Sports
What channel is Detroit Pistons game today vs. Washington Wizards … – Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards match up Monday night in a duel of the NBA’s bottom two teams at Little Caesars Arena.
One must walk away with a win, no matter how hard each side may try otherwise. And a dreadful losing streak will end: The Pistons have lost 13 in a row compared to the Wizards’ nine-game skid.
Cade Cunningham leads the Pistons at 21.4 points per game on just 40.3% shooting and 7.1 assists against an NBA-leading 4.8 turnovers (no other player averages more than 4.1). He’s up to 33% shooting on 3-pointers with 1.9 makes on 5.9 attempts per game, and gets to the foul line 4.4 times per game (88.7% shooting).
Yet Cunningham is one of three Pistons to rank in the bottom 16 out of 197 qualified players in effective field goal percentage this season: Killian Hayes is 191st, seventh worst, at 44.8 eFG%, Cunningham ranks 187th at 45.2 and Ausar Thompson is 182nd at 46.3. (Hayes ranked last in the NBA a season ago at 42.6 — no other player was worse than 46.5 among 197 players who averaged at least 20 minutes and played 55 games. Hayes also ranked last out of 196 players in 2021-22 at 43.1 eFG%.)
Jordan Poole, the former Michigan guard now in his first season with the Wizards, is one spot worse than Thompson with a 46.1 eFG%. Poole, 24, is shooting 39.9% overall and 28.6% on 3-pointers in averaging 17.7 points, 3.6 assists and 2.9 turnovers in 29.8 minutes per game over 15 appearances.
TUNE IN: Watch Pistons-Wizards on Fubo (free trial)
Flint native Kyle Kuzma makes his homecoming as Washington’s leading scorer at a career-best 22.9 points per game on 47.4% shooting. The 28-year-old is shooting a career-best 36.8% on 3s with 2.4 makes on 6.6 attempts per game, and averaging a career-high 4.6 assists. He signed a 4-year, $90 million contract this past summer ($22.5 million average annual salary).
The Pistons are 26th in offensive rating (109.4) and 23rd in defensive rating (116.6). Washington is 23rd on offense (111.5) and last in defense — four points worse than the Pistons at 120.6.
Next up for the Pistons: The Los Angeles Lakers visit LCA on Wednesday night.
But first, here’s what you need to know about the Pistons vs. Wizards game, TV and streaming info, the injury report and projected starting lineups.
TRENDING:Pistons’ Marvin Bagley III quits social media, now feeling and playing better
Matchup: Pistons (2-14) vs. Wizards (2-14).
Date: Monday, Nov. 27.
Time: 7 p.m. ET.
Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Betting line: Pistons by 2½ points (how to bet and get sign up bonuses).
• Box score
[ MUST LISTEN: Make “The Pistons Pulse” your go-to Detroit Pistons podcast, available anywhere you listen to podcasts (Apple, Spotify).
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Radio: WXYT-FM 97.1 (Pistons radio affiliates).
Streaming: Fubo (free trial).
If you don’t have Bally Sports Detroit, you can sign up for Fubo with a free trial to watch the Pistons all season long.
The trio of usual suspects remain out for the Pistons: forward Bojan Bogdanovic (right calf strain) and guards Monte Morris (right quad strain) and Joe Harris (right shoulder sprain). Bogdanovic might return this week, though Morris is out through January.
Jordan Poole is listed questionable (left ankle sprain) after sitting out Saturday’s blowout loss to Atlanta, and backup point guard Delon Wright remains out (left knee sprain).
COMING SOON: Pistons have desperately needed Bojan Bogdanovic back. That’s close to a reality.
Pistons: G Cade Cunningham, G Jaden Ivey, F Ausar Thompson, PF Isaiah Stewart, C Jalen Duren.
Wizards: G Tyus Jones, G Jordan Poole, F Kyle Kuzma, PF Deni Avdija, C Daniel Gafford.
Lineups subject to change.
The Pistons will don their all-blue home uniforms for this matchup; the Wizards are wearing their white uniforms.
Follow updates through our curated list.
We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn’t influence our coverage.