It was just last season that the Detroit Pistons had a 28-game losing streak. That is the longest in NBA history during a single season. Despite their ineptitude, Detroit had just one less win than the Washington Wizards.

Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart has been suspended one game without pay for accruing his sixth flagrant foul of the season, the league announced Friday.Stewart entered Wednesday's game against the Indiana Pacers with four flagrant fouls.

Nothing much of note happened to the Washington Wizards last night, which is to say the same thing that usually happens to them happened again. They lost their 14th game in succession, a routine 130-108 loss to the truncated Dallas Mavericks,

The Dallas Mavericks head to Little Caesars Arena to face the Detroit Pistons in a non-conference matchup. The Mavs are 25-22, which puts the team in ninth place in the Western Conference. The Pistons are 23-23, which puts the team in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Detroit Pistons are "considering" becoming buyers prior to the Feb. 6 trade deadline, according to a recent report from NBA

"Multiple NBA executives believe the cost to include Vanderbilt in a trade is a first-round pick, meaning he's far more valuable to the Lakers as a usable player than he would be as part of a trade in which they would have to add assets and essentially be overpaying for whatever they got back."

While the Mavericks began a five-game road trip on a winning note by beating the Pelicans on Wednesday, Dallas remains severely beat up. Will Dallas earn another road win on Friday in Detroit? Or is the home team the best bet in tonight’s Mavericks vs. Pistons matchup at 7:00 p.m. ET?

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On Wednesday, the Pistons were flattened by their division rivals by a score of 133-119 in a game that saw Pistons center Isaiah Stewart throw a hard forearm into Pacers big man Thomas Bryant's chest. The attack toppled Bryant to the court and raised questions about what might have led up to it during Wednesday night's game.

Three needs Detroit Pistons could address before NBA deadline Feb. 6, and a potential option for each need that wouldn't require significant assets.

The Phoenix Suns head to Little Caesars Arena to face the Detroit Pistons in a non-conference matchup ... and are coming off a win over the Washington Wizards. The Pistons have won three of their last five games, but are coming off a loss to the Indiana ...

Several ownership groups, including the Detroit Pistons, have submitted bids for the WNBA's 16th franchise as expansion continues.