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Game Recap Video: Andre Drummond, Luke Kennard Combine for 62 Points as Pistons Beat Pacers
Game Recap Video: Andre Drummond, Luke Kennard Combine for 62 Points as Pistons Beat Pacers
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The Detroit Pistons(1-0) defeated the Indiana Pacers(0-1) in their season opener tonight, 119-110.
Here is our video recap of the win.
https://twitter.com/PalaceOfPistons/status/1187185003639164928
The Pistons play tomorrow in their home opener against the Atlanta Hawks.
Here are our three makes and three misses from the win.
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It's a Make or Miss League: 3 Makes and 3 Misses from the Pistons Season-Opening Victory
It’s a Make or Miss League: 3 Makes and 3 Misses from the Pistons Season-Opening Victory
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The Detroit Pistons began their 2019-20 season with a 119-110 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.
Pistons coach Dwane Casey is known to say “it’s a make or miss league,” so Palace of Pistons will be bringing you three makes and three misses throughout the year following a game. 
In our first installment, we look at three makes and…
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POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Be Cautious with Blake Griffin
POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Be Cautious with Blake Griffin
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Last season you could say that the 2018-2019 season was the year of the resurgence of Detroit Pistons star forward, Blake Griffin. He displayed again why he is one of the top power forwards in the league. To say he “carried” the Pistons to NBA Playoffs would almost be an understatement. Let’s be honest, without Blake Griffin, the Pistons don’t make it to…
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Game Preview Video: Pistons Tip-Off Season Versus Pacers
Game Preview Video: Pistons Tip-Off Season Versus Pacers
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The Detroit Pistons(0-0) begin the 2019-2020 regular season tonight in Indiana at Bankers Life Fieldhouse against the Indiana Pacers(0-0). The game begins at 7:00 p.m. It will air locally on Fox Sports Detroit and can be heard on the radio on 97.1 The Ticket.
Here is our video preview of the game.
https://twitter.com/PalaceOfPistons/status/1187043191855255553
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With Blake Griffin Down, It's Time to See if the Pistons are For Real
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With Blake Grifin out to begin the season, we will quickly learn how good the Pistons really are. Image: Julie Jacobson/Associated Press
News struck on Tuesday evening that Blake Griffin would miss the first week of the regular season, which starts on Wednesday for Detroit against the Indiana Pacers, and would not be re-evaluated until the first week of November. Griffin had appeared in just two…
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Injury Update: Pistons Unsure if Blake Griffin will Play in Season Opener, Sekou Doumbouya in Concussion Protocol
Injury Update: Pistons Unsure if Blake Griffin will Play in Season Opener, Sekou Doumbouya in Concussion Protocol
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As the Pistons get set for their first game of the 2019-2020 season tomorrow against the Indiana Pacers, Detroit could be without two players right from the jump.
Dwane Casey told media today that Blake Griffin, who has been nursing a hamstring issue that cost him the majority of the preseason, is not a lock to play versus the Pacers on Wednesday night.
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POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Is this Andre Drummond's Final Year as a Piston?
POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Is this Andre Drummond’s Final Year as a Piston?
There have been plenty of highs and plenty of lows in Drummond’s career with the Pistons. Will those highs and lows continue in Detroit following this year? Image: Raj Mehta/USA Today Sports
The 2019-20 season will be a big season for the Detroit Pistons. It’ll also be a big season for center, Andre Drummond. Drummond is entering a contract year, and has already made it clear that he has…
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Report: Pistons Waive Joe Johnson
Report: Pistons Waive Joe Johnson
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The Detroit Pistons have waived forward Joe Johnson, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The move comes before the 5:00 p.m. deadline, in which the Pistons had to trim their roster down to 15 players.
