And 19! Tonight, in Orlando, the Pistons lost a 19th game in a row, and Monty Williams' players set a new franchise record. Never has the prestigious franchise, three times titled, lost 19 matches in a row in the same season.
But that's not a franchise record for longest losing streak, as the Pistons have already lost 21 games in a row. It was in 1980, straddling the end of the 1979/80 season and the start of the next. If we take into account the end of the previous season, the Pistons' record in 2023 is catastrophic since ESPN recalls that Killian Hayes' teammates have only won 4 of their last 47 matches!!!
Barely 9% wins this season
Dead last in the NBA with 2 wins in 22 games, the Pistons hold the longest losing streak since the Rockets, who lost 20 games in a row in 2020/21. For the absolute record, they still have margin since the Sixers hold both records with 26 defeats in a row in the same season, in 2013/14, and 28 losses in a row straddling the end of the 2014/15 season and the start of the 2015/16 season.
Beaten by 32 points last night in Orlando, Detroit is the first team in history to start a season with a record of 2 victories in 22 matches… That's a winning percentage of 9.1%!
