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DOWNFALL FOR THE PISTONS?! Stephen A. & Monica McNutt RESPOND! | First Take YouTube Exclusive
On this First Take YouTube Exclusive, Stephen A. Smith and Monica McNutt discuss: 0:00 Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Detroit Pistons 3:50 Which No. 2 option in the East will have the biggest playoff impact? 5:20 Monica responds ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN Unlimited: #ESPN
@mizzj3087
March 4, 2026 at 5:18 pm
Our Pistons ain’t going nowhere❤🥰💙
@jamesst.patrick2368
March 4, 2026 at 5:28 pm
Zach Lavine???
@PureMichiganAngler
March 4, 2026 at 5:37 pm
This is so funny honestly. 2 years ago this team had 14 wins. This team is incredibly young we have 7 players that are under 26 that play heavy minutes and 3 of our starters are 24 or under this team is in no rush. We are exactly where we need to be. If you are confident in this teams young players like I am then their is no worry. At the beginning of the season nobody thought the Pistons would be the number one seed in the east for basically the entire season with the roster they have. So even though they are winning at a prolific rate that doesn’t mean it should be an easy road in the playoffs. The front office is smart for not blowing up the team midseason for someone who may or may not improve the team. The Jaden Ivey situation also threw a wrench in some plans for sure. I’ve watched just about every Pistons game this season and plenty of other games as well. The Pistons have not been playing their best ball the past few games and they happen to be against good and popular teams. We still have the best record in the nba against teams above .500 and have plenty of wins against good teams in both conferences. I am confident in the coach and players to learn from their losses and adjust come playoff time. We have only lost two games in a row twice this year we have been incredibly consistent. We have dealt with injuries and suspensions but we keep winning. All I want to see in the post season is improvement which would start with winning a playoff series first. It just proves how good and how much potential this team has when people act like the sky is falling after one loss. We are not skipping any steps in Detroit. I am confident in this team and front office to make the correct moves this offseason based off of our playoff success. Its unfortunate that Detroit gets so much hate and disrespect from the league and media but the only way to change that is to win in the playoffs.
@chief8079
March 4, 2026 at 6:02 pm
Pistons about to break their 2023-2024 losing streak.
@MikeWhite-ke3tz
March 4, 2026 at 7:24 pm
There are not that many games left this season. Stop trolling and hating, you make yourself sound dumb.
@austinwalker3855
March 4, 2026 at 6:24 pm
Lazy sports journalism
@HBLINK
March 4, 2026 at 6:25 pm
Don’t no one care what Knicks fans have to say about the Pistons in Detroit. 🤣🤣🤣 They are till looking for a chink in the armor of the dragon 🐉 that put their team on notice, day 1. Let Stephen A. Knicks and Monica McKnicky keep lying to New York and the rest of the NBA. They just have to embarrass them as like it’s 2004. Detroit Vs Everybody 😎
@austinwalker3855
March 4, 2026 at 6:25 pm
Did Cade get EC player of the Month!
@richardpage5812
March 4, 2026 at 6:38 pm
I’m as big of a Detroit fan as anybody but y’all on here losing y’all mind’s because they speaking truth. I can’t stand yall, got me on here defending Steve A. yall make me sick.😒
@jeromepassmore7625
March 4, 2026 at 6:48 pm
Chris Broussard is ridiculous
@salem927
March 4, 2026 at 6:51 pm
love this lady over molly q. much improvement
@hasanTuayma
March 4, 2026 at 6:54 pm
Why Stephen a lying?? “I didn’t know u said the east” but he listed detroit Boston Cleveland and Knicks in the beginning
@salem927
March 4, 2026 at 6:59 pm
everything is the knicks with monica
@UndertheRadarSports
March 4, 2026 at 6:59 pm
Worked for 1 game
@UndertheRadarSports
March 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm
But you can depend on James harden 🤔 but you can depend on Kat 🤔
@deannawalker8251
March 4, 2026 at 7:09 pm
I just don’t like these two on ESPN
@robp.1995
March 4, 2026 at 7:10 pm
They are going to have off nights. Good lord.
@JoeyHuman
March 4, 2026 at 7:22 pm
Stop using Monica McNutt for Knicks topics. She’s literally paid by the Knicks as an MSG employee. Every team should have employees on the show doing PR if this is the case.
@ericjones5120
March 4, 2026 at 8:11 pm
Between the spurs game and Cleveland game, we clearly need a secondary ball handler/scorer
@seaniveroni5579
March 4, 2026 at 8:21 pm
🤣🤣🤣 one lost by 4 points…stop it
@PrinceWilliams-t1g1g
March 4, 2026 at 8:39 pm
They got the best record 😂😂😂
@FaithisReal88
March 4, 2026 at 8:53 pm
Did this clown say there Girth😂 man …..
@topher8518
March 4, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Some of those misses were tough. Bro had shots rimming out after getting to the rim while doubled because there’s no one else.
@primeminister66
March 4, 2026 at 8:59 pm
Gotta beat the best teams, and I’m a Piston fan, we’re not quite ready
@Phonzbeats
March 4, 2026 at 9:56 pm
Come on yall reachin
@grizzlycharizard0017
March 4, 2026 at 10:03 pm
Ohhhh we lost a game that we almost won, we are somehow gonna fall 😂
These companies are such jokes.