

Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

So they’ve had some good positive performances, post All-Star break.<\/p>\n

They also have had to deal with Victor Wembanyama twice.<\/p>\n

That’s not exactly fun, specifically for that team.<\/p>\n

Uh- Sure Cleveland got their revenge back on them.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn, guys were out, but they were end up, you know, they ended up putting themselves in a position to win.<\/p>\n

They ended up losing that one, and Miami is, is scorching hot.<\/p>\n

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The defense, it’s just a reminder, I think their defense has to play at a certain level for them to have a certain amount of success.<\/p>\n

Like, that’s a non-negotiable I think for the Pistons.<\/p>\n

You have to be able to defend and guard.<\/p>\n

You can’t give up 120 a night, and you, you can’t let up on that end, or you just don’t have the wiggle room.<\/p>\n

So I think for me- Mm-hmm that’s the biggest reminder.<\/p>\n

And then offensively, you just gotta maintain your sharpness, maintain your attack, get the ball in the paint, move and attack defenses.<\/p>\n

That’s the biggest thing for me<\/p>\n

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