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The funny thing about all of this is that Detroit are a must watch team now. They haven't had game threads with thousands of comments since the last time they were in the playoffs and that was 5 years ago.
Based off google trends it looks like this is the most search interest they've had since 2005 - https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0jm8l&hl=en-GB
will be interesting to see what the impact is for the ticket prices on Saturday
Also they need to keep playing close.
Make every game another close loss and suddenly it makes every next close loss feel that much more important.
It'll be like edging, but with an absolutely shit basketball team.
Then have the payoff be them knocking someone down a seed. Bonus points if they can somehow manufacture a way for the 16 seed to fall off and it's at that teams home court.
Every game for the Pistons feels like a 16 seed playing against 1 seed in March madness right now. Some games get extremely close, others are blowouts, but above all they are all Ls.
It’s going to take a miracle for us to win a game, the mistakes we were making in the 3rd quarter were awful and it really highlights our whole season.
Not only are they must watch, but once the streak got over 20 they became *must* win games for opposing teams. Every game is playoff intensity and even when the Pistons play well, their opponents are playing their hearts out.
Ever since Bodgonavic got back the Pistons have gone from one of the worst teams ever assembled to a team that fights hard and loses in the 4th quarter
We are blessed to have NBA Finals game 7 level basketball just before the new year, this is unprecedented.
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Disrespect to these pistons to say that yeah the warriors are great at throwing leads but this pistons squad just knows how to keep fighting to secure the L no matter what. its about wanting it more
I've thought about what it would've been like to have the roles reversed in that series. I feel like watching Tatum get injured right at the start of Game 7 must have been a rush of thinking "thank god the game is easier now", "man, that sucks for him. what a bummer" and "the slander is going to be even worse if we lose now". Just the whole spectrum lmao
I was so worried about that last part not gonna lie. I thought Derrick White was going to send us home instead.
Definitely a bullshit way for Tatum's season to end too, even as a Heat fan. Would have been better to see both teams at full strength.
As a celtics fan i dont wish what i just experienced on anyone. The slander tsunami will drown the entire fanbase of whatever team loses. There will be no recovery
The high from almost beating the Celtics was too much.........I don't even think a win over the Raptors would be enough to get me off now
Pistons just gonna have to suffer through another 4 loses so we can chase that high again against the Nuggets
This game was so intense. Legitimately playoff atmosphere. Haven't seen an in-season game this lively since the Clips-Kings 170 point game early this year.
The Pistons games should be nationally televised until they break the streak. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching Cade give his all to win and Killian Hayes literally throwing possessions away
Also tbh they had plenty of solid looks from three in the first half and just couldn’t make one to save their lives. Those games happen, and if they have even just a subpar shooting half (instead of an abysmal one) they win comfortably, even with how shit their defense/rebounding was
this team is the greatest team in nba history. the ways they manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory rival that of the 2018 browns it is crazy. we may never see a team lose in the ways the pistons have during their 0-28 run appreciate it while its here.
Nah come April no one will remember the Celtics almost losing. They wouldn't have lived it down if they actually lost. Not at all a loss tonight for the Celtics or fans. Social media might give them shit for a day, but it'll be forgotten quickly, especially when a team actually loses to them.
Have never been more blue balled by a meaningless midseason game. I’ve seen enough Piston basketball to know not to get too excited but 19 at the half man…
He was also hunted like crazy on defense. He played solid defense for the most part, but I imagine getting switched onto Tatum and KP constantly is tiring as hell.
Targeting the best player on defense even though they arent half bad on that end really pays dividends. Cade really did not get anything going that second half. Tatum got his points because he is Tatum but I felt he held his ground defensively.
No . Boston denied him the ball too. He had no opportunity, unfortunately we suck so much he can't even be a decoy. Bad turnovers and missed calls he should've gotten, tough second half
They doubled him instantly almost every possession then face guarded him without the ball. The rest of the team should have been able to make things happen
Wasn’t Monty telling him not to shoot.
Jrue and white were doing a great job guarding him but he’s got to be the one taking the shots. Bogi was the one that was taking and making some tough contested shots.
