Is All Hope Finally Lost?

When your team is doing horrible and the season is close to 70% through there is something someone never wants to admit; their team has no chance of making the playoffs. With a only 16 wins and 30 loses the Pistons are six and a half games out of 8^th place and nine games out of seventh place. They only have only 21 games to make up that deficit but with teams making late runs and their ineffectiveness to get healthy then that is not a likely to happen.

The New York Knicks, after struggling this whole year, have caught fire as of late. This is bad for the Pistons because the Pistons were hoping that they would be able to catch up with the Knicks and beat them out for that spot. But after the firing of their head coach, the Knicks have won five straight games and finally have some team chemistry. With the Knicks catching fire at the end of the season is a bad sign for the Pistons because there is a very slim chance that they will be able to catch the Boston Celtics who are in 7^th place and nine games ahead of the Pistons.

The Pistons have been finally getting healthy but the injury bug just does not want to leave them. After they got all of their original starters playing over twenty minutes a game, Rodney Stuckey got injured. Tayshaun Prince and Rodney Stuckey were the two consistent starters this whole year playing and starting all the games when the other starters were not even dressing. But this is not the case anymore. Rodney Stuckey has missed two straight games with a toe injury. He has been the leader of this team putting up career highs in points, rebounds and assists.

With their current three game losing streak, did the Pistons seal their fate to miss the playoffs for the second straight year or do they still have a miracle run in them?