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Date Opponent W/L Score Dec. 23 at Minnesota L 101-111 Dec. 26 vs. Cleveland L 119-128(2OT) Dec. 28 at Atlanta L 120-128 Dec. 29 vs. Golden State L 106-116 Jan. 1 vs. Boston W 96 -93 Jan. 3 vs.\\ Boston L 120-122 GAME NOTES Jan. 4 at Milwaukee L 115-125 Jan. 6 at Milwaukee L 115-130 DETROIT PISTONS 2020-21 SEASON GAME NOTES Jan. 8 vs. Phoenix W 110-105(OT) Jan. 10 vs. Utah L 86 -96 Jan. 13 vs. Milwaukee L 101-110 REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 20-52 Jan. 16 at Miami W 120-100 Jan. 18 at Miami L 107-113 Jan. 20 at Atlanta L 115-123(OT) POSTSEASON: DID NOT QUALIFY Jan. 22 vs. Houston L 102-103 Jan. 23 vs. Philadelphia L 110-1 14 LAST GAME STARTERS Jan. 25 vs. Philadelphia W 119- 104 Jan. 27 at Cleveland L 107-122 POS. PLAYERS 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON AVERAGES Jan. 28 vs. L.A. Lakers W 107-92 11.5 Pts 5.2 Rebs 1.9 Asts 0.8 Stls 23.4 Min Jan. 30 at Golden State L 91-118 Feb. 2 at Utah L 105-117 #6 Hamidou Diallo LAST GAME: 15 points, five rebounds, two assists in 30 minutes vs. Feb. 5 at Phoenix L 92-109 F Ht: 6 -5 Wt: 202 Averages: MIA (5/16)…31 games with 10+ points on year. Feb. 6 at L.A. Lakers L 129-135 (2OT) Kentucky NOTE: Scored 10+ pts in 31 games, 20+ pts in four games this season, Feb. 9 vs. Brooklyn W 122-111 30+ points once…Career -high 35 points vs. CHA (5/4)…Made team Feb. 11 vs. Indiana L 95-111 debut vs. BKN (3/26). Feb. 12 at Boston W 108-102 Feb. 14 vs. New Orleans W 123-112 Feb. 17 at Chicago L 102-105 12.1 Pts 4.5 Rebs 1.3 Asts 0.7 Stls 27.1 Min Feb. 19 at Memphis L 95-109 LAST GAME: 22 points, five rebounds, four assists, one steal, one block Feb. 21 at Orlando L 96-105 #41 Saddiq Bey in 37 minutes vs. MIA (5/16)…Sixth -straight game with 10+ Feb. 23 at Orlando W 105-93 th Feb. 24 at New Orleans L 118-128 F points …12 game on year with 20+ points; most since G. Hill (1994 -95). Ht: 6 -8 Wt: 215 Averages: nd Feb. 26 vs. Sacramento L 107-110 Villanova NOTE: Pistons rookie single-season record for 3FGM (175)…2 -most Feb. 28 vs. New York L 90-109 3FGM by any NBA player in 70 career games …NBA rookie record for Mar. 3 at Toronto W 129-105 most games with 4+ 3FGM (21), 5+ 3FGM (13), 6+ 3FGM (5) …Eastern Mar. 4 at New York L 104-114 Conf. POTW (2/8-14)…Team rookie record 7 3FGM at BOS (2/12) . Mar. 11 at Charlotte L 102-105 Mar. 13 at Brooklyn L 95-100 Mar. 15 vs. San Antonio L 99-109 5.3 Pts 2.3 Rebs 0.5 Asts 0.2 Blks 12.4 Min Mar. 17 vs. Toronto W 116-112 #13 Jahlil Okafor LAST GAME: Seven points, five rebounds, one block in 24 minutes vs. Mar. 19 at Houston W 113-100 C Ht: 6-10 Wt: 270 Averages: MIA (5/16)…Second start of the season. Mar. 21 vs. Chicago L 86-100 NOTE: Three games with 10+ points this season …Scored season-high Mar. 24 at Indiana L 111-116 Duke Mar. 26 vs. Brooklyn L 111-113 13 points vs. M EM (5/6) …Scored eight points and grabbed seven Mar. 27 at Washington L 92-106 rebounds in season debut at Minnesota on Dec. 23. Mar. 29 vs. Toronto W 118-104 Mar. 31 vs. Portland L 101-124 8.1 Pts 2.5 Rebs 3.4 Asts 1.0 Stls 22.8 Min Apr. 1 vs. Washington W 120-91 Apr. 3 vs. New York L 81-125 #18 Cory Joseph LAST GAME: 14 points, four rebounds, five assists, one steal, one block Apr. 5 at Oklahoma City W 132-108 G Ht: 6 -3 Wt: 200 Averages: in 31 minutes vs. MIA (5/16)…21 games with 10+ points on year. NOTE: Averaging 12.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 5.5 apg, 1.2 spg in 26.4 mpg over Apr. 6 at Denver L 119-134 Texas Apr. 8 at Sacramento W 113-101 19 games with Detroit… Scored 10-plus points in 21 games this season, Apr. 10 at Portland L 103-118 20+ points twice …Season -high 24 points at SAC (4/8) and DAL (4/21). Apr. 11 at L.A. Clippers L 124-131 Apr. 14 vs. L.A. Clippers L 98-100 Apr. 16 vs. Oklahoma City W 110-104 6.6 Pts 2.8 Rebs 3.2 Asts 1.0 Stls 25.6 Min Apr. 17 at Washington L 100-121 Apr. 19 vs. Cleveland W 109-105 #7 Killian Hayes LAST GAME: 10 points, four assists, one steal in 31 minutes vs. MIA Apr. 21 at Dallas L 117-127 G Ht: 6 -5 Wt: 216 Averages: (5/16)…Ninth game with 10+ points. Apr. 22 at San Antonio L 91-106 France NOTE: Led team in assists 17 times (most recent: seven assists vs. DEN Apr. 24 at Indiana L 109-115 on 5/ 14)…Highest -ever drafted player from France in NBA Apr. 26 vs. Atlanta W 100-86 history…Missed 