Detroit fell again to New York. A 16th consecutive defeat for the Pistons, who “improve” their franchise record and become the eighth team in history not to win a meeting over a full calendar month (with more than 15 games played). The last ? It was the Sixers of the “Process” in November 2015…
Despite everything, Monty Williams was not particularly dejected after this new defeat. This is because unlike the last matches, the Pistons were not dropped, and fought.
No moral victories, but…
“I saw the fighting spirit and resilience that we can build on. It's a game we can really build on.” explained the coach after the new defeat (118-112) of his troops. “I don’t like moral victories. I don't know where it comes from. That does not make sense. But it was something – this match, this performance, this energy, this collective production – it’s something that I’m proud of. That's the kind of competitive spirit we have to play with every night. »
Same speech from Cade Cunningham.
“Yes, I think it’s something we can build on. Wednesday, against the Lakers, we have no chance of doing anything in this league by playing like that. But today, it is our basic standard, our minimum, and we will be able to build from that” repeated the leader.
A good match from Killian Hayes
To regain some energy, Monty Williams decided to change his five major. While waiting for Bojan Bogdanovic, he released Joden Ivey and Ausar Thompson to revive Killian Hayes and Isaiah Livers.
And the Frenchman had a good match with 23 points on 10/13 shooting, plus 4 assists, 3 rebounds and no lost balls.
“When you lose so many matches you have to make changes”summed up the coach. “We will try everything. We will study all possible combinations to give ourselves a chance to win matches and progress. So there may be other changes. We're just going to do everything we can to put the guys in a position to win. And we had that chance tonight.”
