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The Detroit Pistons are going through it. Specifically, they are going through a losing streak that reached 18 games on Wednesday, the NBA's longest losing streak since the Houston Rockets dropped 20 consecutive games in the 2020-21 season. Detroit has not posted a win since its third game of the season, a 118-102 win over the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 28.
The Pistons' record now lies at 2-19, with their only wins over a 7-14 team (the Bulls) and a 6-12 team (the Charlotte Hornets). Their losing streak has already spanned the entire month of November.
Wednesday's game represented the Pistons' best chance to snap that streak, as they lost 116-102 to the now 6-14 Memphis Grizzlies. Detroit entered the fourth quarter with a two-point lead at home, but watched its best chance at a win in weeks slip away via a 12-2 run to open the frame.
Obviously, the Pistons could have really used that win. Any team on a double-digit losing skid could use one. But what made Wednesday particularly disastrous for the Pistons is that it left them staring at a particularly difficult stretch of their schedule.
The Pistons' losing streak might be about to challenge record territory
Barring a miracle, the Pistons' losing streak is about to get very bad. We don't know if it will reach true record territory — the "Process"-era Philadelphia 76ers still hold the NBA record at 28 games split across two seasons — but Detroit is going to need a significant upset to just avoid entering a tie for the all-time top five.
Here is every team the Pistons will face for the rest of 2023 and their record as of Wednesday, and coincidentally every game the team would need to lose to break the Sixers' record. You might notice that the first five are entirely against teams currently in the top six in the East:
Dec. 8: at Orlando Magic (14-7)
Dec. 11: Indiana Pacers (11-8)
Dec. 13: Philadelphia 76ers (13-7)
Dec. 15: at Philadelphia 76ers (13-7)
Dec. 16: at Milwaukee Bucks (15-6)
Dec. 18: at Atlanta Hawks (9-11)
Dec. 21: Utah Jazz: (7-14)
Dec. 23: at Brooklyn Nets (11-9)
Dec. 26: Brooklyn Nets (11-9)
Dec. 28: at Boston Celtics (15-5)
Dec. 30: Toronto Raptors (9-12)
The Hawks represent relative refuge after the Bucks, but that game will also be the Pistons' third in four nights and their fifth in eight nights. Then come a stretch of relatively mediocre teams, plus the Boston Celtics.
If you're looking for a win earlier than, you know, New Year's Eve, you might also wonder if the Pistons could benefit from a back-to-back at some point. There is some good news there, but you might have to come to terms with the idea of the losing streak hitting at least 23 games, or maybe 24.
Each of the Pistons' next six games are against teams playing on at least one night's rest, with the Bucks and possibly the Pacers (depending on how the NBA in-season tournament plays out) playing three days after their last game.
The Pistons' best chance at snapping the streak now seems to be the Jazz, who will have played the Cleveland Cavaliers the night before in Cleveland. The first Nets game and the Raptors game will also be against teams on back-to-backs.
Of course, it's not like the Pistons are automatically losing these games. The beauty of sports is anything really can happen when the teams are actually playing, even if it just hasn't over the last month-plus for Detroit. Avoiding infamous history is a fine enough motivation, but the Pistons' real priority will be figuring out how to steer a young team that should theoretically be talented, but just hasn't looked the part this season.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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