Jared Weiss

After a stretch where they lost three of four, the Pistons got back on track this week, winning three in a row, including one of their biggest statement wins of the season, a 121 to 90 win over the New York Knicks.

This was the first time these two teams had played each other since that first round series last season.

and the Pistons were ready.

Cade had 29 and 13 assists.

Jaden Ivey put up his highest scoring game of the season, scoring 16 off the bench.

The Pistons are 28 and nine, first in the East and four games up on the Knicks.

Now for the Knicks, those 90 points they scored against the Pistons, fewest they've had in a regular season game since March, 2024, when they lost a game to the Sixers by the score of 79 to 73.

That was in March 2024.

That is the lowest scoring NBA game in the last decade.

Now the loss to the Pistons was also the Knicks' fourth straight loss, though they did finally get back on track by beating the Clippers on Wednesday night.

And while beating the Clippers would not have been that impressive the last time we did an episode of Slamma Jam,

Three weeks later, that's a quality win because the Clippers have started to figure things out.

The Clips are 7-2 in their last nine, a stretch that included a six-game winning streak with quality wins over Detroit, Houston, the Lakers.

Kawhi has been on an absolute tear, putting up 34-8-4 over that nine-game stretch.

He's shooting 50-38-94.

He's taking over nine threes per game and getting to the line almost nine times per game.

2.6 steals, 1.3 blocks, generally one of the best runs by any player this season, and it included the first 50-point game of his career, a 55-point masterpiece, against those same Detroit Pistons that held the entire Knicks team to 90 points.

Now, despite this run, the Clips still face an uphill battle due to their early season woes and another injury to Jarek Jones Jr.

that's going to keep him out at least six weeks.

They are closing in on that final playing spot only two and a half games back of the Grizzlies in 10th.