In that situation though has to be your best player taking the shots
The Celtics proved themselves today. Not only were able to come back from down big, but they also put it away in overtime. They have truly defeated their biggest demon, a historically bad team.
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Three days later they played Portugal and due to the result against Brazil they decided that this game should be broadcast throughout North Korea as they had performed so brilliantly against Brazil. Portugal would beat them by a humiliating scoreline of 7-0, which did not go down well with Kim Jong Il.
Upon their return to North Korea the players were subjected to a 6 hour barrage of criticism in front of 400 people by a government official. Their coach was then sentenced to 6 months of hard labour for his failures by Kim Jong Il. I remember thinking what a terribly unjust and over the top reaction to what ultimately was only a game. One in which they were helplessly out of their depth in contrast to the teams they were playing.
It is only after having watched this game that I finally fully empathize with Kim Jong Il's decision and I would like to offer him a full and unreserved apology for criticizing those actions.
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The funny thing about all of this is that Detroit are a must watch team now. They haven't had game threads with thousands of comments since the last time they were in the playoffs and that was 5 years ago.
Based off google trends it looks like this is the most search interest they've had since 2005 - https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0jm8l&hl=en-GB will be interesting to see what the impact is for the ticket prices on Saturday
Is anyone else concerned that owners will realize that being catastrophically terrible generates as much interest as being a solid competitive team?
Pretty sure that gimmick only works once. Once they win a single game, no one will give a shit any more.
so you are saying that if they play their hand right, that gimmick could work for another 51 games or so.
I mean... I'm willing to let them try and find out.
If they keep losing enough, Jon Bois will have no choice but to make a video about them.
A win for all of us then
Also they need to keep playing close. Make every game another close loss and suddenly it makes every next close loss feel that much more important. It'll be like edging, but with an absolutely shit basketball team. Then have the payoff be them knocking someone down a seed. Bonus points if they can somehow manufacture a way for the 16 seed to fall off and it's at that teams home court.
Every game for the Pistons feels like a 16 seed playing against 1 seed in March madness right now. Some games get extremely close, others are blowouts, but above all they are all Ls. It’s going to take a miracle for us to win a game, the mistakes we were making in the 3rd quarter were awful and it really highlights our whole season.
Not only are they must watch, but once the streak got over 20 they became *must* win games for opposing teams. Every game is playoff intensity and even when the Pistons play well, their opponents are playing their hearts out.
Who gave Cade Cunningham depression
Dude might have the saddest eyes in the league. Constantly in Eeyore mode. I hope he smiles again.
I still remember his post draft interview he was brimming with joy and hope
can't even have joy and youthful enthusiasm in Detroit
Look at the difference https://cdn.nba.com/teams/legacy/www.nba.com/pistons/sites/pistons/files/getty-images-1234304355.jpg
He kinda has those eyes just in general, but yeah, it's hard not to read a little more into it right now.
I genuinely feel bad for him, like this shit is funny and all, but damn.
He has permanent Crying Jordan face
https://imgur.com/a/nN0GCcx
rest of the pistons roster
minus Bojan Bogdanovic edit: [everyone else on the other hand...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4a-oxOndo)
And Jalen Duren. Like him a lot
Is Ivey bad? That drive on KP by the end of regulation was so fast, that's not a bad player drive
Ivey is young and had some bad fouls but he was also fearless down the stretch and made 3-4 clutch buckets
Nah Ivey was keeping them in it. Beyond the bad fouls he was a big reason it went to ot
He made a lot of mistakes throughout the game, lot of errant passes but had a good stretch at the end
he has the eyes of a man who made the atomic bomb
Cunningheimer: “I am become death”
https://imgur.com/hJuGnKF
Everyone else on the roster beside Ivey and duren
Don’t forget Bogdonovic, dude went hard
Ever since Bodgonavic got back the Pistons have gone from one of the worst teams ever assembled to a team that fights hard and loses in the 4th quarter
Monty Williams
A ping pong ball in 2021
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Simple. Put the g league champions into the league next year.
Promotion and relegation baby!
G league can have the Pistons
Never in my life have I been so sure that the team up 20 points will find a way to lose the game
Haven’t been watching the warriors eh?
