As I woke up this morning to see the craziness that was the Detroit Pistons’ furious comeback in Sacramento against the Kings on Thursday, it got me thinking.
The dreaded west coast road trip has essentially been a nail in this franchise’s coffin for over a decade. No matter how encouraging of a start or recent stretch they were on, the annual 4-6 game road trip against the vaunted Western Conference has always been a killer.
For reference, the Pistons have gone 4-21 during these road trips over their previous five seasons. Today, they sit one win away from sweeping the 2024 trip with a win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.