Pistons welcome Cavaliers after nightmare 週末
The Detroit Pistons had an agonizing 週末. On Monday, they'll 直面する a Central 分割 対抗者 in the 中央 of an even rougher stretch.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be looking to snap a seven-game losing streak when they visit Detroit. All but two of those 敗北・負かすs were decided by 二塁打 digits, 含むing the past three. They were swept during a three-game homestand by New York (106-86), Washington (124-112) and Chicago (118-106), all of whom have losing 記録，記録的な／記録するs.
They fell apart in the third ４半期/4分の1 against the Bulls on Saturday, getting outscored 40-19.
"Just another really bad ４半期/4分の1 that we had and we can't 勝利，勝つ that way," coach John Beilein said. "We had a 広大な／多数の／重要な （人が）群がる, a lot of excitement for a Saturday ナイター and we didn't get it done again, that's all I can say. We're on to Detroit now and we'll try like we do with every one of these, 勝利，勝つs and losses, we are trying to 直す／買収する，八百長をする what we can 直す／買収する，八百長をする and it's a 過程."
One problem the Cavs 港／避難所't been able to 解決する is their penchant for turnovers. Chicago 得点する／非難する／２０d 27 points off 21 turnovers on Saturday and Cleveland leads the league in points 許すd off its giveaways.
今後 Kevin Love said he believes bad 発射s play into the team's woes.
"It has to be the 防御の end," he said to the Cleveland Plain 売買業者. "It's not only 移行, even though 移行 buckets they got a lot of (Saturday), but that also has to do with our 決定／判定勝ち（する） making on the 不快な／攻撃 end."
The Cavaliers will be 捜し出すing their first victory since they 敗北・負かすd Denver 111-103 on the road on Jan. 11.
This will be the last 会合 with Detroit this season, and the Pistons lead the season series, 2-1. Detroit won both 会合s in Cleveland before the Cavaliers 逮捕（する）d a 115-112 overtime 決定／判定勝ち（する） at Little Caesars 円形競技場 on Jan. 9, with Love's tie-breaking 3-pointer with 37.9 seconds left 調印（する）ing the victory.
The Pistons, who have been 取引，協定ing with a 無分別な of 傷害s and i llnesses, lost to Memphis 125-112 on Friday and Brooklyn 121-111 in overtime on Saturday.
逮捕するs 星／主役にする Kyrie Irving 難破させるd the Pistons' 弁護 on Saturday with a 45-point 爆発. Brooklyn outscored them 15-5 in overtime after Derrick Rose's layup tied the game with 1.9 seconds left in 規則.
Rose had a team-high 27 points and has 得点する／非難する／２０d 20 or more points in 12 連続した games, the longest streak of his career.
The silver lining for coach Dwane Casey were the 遠出s from second-year players Bruce Brown and Svi Mykhailiuk. Brown, who 行方不明になるd the previous two games with the flu, had 17 points, five 回復するs and five 補助装置s while Mykhailiuk 供給（する）d 19 points, five 回復するs and three 補助装置s.
"It 傷つけるs 権利 now," Casey said. "I'm telling you, I hate losing. But to see a kid like Bruce, second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ, Svi, second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ, second-year guys coming in and competing. ... I like the steps we're taking."
中心 Andre Drummond also had a big game, notching 20 points and 21 回復するs. He 行方不明になるd the previous two games after getting 肘d in the mouth.
He's also encouraged by the way Brown and Mykhailiuk are playing.
"They're playing with incredible 信用／信任," he told the team's website. "Svi's playing fantastic. He's 狙撃 the ball very 井戸／弁護士席. Bruce has become one of the 最高の，を越す-tier defenders in the league. I think the sky's the 限界 for both of them. They're playing really 井戸／弁護士席."
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