Locked On Pistons - Daily Podcast On The Detroit Pistons

The much-maligned Stanley Johnson has shown signs of life for the Detroit Pistons this season.

The latest nice effort was a 19-point performance as he came off the bench to help steamroll the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.

The Pistons win every time lately when the team is on the second half of a back-to-back. They lose every game otherwise.

With that in mind, host Matt Schoch goes inside the numbers to see how many back-to-back games are left on the schedule for the Pistons, their opponents and the Miami Heat.

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Detroit Free Press writer Vince Ellis penned a column this week that the Detroit Pistons season is basically over and this team is gearing up for 2017-18.

Vince joins us to talk about what's surprised him about covering Blake Griffin up close for a month and how Reggie Jackson might change the mix when he comes back. Vince also gives us some great BBQ recommendations in the Detroit area.

Host Matt Schoch also has thoughts on Tuesday in the NBA, Dwyane Wade's touching heroics and the Greek Freak.

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The losing continued for the Detroit Pistons on Monday, this time in a blowout loss to the Toronto Raptors.

It was a class schedule loss in some ways, but also an indication that there's no way the Pistons can compete with teams like Toronto at this point -- troubling given the idea that they acquired their franchise savior a month ago.

Host Matt Schoch points to a few articles and podcasts about the Pistons recently, including a eulogy of the season from one of the team's beat writers, Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press.

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Tough times for fans of the Detroit Pistons as another Monday morning looks very bleak, even with Blake.

Pistons fans are giving it to coach/president Stan Van Gundy on social media, but that's what fans do, especially when a team is struggling.

But host Matt Schoch has an obvious solution that hasn't really been tried by the Pistons and it seems like a no-brainer, and might be costing the team its season.

Plus, a look back at the terrible weekend against Boston and Charlotte and a look ahead to Monday night's game against the Toronto Raptors.

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Thursday night's return of the NBA schedule showed Detroit Pistons fans why it might be a frustrating spring.

Philadelphia's crazy win against Chicago showed that Detroit can't simply expect Tank-A-Thon teams to pull any upsets down the stretch, as they have their own draft motivations on their minds.

That said, it's Pistons basketball tonight!

Detroit is back in action with a home game against Boston before hitting the road against Charlotte for a Sunday matinee.

We also crunched the numbers with 538.com... will the Pistons make the playoffs?

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Lucas Hann of Locked On Clippers joins us for an extensive interview on the Blake Griffin trade from a few weeks back and what the teams are going to look like going forward.

Locked On Pistons host Matt Schoch poses the question about why the Clippers changed directions from Griffin after signing him to a massive deal in the offseason and what's in store for Tobias Harris, Boban Marjonovic and Avery Bradley in LA.

Matt also talks about the latest news regarding the injured ankle of Reggie Jackson and also about the in-depth article from Keith Langlois of Pistons.com about the night of the trade and Griffin visiting the LA house of Pistons owner Tom Gores.

Check out that article here.

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The National Anthem is front and center in the NBA news following the All-Star Game in Los Angeles as Fergie had an interesting version of the song on Sunday.

We went straight to the local expert as Detroit Pistons anthem singer LaShell Renee joined us to talk about Fergie's performance, along with how she became Detroit's new Karen Newman.

Check out her on Twitter: @LaShellRenee.

Check out the articles from ESPN's The Undefeated that were referenced about Marvin Gaye's 1983 National Anthem here and the 2015 article about Gaye trying out with the Lions here.

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For years, Detroit sports fans argued about the merits of former Detroit Tigers greats Jack Morris, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker.

Now, it's time for Pistons fans to stand up for their legends.

Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace were left off the list of finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, which will announce its honorees at the Final Four.

Two former Pistons were on the list and have a great chance of getting to Springfield, Mass. One isn't a huge surprise but one is.

Matt also takes a look at the daunting schedule the Pistons face after the All-Star break when play resumes on Friday.

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Andre Drummond went to Los Angeles and... actually handled himself very well out there.

Host Matt Schoch discusses this and more with PistonPowered.com editor Sham Mohile, who offers his perspective on the Pistons training team, his assessment of Stan Van Gundy the executive and what's gotten into Sham lately on social media.

Check out Piston Powered here and follow Sham on Twitter here.

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Host Matt Schoch has a comprehensive look back into the Detroit Pistons history with NBA All-Star Weekend, which starts today in Los Angeles.

Topics covered: This weekend's schedule and betting odds, a look back at Ohio and Michigan all-time high school scoring leaders (?), a killer crossover, a surprisingly heady dunk contest performance, the "Freeze-Out" and a look back at Pistons MVPs in the game.

We also take a look into the future and see if Andre Drummond or Blake Griffin will be All-Stars in the future, as well as a look if Detroit will soon host the festivities.

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