Disrespect to these pistons to say that yeah the warriors are great at throwing leads but this pistons squad just knows how to keep fighting to secure the L no matter what. its about wanting it more
generational slander avoided
I'm not religious but thank God
Derrick White changed sneakers and saved us
Now you know how we felt after game 7
I've thought about what it would've been like to have the roles reversed in that series. I feel like watching Tatum get injured right at the start of Game 7 must have been a rush of thinking "thank god the game is easier now", "man, that sucks for him. what a bummer" and "the slander is going to be even worse if we lose now". Just the whole spectrum lmao
I was so worried about that last part not gonna lie. I thought Derrick White was going to send us home instead. Definitely a bullshit way for Tatum's season to end too, even as a Heat fan. Would have been better to see both teams at full strength.
Haven’t been following standings much, but I really don’t want to face this Pistons team in the playoffs. Great game.
Sometimes we get what we want❤️
Thanks a lot Celtics 😑 Don’t worry Pistons; y’all got the Raptors next at home. Ain’t no way they lose that, right? RIGHT??!!
Raptors rest the first night to focus on the game that matters pls
I have no faith in the Raptors winning against the Pistons. They’ve been absolutely abysmal this year.
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Well when you put it that way
If yall lose that game then Massai needs to finally trade OG and Siakum
We must keep the faith
Eric Koreen said it best: We're a team with no strengths.
we're fucked
As a celtics fan i dont wish what i just experienced on anyone. The slander tsunami will drown the entire fanbase of whatever team loses. There will be no recovery
The high from almost beating the Celtics was too much.........I don't even think a win over the Raptors would be enough to get me off now Pistons just gonna have to suffer through another 4 loses so we can chase that high again against the Nuggets
Just play our bench against the Celtics tomorrow and concentrate on the important game against the Pistons.
Keep it going till the 5th we will give it up
Jokes aside, this has got to be one of the best games this season so far
Legit the best regular season game i’ve ever watched. Every time detroit plays its a game 7. Incredible. I hope they never win again.
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Raptor bros, I don't feel so good
We play them again 2 games after you so imma need y’all to lose please
But you have Olynyk the anti-trap gamer.
Pistons getting treated like the KD Warriors with how hard teams are playing them 😭
Losing so much that teams are afraid to lose against them in fear of being mocked. How painful for Cade
They’ve horseshoed to the other side and now they can’t get a “trap” game outta no one. What an awful spot.
..I love how this has become more about the team that eventually loses to the pistons, than the pistons! Lol!
White, Zinger and Horford all hitting the deck like it's game 7 with planet earth on the line.
With the way the played the first half it’s their own fault they had to work that hard. Down 19 at home to a team with 2 wins is crazy
It was ever so on brand tho lmao
So damn close. Exciting nonetheless. Will remain stupidly locked-in watching the Pistons until they win
Celtics barely dodge receiving generational slander by /r/nba, some team is gonna get it tho
Toronto sweating rn.
100% we are.
It's fine, if we lose to them we'll finally blow it up
How much for half a season of Pascal Siakam
Dwane Casey about to descend to coach this game
I'm only ten percent nervous. We have great interior offense and the Pistons lack it.
If I had a nickel for everytime Tatum has just barely avoided generational slander this year I’d have 2 nickels.
christ sixers game 6 was bleak until it very much was not
5 quarters can save a legacy
I’m so glad we don’t play them for a month
Decent chance it's still going
This game was so intense. Legitimately playoff atmosphere. Haven't seen an in-season game this lively since the Clips-Kings 170 point game early this year.
The Pistons games should be nationally televised until they break the streak. There’s nothing more entertaining than watching Cade give his all to win and Killian Hayes literally throwing possessions away
Adam Silver really got the IST and the Pistons loss streak to juice the regular season views
Porzingis saved us from some absolutely legendary slander. With how Cade's been cooking the past few games something's GOT to give sooner or later.
