The Detroit Pistons came into TD Garden having lost 27 straight games in a row — an NBA record for the most consecutive losses in a single season by a team.
With each loss, the national headlines mounted, the questions around the franchise’s future grew louder, and, in a strange way, the pressure on their opposing teams intensified.
When the Brooklyn Nets beat the Pistons on Saturday to extend the losing streak to 26, Nets shooting guard Cam Thomas admitted the losing streak was front-of-mind.
“Everybody knows what’s going on in the NBA,” Thomas said of the Pistons’ historic record.