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This time around, the Pistons know their formula. It's Cade Cunningham, depth, athleticism, versatility and the unmistakable chip-on-the-shoulder aura they've adopted - all on display in the preseason-opening win on Monday.
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This time around, the Pistons know their formula. It's Cade Cunningham, depth, athleticism, versatility and the unmistakable chip-on-the-shoulder aura they've adopted - all on display in the preseason-opening win on Monday.
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FINAL: Pistons 128, Grizzlies 112
Lots to like. Versatility, depth and athleticism are going to be calling cards of this team.
END 3Q: Pistons 97, Grizzlies 88
J.B. Bickerstaff got deep into the bench with Daniss Jenkins, Chaz Lanier and Javonte Green. Pistons with 13 steals from 8 different players. Duncan Robinson with 3.
Thompson, Stewart, Holland, LeVert and Robinson to start 3Q for Pistons ... that's an interesting grouping
07.10.2025 01:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Paul Reed is a tidy plus 21 in 11 minutes. He has 8 rebounds and the Pistons hold a 27-13 rebounding edge.
07.10.2025 01:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0HALFTIME: Pistons 74, Grizzlies 64
Pistons trailed 55-37 with 7 minutes left in the half. Outscored Memphis 37-9 after that. Defense turned it up about 3 notches. Cade Cunningham with 20/3/4
10-0 Pistons run to pull within 55-47, 5:48 3Q. Speeding Memphis up and getting some transition chances.
07.10.2025 00:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pistons open 2Q on 7-0 run. Early impressions: Ron Holland II's big summer was real.
07.10.2025 00:43 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 042-24*
07.10.2025 00:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0END 1Q: Grizzlies 42, Pistons 22
Pistons 8 turnovers for 15 Memphis points. Grizzlies 9 of 11 from 3.
Memphis is 7 of 7 from 3. The Grizzlies have peaked too early. It's 32-16 with 3:31 left in the first.
07.10.2025 00:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Memphis up 20-8. Grizzlies 4 of 4 from 3, Pistons 0 of 4 from 3. Panic responsibly.
07.10.2025 00:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Marcus Sasser, Duncan Robinsin, Caris LeVert, Ron Holland II and Paul Reed make the hockey change at 7:32 for Pistons starters. Memphis leads 17-8.
07.10.2025 00:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pistons starters in their preseason opener at Memphis:
Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Isaiah Stewart, Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris
J.B. Bickerstaff has been an NBA coach longer than Ron Holland II has been alive. So when Bickerstaff says this is the most excited he's been to start a season, it's worth taking notice.
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J.B. Bickerstaff has been an NBA coach longer than Ron Holland II has been alive. So when Bickerstaff says this is the most excited he's been to start a season, it's worth taking notice.
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The Pistons might not look like every other NBA team. They’re OK with that.
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Pistons fans rarely got to see Ausar Thompson and Ron Holland II play together a season ago. This season?
"Yeah, I’m certain they will. We’re expecting both of those guys to take steps and the only way they take steps is if they get opportunities."
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Tobias Harris was part of the last Pistons team that won 44 games and went to the playoffs. He'll again be the steadying force as the Pistons move forward:
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Tobias Harris was part of the last Pistons team that won 44 games and went to the playoffs. He'll again be the steadying force as the Pistons move forward:
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If you were worried the Pistons lost their hard edge over the summer, rest easy
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"I feel we’re using last year to motivate us even more. We got a taste of what winning is like. We don’t want to let that feeling slip or go anywhere ... once you win you don’t want to go back." - Isaiah Stewart
29.09.2025 15:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"We know we’re not a finished produced. We know we took steps last year but also felt we left some things on the table. The season didn’t end the way we would have liked it to end." - J.B. Bickerstaff
29.09.2025 15:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Biggest takeaway from Pistons media day: Extreme vigilance has been paid to the need for maintaining the same hard edge that fueled last season's out-of-nowhere playoff run.
"We're not going to surprise anybody any more, but the mindset hasn't changed." - Trajan Langdon
The season opener is less than a month away, Media day comes on Monday. Here's 3 questions each of Trajan Langdon and J.B. Bickerstaff might get in one way, shape or form:
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The measuring stick for the 2025-26 Pistons? It starts not with upping their 44-win 2024-25 total but with the jumps players like Ausar Thompson, Jalen Duren, Jaden Ivey and Ron Holland II take in determining the nucleus around Cade Cunningham.
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It’s meant everything to be part of that excitement that the Pistons have brought to Detroit and the state of Michigan and the entire NBA. It’s been a privilege.”
George Blaha on his Hall of Fame moment.
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A little lunchtime reading: Pistons Mailbag
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A little more than a month before training camp. All's quiet now, but not for long. Time for a Pistons Mailbag. Questions? Let's have 'em!
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