By The Detroit Pistons set an NBA record for futility on Tuesday, its 118-112 home defeat to the Brooklyn Nets stretching its losing streak to 27, the longest ever in a single season.
Cade Cunningham scored 41 points for the determined Pistons, but it wasn’t enough to give Detroit a first win since October 28.
It surpassed the 26-game losing streaks of the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and the 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers.
Detroit, an iconic franchise that won NBA titles in 1989, 1990 and 2004, is now one defeat away from matching the longest NBA losing streak ever, the 28-game slide of the 76ers that spanned the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Cameron Johnson scored 24 points to lead Brooklyn and Mikal Bridges scored 12 of his 21 in the fourth quarter as the Nets thwarted the Pistons.
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In a fourth quarter that featured four lead changes, back-to-back three-pointers from Bojan Bogdanovic and Cunningham saw the Pistons take a 97-92 with 8:10 remaining.
But the Nets responded with a 13-0 scoring run to take the lead for good.
Cunningham’s driving layup pulled the Pistons within two points with less than a minute to play, but it couldn’t get over the hump.
Bogdanovic scored 23 points, Jalen Duren added 12 points and 15 rebounds and Alec Burks added 15 points off the bench for Detroit.
The Nets, meanwhile, had six players score in double figures.