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1186362922932625408
Yesterday, Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports reported that Detroit intended on keeping Christian Wood, who…
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POP 2019-2020 Preview: Reggie Jackson Will Take A Step Back
POP 2019-2020 Preview: Reggie Jackson Will Take A Step Back
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Detroit Pistons starting point guard Reggie Jackson is poised for a healthy 2019-20, but will take a dip in his production. After being healthy for the 2018-19 season, Jackson had his second-best season in Detroit, putting up averages of 15.4 points, 4.2 assists, and 2.6 assists on 42.1 percent shooting and 36.9 percent from three-point land in 27.9 minutes per…
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Report: Pistons to Award Christian Wood a Roster Spot, Corresponding Move Coming
Report: Pistons to Award Christian Wood a Roster Spot, Corresponding Move Coming
According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports, The Detroit Pistons will award Christian Wood a spot on their regular-season roster.
https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1185978378827919366
Haynes also reports that Detroit is looking to make another roster move, assumedly a trade, to make room for Wood on the roster.
Two trade candidates are Khyri Thomas and Langston Galloway.
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POP Podcast Episode 87: Give Christian Wood a Roster Spot and Let the Regular Season Begin
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On this week’s edition of The Palace of Pistons Podcast, Brendan Johnson, Aaron Johnson, and Ryan Paye get together one final time before the Pistons open up regular season play against the Indiana Pacers. The podcast begins with a thorough discussion about the final roster spot for the Pistons and who it should belong to(Christian Wood, Joe Johnson, Khyri…
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Pistons Sign Guard Craig Sword to Exhibit 10 Contract, Waive Todd Withers
Pistons Sign Guard Craig Sword to Exhibit 10 Contract, Waive Todd Withers
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The Detroit Pistons have signed 6-foot-3 guard Craig Sword to an Exhibit 10 contract, waiving forward Todd Withers in a corresponding move.
Sword played four years at Mississippi State, where he averaged 12.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. The 25-year-old also spent time in Mexican and Polish basketball leagues over the last two seasons…
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Game Recap: Andre Drummond, Christian Wood Lead Pistons Past Hornets
Game Recap: Andre Drummond, Christian Wood Lead Pistons Past Hornets
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The Detroit Pistons(3-2) defeated the Charlotte Hornets(1-4) 116-110, in the Pistons final preseason game of the year.
Andre Drummond led Detroit with 17 points, 15 rebounds, and four assists. Markieff Morris, who started in the place of the injured Blake Griffin, also scored 17 points. Tim Frazier recorded a double-double, finishing with 15 points and 12…
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POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Eat Breakfast and Hit the Gym, Sekou
POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: Eat Breakfast and Hit the Gym, Sekou
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On May 18, 2019, just over a month before the NBA Draft, a 47° sunrise stretched over the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc in Limoges, France. The venue is home to Limoges CSP, a French LNB Pro A league basketball team. As dawn brought morning in the city, Sekou Doumbouya, the team’s 18-year-old phenom, woke up. Later that evening, inside the Palais,…
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Game Preview Video: Pistons Wrap Up Preseason Versus Dreadful Hornets
Game Preview Video: Pistons Wrap Up Preseason Versus Dreadful Hornets
The Detroit Pistons(2-2) travel to North Carolina tonight to face off against the Charlotte Hornets(1-3) tonight at 7:00 p.m.
Detroit is coming into the game following a defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers last night.
Here is our preview of tonight’s game.
https://twitter.com/PalaceOfPistons/status/1184497386082766853
Here are the Pistons’ top five plays from last night’s loss.
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POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: A Make or Break Year is Ahead for Thon Maker
POP 2019-2020 Season Preview: A Make or Break Year is Ahead for Thon Maker
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The excitement that came with Thon Maker when he arrived to Detroit in a trade that shipped out Stanley Johnson was real. Johnson’s tenure with the Pistons needed to come to an end. Meanwhile, Detroit was receiving a 21-year old that came into the league with high potential and simply needed a chance, as Milwaukee, in the middle of a championship-contending…
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Game Preview Video: Stars Out on Both Sides as Pistons Clash with Sixers
Game Preview Video: Stars Out on Both Sides as Pistons Clash with Sixers
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The Detroit Pistons(2-1) are in Philadelphia tonight to face off against the Philadelphia 76ers(3-0) in Detroit’s first away game of the preseason. The contest tips off at 7:00 p.m. The game will air nationally on NBATV and you can listen locally on 97.1 The Ticket.
Here is our game preview video of tonight’s contest.
https://twitter.com/PalaceOfPistons/status/11…
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