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YouTube video by Detroit Free Press The Pistons Pulse: Navigating a Skid

Recording the Pistons Pulse live with @motorcityhoops.bsky.social at 5 p.m. today to dissect their current skid and how they can get back on track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRHV...

Skilla Baby and the Detroit Youth Choir will perform at halftime for 313 Day this Friday, March 13 vs the Grizzlies. Pistons also will sell in-arena exclusive t-shirts and a hat designed by local artists and Big Sean, and give away Pistons 313 Day chains to the first 3,130 fans.

The Pistons miss Ausar and the chaos he brings. They're not producing turnovers, not getting enough stops, not getting out in transition enough and not hitting 3's. The first three have been strengths for them, and those strengths are driven by Ausar.

FINAL: Heat 121, Pistons 110. Wasn't that close, they gave up 103 points through the first three quarters and trailed by as many as 29. They've lost four in a row for the first time since they opened the 2024-25 season 0-4.

Heat 103, Pistons 80 after 3.

Monster block by Stew. Jaime went for a poster and ran into a brick wall

Pistons are down 82-56. Not much to say, they've been a step slow all night and highly reliant on Cade to generate anything.

Cade and Duren: 32 points, 12-20 overall

Everyone else: 16 pts, 7-23 overall

The offense essentially has been Cade self-created 3's and Cade lobs to Duren

Halftime: Heat 67, Pistons 48. Cade (18 pts, 8 assts, 7-12 ovr, 4-5 from 3) is doing what he can. Hit a stepback 3 and lobbed to Duren in the final minute to cut it below 20. Rest of the team has struggled to hit shots. Defense has been poor all-around. Duren: 14 pts, 6 rebs

Miami is on a 21-8 run since the Pistons cut it to 10. Down 23, 57-34, with 4:01 til halftime. Cade looks like he had a night off. The rest of the team has been lethargic

Per the Pistons' broadcast, Cade has scored or assisted 23 of their 30 points

Cade: 13 points, 5 assists, 5-8 overall, 3-4 from 3

Everyone else: 17 points, 2 assists, 6-22 overall, 0-10 from 3

Chaz is in

Pistons look more energetic now. Cade knocked down a 3 off of a tapped-out offensive rebound by Robinson. Cade pushed and finds Green for a transition alley-oop. And now a Cade stepback 3. 10-2 run to open the 2nd

Wonder if JB will go deeper than 10 into his rotation. Didn't see Paul Reed last night. Chaz Lanier gave them a spark vs Houston

Pistons wrapped up their loss in Detroit vs the Nets around 8:40 pm last night, flew to Miami, lost an hour to Daylight Savings and are now back on the floor 21 hours later, if my math is correct. They look lifeless.

Heat 34, Pistons 16 after 1.

Huerter checked in, caught the ball on the wing and immediately attacked Jacquez off-balance for a layup. Simple play that this offense needs more of

Pistons' field goal was at the 11:28 mark. Second field goal more than five minutes later, at the 7:07 mark. Down seven, feels like more

Welp. Pistons down 13-2 at the 7:45 mark. 1-8 from the floor, but Harris is about to shoot two at the line

Cade's had some of his most memorable games in Miami. Feels like a night he'll come out aggressive and set the tone

Cade is officially back and starting. Sasser is also starting again. W/ Robinson, Harris and Duren

JB on LeVert's wrist injury: "It happened last night, I believe, in the first half. He took a fall. He got images today so I don’t have any more information. I haven’t heard what those images turned out just yet."

FYI, I didn't make this trip. Watching from home tonight and will be back on the road next week

JB pregame in Miami: "I think up to this stretch, we hadn’t lost more than two games in a row all season long. That says a lot about the guys and their ability to bounce back, handle adversity and learn from it ... it’s all part of the process for us."

Cade Cunningham (left quad contusion) is probable tonight in Miami on the second half of the back-to-back.

Ausar Thompson (right ankle sprain) remains out. Caris LeVert (left wrist sprain) is also out.

Detroit Pistons experiencing their worst spell of turbulence this year Teams go through ebbs and flows and in the back half of a breakout season, the Detroit Pistons are experiencing their worst spell of turbulence yet.

Teams ebb and flow over an 82-game season. The Pistons are in the midst of their most turbulent stretch.

Wrote about their issues on both ends of the floor and how they can recover. “We have to play to our identity every single night.”

www.freep.com/story/sports...

Next week feels important for the Pistons as they've been dealing with slippage, and now injuries. It's March and you see teams go through lulls around this time of year. But they haven't sustained their usual defensive intensity these last couple weeks.