With every consecutive loss, the 2023-24 Pistons are one step closer to NBA infamy.
Detroit owns the NBA's worst record, standing at 2-27 after losing 26 consecutive games. Its last win came during the opening week of the new season back on Oct. 28.
Since then, the Pistons went winless in November and their losing streak has carried into December. They aren't quite at the mark of the worst losing streak in NBA history, but they're getting close.
How close are these teams to landing on the wrong side of NBA history? The Sporting News takes a look at the longest losing streaks of all time below.
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What is the longest losing streak in NBA history?
The Pistons' 26-game losing streak is only the fourth of its kind in NBA history and it is tied for the longest single-season losing streak on record.
Detroit is now just a few losses away from the NBA's all-time losing streak record. That (dis)honor belongs to "The Process" 76ers, who lost 28 games spanning from the 2014-15 season to the 2015-16 season.
The longest single-season losing streak is 26 games, which once belonged solely to the 2013-14 76ers and 2010-11 Cavaliers, Cleveland's first season after LeBron James took his talents to South Beach. Now, the Pistons have joined that exclusive club.
Here are the worst losing streaks in NBA history:
| Rank | Team | Year | Losing streak |
| 1 | Philadelphia 76ers | 2015* | 28 |
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 2010-11 | 26 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 2014 | 26 | |
| Detroit Pistons | 2023 | 26 | |
| 5 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 1982* | 24 |
| 6 | Charlotte Bobcats | 2012 | 23 |
| Denver Nuggets | 1997-98 | 23 | |
| Vancouver Grizzlies | 1996 | 23 | |
| 9 | Detroit Pistons | 1980* | 21 |
| 10 | Houston Rockets | 2021 | 20 |
| LA Clippers | 1994* | 20 | |
| Dallas Mavericks | 1993 | 20 | |
| New York Knicks | 1985* | 20 | |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 1973 | 20 |
*Span of two seasons
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Pistons upcoming schedule 2023
The Pistons have just a few more chances to avoid etching their place in infamy.
After a loss to the Nets, Detroit will face Brooklyn again in Detroit on Dec. 26. Another loss to the Nets would give the Pistons the record for longest single-season losing streak in NBA history.
If the Pistons lose to both the Nets and Celtics, they will tie the 76ers for the longest losing streak on record.
| Date | Opponent | Time (ET) | TV channel |
| Dec. 26 | vs. Nets | 7 p.m. | — |
| Dec. 28 | at Celtics | 7:30 p.m. | NBA TV |
| Dec. 30 | vs. Raptors | 6 p.m. | — |
| Jan. 1 | at Rockets | 8 p.m. | — |