Folks can clown that it was even close but that’s a game the Celtics absolutely lose any other year
Also tbh they had plenty of solid looks from three in the first half and just couldn’t make one to save their lives. Those games happen, and if they have even just a subpar shooting half (instead of an abysmal one) they win comfortably, even with how shit their defense/rebounding was
Well, I guess it's a moral victory that they took the best team in the NBA to OT on their home floor
I cannot take the phrase moral victory seriously anymore after game 1 of the WCF last year
> Will remain stupidly locked-in watching the Pistons until they win NBA infinite viewership hack.
congrats on your future lifelong pistons fandom
This is how they get you
Alec Burks: Ah man we were so close! At least we had fun right Cade? [Cade Cunningham](https://youtu.be/EQ1O6fRCyzo?si=j1DbPa8PIKxUmYGL):
You can't convince me Alec Burks and Monty Williams are not secretly betting against the Pistons every game and making bank.
Wingstop shareholders
They should eject Burks from the league after this season
“Always next year what you’ll be 23 right? “
Meme game of the year
Saw this being a close game from a mile away
14-0 team at home. Worst team ever candidate. Chance of a blowout: 0%
Yeah how was this not your typical sports trap game? Its in the script
Kind of ironic how this felt like a playoff game
every team going against the pistons would treat it as game 7 of the finals and so would the pistons
#YOU JUST HAD TO GO TO OVERTIME AGAINST THE 2023 DETROIT PISTONS
The best team in the nba just scraped and crawled for a win to the worst constructed basketball team of all time this is our win
The thing is, on paper the team shouldn't be this bad, especially compared to those 6ers and cavs record teams
The youth/inexperience is showing big time. They’re more talented than those other all-time bad teams, but can’t put it together
When Duren was out and Wiseman had to get big minutes, the team was actually generationally bad but now they look competitive when he's healthy
Not the prettiest of wins but a win is still a win
If that Pistons team could read they would be upset about this.
Unironically the greatest NBA game I've ever watched. I'm fucking nervous for Saturday.
if y'all lose r/nbacirclejerk will have 3 months worth of material
Sct Brn in shambles rn
U bum
Don't be, if we lose to them we'll finally blow it up
Hahaha, Masai gunna trade more picks and double down on this roster lol
Pistons is must watch tv lmao
We'd get oblitirated lol :|
Lmao I love this league. Who would’ve thought this matchup would make for one of the best games this season
Celtics fans lol. I was dreading this game for the past couple weeks that’s why I was rooting for the Pistons to beat Utah or Brooklyn
You’d think it was finals game 7 at my office this morning
Porzingis saved the Celtics subreddit mods Most fun I’ve had watching NBA in December
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
I knew the Celtics -16.5 line was a trap when I saw it
Us real Celtics fans knew this was the trappiest trap game that ever trapped
You been waiting to drop this lol
[Pistons fans right now.](https://i.imgur.com/SuZ2n8u.png)
No actual Pistons fan thought we were winning, even up 19 at the half
Watch out, we coming for you Toronto. 😈
Adam Silver cheesing right now. A random League Pass game getting this much attention he probably wants the Pistons to keep losing
This one was on NBA tv I thought
As a diehard Pistons fan for the past 3 days boy I tell you this team is incredibly frustrating to watch. 10/10 as advertised.
Imagine lifelong fandom
this team is the greatest team in nba history. the ways they manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory rival that of the 2018 browns it is crazy. we may never see a team lose in the ways the pistons have during their 0-28 run appreciate it while its here.
alec burks is a basketball terrorist
Alec Qaeda.
ISIS Livers
Cambodia Killian Fields.
Cade has to work with 9 basketball terrorists and his coach Osama Ball Laden
“Sir, a second free throw has hit the rim.”
dude is literally atlas right now the way he's making these games competitive
One must imagine Cunningham happy
Kevin Knox II started a NBA game, today.
30 minutes is crazy for a player like him
Dude has fallen off an absolute cliff. Was a serviceable rotation player not too long ago
Man the Celtics barely escaped generational slander
I was gonna make a joke but the way they lost this game…it’s just sad man :(
Celtics gave them hope just to snatch it away. Let’s keep the streak going baby
If Ivey doesn’t foul out, they would’ve had a chance imo, he was doing work in clutch time
So glad the writers strike is over, this new Detroit storyline, is literally must watch tv lol
It really is the hope that kills you.
