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Pistons drop 25th straight, nearing longest NBA losing streak

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closer to NBA ignominy on Thursday as they dropped a 119-111 decision to the Utah Jazz on their home floor for a 25th straight defeat.</p><p>The Pistons are now one loss away from matching the NBA&#x27;s longest single-season losing streak of 26 games -- by the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and the 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>The longest losing streak ever was the 28-game slide of the 76ers that spanned the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s history that nobody wants to be a part of,&quot; dejected Pistons point guard Cade Cunningham said.</p><p>Utah, playing the second night of a back-to-back without Lauri Markkanen, Jordan Clarkson and Talen Horton-Tucker, had looked to offer the Pistons a golden opportunity to halt the slide.</p><p>But after a bright start that saw Detroit lead by as many as eight points in the first quarter, the Jazz turned the tide with a 13-0 scoring run that saw them take a 45-32 lead early in the second period.</p><p>Trailing 64-58 at halftime, the Pistons tied it up at 84-84 in the third quarter before the Jazz pulled away again.</p><p>Kelly Olynyk led the Jazz with 27 points. Collin Sexton added 19, Ochai Agbaji scored 18 off the bench as six Jazz players scored in double figures.</p><p>Cunningham scored 28 points and handed out 10 assists for the Pistons.</p><p>Shooting guard Jaden Ivey scored 24 and Marvin Bagley III another 22 for Detroit, but no other Pistons players reached double figures as the Pistons -- an iconic franchise that won NBA titles in 1989, 1990 and 2004 -- remained without a win since October 28.</p><p>&quot;I am sick right now,&quot; said Cunningham, who was coming off a 43-point performance in a loss to the Atlanta Hawks. &quot;Me personally, six turnovers -- kills us. We had 20 as a team, gave up 27 points off of it. That kills us.&quot;</p><p>Pistons coach Monty Williams called it &quot;a tough one to swallow.&quot;</p><p>Fans at Little Caesars Arena thought so too, chanting &quot;Sell the team&quot; as the final seconds ticked down.</p><p>In Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and rookie center Chet Holmgren added 23 to led the Thunder to a 134-115 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers that ended the Clippers&#x27; nine-game winning streak.</p><p>Holmgren&#x27;s spectacular dunk -- that he jammed home off his own bounce off the backboard -- gave the Thunder the lead early in the third quarter and they didn&#x27;t trail again on the way to a fifth win in six games.</p><p>James Harden scored 23 points and Paul George added 22 for the Clippers, who were without forward Kawhi Leonard.</p><p>Former Thunder star Russell Westbrook came off the bench to score 15 points with a season-high 13 rebounds for the Clippers.</p><div><strong>Timberwolves top Lakers </strong></div><p>In Minneapolis, Anthony Edwards scored 27 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 118-111 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers.</p><p>Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points for the Timberwolves as all five starters scored in double figures.</p><p>Anthony Davis scored 31 to lead the Lakers as LeBron James sat out with tendinitis in his left ankle.</p><p>The Milwaukee Bucks, fueled by 37 points, 10 rebounds and six assists from Giannis Antetokounmpo, beat the Orlando Magic, 118-114, for a sixth straight victory.</p><p>Damian Lillard added 14 points and eight assists for the Bucks, who have now won 15 straight at their Fiserv Forum arena.</p><p>The San Antonio Spurs endured their 21st defeat in 22 games, falling 114-95 to the Bulls in Chicago.</p><p>Coby White scored 22 points and DeMar DeRozan added 21 for the Bulls.</p><p>Devin Vassell led the Spurs with 21 points as rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama, back after missing one game with a sore ankle, scored a season-low seven points with five rebounds.</p><p>That ended the French prodigy&#x27;s streak of eight straight double-doubles, a league record for a teenager.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

The Detroit Pistons inched closer to NBA ignominy on Thursday as they dropped a 119-111 decision to the Utah Jazz on their home floor for a 25th straight defeat.