The Pistons have larger issues than their record-tying 28-game skid

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BOSTON -- TD Garden's visiting locker room was silent.

It was about a half-hour after the Detroit Pistons lost their 28th consecutive game -- a 128-122 overtime defeat to the league-leading Boston Celtics. For much of the contest, it seemed like this might -- finally -- be the moment Detroit would snap its losing streak of two months.

Instead, it became the latest painful outcome in a season full of them.

The weight of the streak, and how close Detroit came to escaping it, hung heavily in the air.

"I think it shows like we're on the same level as all these teams we're playing against," Pistons star Cade Cunningham said. "There's no team that I've ever come across in the NBA…