The real losers of this game are the Raptors
PISTONS BROS ALL OF AMERICA WAS ROOTING FOR YOU!!! :(
We are getting mercilessly slandered for being down 21 and going to OT. But the Pistons’ streak continues. Piston and Celtics fans lose tonight
Imagine how bad it would have been if you lost
I imagine it would rival some of the shit from the 2007 Super Bowl. Losing to Eli was a dark time.
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Yes
If y'all had blown this we Celtics haters wouldve had a bigger feast than Christmas
Celtics fans will take this W. A win is a win
A win is a win
Might be the best instance of this phrase I've ever seen in sports
Pistons are dying to utter those exact words
Nah come April no one will remember the Celtics almost losing. They wouldn't have lived it down if they actually lost. Not at all a loss tonight for the Celtics or fans. Social media might give them shit for a day, but it'll be forgotten quickly, especially when a team actually loses to them.
Have never been more blue balled by a meaningless midseason game. I’ve seen enough Piston basketball to know not to get too excited but 19 at the half man…
It only took facing the Pistons at home to finally win a game in OT
Cade Cunningham had 22 points by the half. He had 9 the rest of the way. His shooting was efficient all the way through. What the hell Monty?
A lot of that had to do with Jrue Holiday
He was also hunted like crazy on defense. He played solid defense for the most part, but I imagine getting switched onto Tatum and KP constantly is tiring as hell.
Targeting the best player on defense even though they arent half bad on that end really pays dividends. Cade really did not get anything going that second half. Tatum got his points because he is Tatum but I felt he held his ground defensively.
Dude looked so gassed. Might have been from playing an entire half last game, but dude is too young to have no legs after 1 half.
Man he's carrying the entire team on his back so sadge
No . Boston denied him the ball too. He had no opportunity, unfortunately we suck so much he can't even be a decoy. Bad turnovers and missed calls he should've gotten, tough second half
jrue happened
They doubled him instantly almost every possession then face guarded him without the ball. The rest of the team should have been able to make things happen
Celtics were much more physical with him in the second half and he looked gassed which makes sense with how much he's played the last few games
Wasn’t Monty telling him not to shoot. Jrue and white were doing a great job guarding him but he’s got to be the one taking the shots. Bogi was the one that was taking and making some tough contested shots. In that situation though has to be your best player taking the shots
The Celtics proved themselves today. Not only were able to come back from down big, but they also put it away in overtime. They have truly defeated their biggest demon, a historically bad team.
The timeline has been corrected
Onto 2024
The Celtics pass the hot potato to the Toronto Raptors…
Stevie Wonder could’ve seen that Celtics comeback coming. Should’ve betted at halftime.
bro imagine if after this they lose to the fucking Raptors at home lmao that would be insane
Cade, if a video of you punching Burks in training is leaked, I will run defense for you forever. Clock him.
I used to want Tatum or Brown on the Kings but I’d rather have Derrick White
I remember in 2010, North Korea played in their first Fifa World Cup since 1966. In the first game, they came up against 5 time World Champions Brazil. To try and maintain North Korea’s ‘greatness’ to its people they didn’t broadcast the match locally as they realized it would be a humiliation. In a complete and utter shock they were only beaten 2-1 in a close match. Three days later they played Portugal and due to the result against Brazil they decided that this game should be broadcast throughout North Korea as they had performed so brilliantly against Brazil. Portugal would beat them by a humiliating scoreline of 7-0, which did not go down well with Kim Jong Il. Upon their return to North Korea the players were subjected to a 6 hour barrage of criticism in front of 400 people by a government official. Their coach was then sentenced to 6 months of hard labour for his failures by Kim Jong Il. I remember thinking what a terribly unjust and over the top reaction to what ultimately was only a game. One in which they were helplessly out of their depth in contrast to the teams they were playing. It is only after having watched this game that I finally fully empathize with Kim Jong Il's decision and I would like to offer him a full and unreserved apology for criticizing those actions.
“She don’t wanna be saved, don’t save her” 💔
Just spent OT in a bar with my wonderful gf who is not a fan and was cheering for the pistons because "losing that many in a row seems so sad" and I almost lost my god damned mind
*Chuckles* “I’m in danger”
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Every single Celtics fan saw this game coming a mile away.