45 games due to right hip strain/injury management. Apr. 29 vs. Dallas L 105-115 May 1 at Charlotte L 94-107 May 3 vs. Orlando L 112-119 May 4 vs. Charlotte L 99-102 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORDS May 6 vs. Memphis W 111-97 May 8 at Philadelphia L 104-118 RECORD HOME ROAD OVERTIME STREAKS May 9 vs. Chicago L 96-108 OVERALL 20-52 13-23 7-29 1-3 OVERALL: Lost 5 May 11 vs. Minnesota L 100-119 May 14 vs. Denver L 91-104 EASTERN 12-30 8-13 4-17 0-2 HOME: Lost 4 May 16 vs. Miami L 107-120 WESTERN 8-22 5-10 3-12 1-1 ROAD: Lost 8 2020-21 TEAM LEADERS QUICK FACTS Points...................................... Grant (1,205 – 22.3 ppg) Rebounds.................................. Plumlee (519 – 9.3 rpg) Ø Bey set the all-time Pistons rookie record for most 3-pointers made in a single season and led all rookies with 175 3FGM in 2020-21. Assists ..................................... Plumlee (202 – 3.6 apg) Ø Stewart led all NBA rookies in total rebounds (453), defensive rebounds (294), offensive rebounds (159) and blocks (86). Steals ...................................... J. Jackson (53 – 0.9 spg) st Blocks......................................... Stewart (86 – 1.3 bpg) Ø Hayes was the 1 Pistons rookie since Thomas (1982) with a streak of at least 14 games with 5+ asts; only two Pistons rookies to do so. th Minutes .................................. Grant (1,829 – 33.9 mpg) Ø Plumlee and Smith Jr. became the second Pistons duo with triple-doubles in the same game; 12 such duo in NBA history. FG .............................................................. Grant ( 400) Ø Detroit ’s reserves averaged a league-leading 41.3 points per contest, marking the second-highest such total in franchise history. FG% .......................................................Plumlee (.614) 3FG ............................................................... Bey (175) 3FG% ................................................... Ellington (.42 2) FT ............................................................... Grant (290) TEAM PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FT%.............................................................. Bey (.844) Saddiq Bey (suh-DEEK Bay), Hamidou Diallo (HA-muh-dew dee-AH-low), Sekou Doumbouya (SEH-coo doom-boo-YAH), Killian Hayes (KILL-ee-in), Saben Lee (SAY-bin), Micah Nori (My-KAH NOR-eye), Jahlil Okafor (JAH-leel OH-ka-for), GAME NOTES - TABLE OF CONTENTS Deividas Sirvydis (DEH-vee-dass ser-VEE-diss) Roster ................................................................ ......................... 2 Recent Games ................................................................ ............. 3 Next Opponents ................................................................ .......... 4 Notes and Statistics ................................................................ ..... 5 Head Coach & Player Bios/Stats................................................. 12 MEDIA INFO: For all Detroit Pistons injury updates, statistics and other team related information, follow the official Twitter Media Cheat Sheet – Headshots .................................................. 19 2020-21 Season Statistical Information .......................................20 handle of the Detroit Pistons PR team, @ PistonsPR or visit pistons.com/pistonspr . DETROIT PISTONS 2020-21 ROSTER NO POS NAME HT WT DOB PRIOR TO NBA/COUNTRY YRS 41 G/F Saddiq Bey 6-8 215 4/9/99 Villanova/USA R 25 F Tyler Cook 6-8 255 9/23/97 Iowa/USA 1 6 G/F Hamidou Diallo 6-5 202 7/31/98 Kentucky/USA 2 45 F Sekou Doumbouya 6-9 230 12/23/00 France 1 8 G Wayne Ellington 6-4 207 11/29/87 North Carolina /USA 11 9 F Jerami Grant 6-8 210 3/12/94 Syracuse/USA 6 7 G Killian Hayes 6-5 216 7/27/01 France R 20 F Josh Jackson 6-8 207 2/10/97 Kansas/USA 3 18 G Cory Joseph 6-3 200 8/20/91 Texas/Canada 9 17 G Rodney McGruder 6-4 205 7/29/91 Kansas State/USA 4 13 C Jahlil Okafor 6-11 275 12/15/95 Duke/USA 5 24 C Mason Plumlee 6-11 245 3/5/90 Duke/USA 7 91 G Deividas Sirvydis 6-8 190 6/10/00 Lithuania R 0 G Dennis Smith Jr. 6-2 205 11/25/97 North Carolina State/USA 3 28 C Isaiah Stewart 6-9 250 5/22/01 Washington/USA R PLAYERS ON NBA TWO-WAY CONTRACT 5 G Frank Jackson 6-3 205 5/4/98 Duke/USA 2 38 G Saben Lee 6-2 183 6/23/99 Vanderbilt/USA R COACHING STAFF NUMERICAL ROSTER Head Coach: Dwane Casey – Kentucky 0 Dennis Smith Jr.