Pistons show 'fight,' but lose again, capping a winless month

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NEW YORK -- The Detroit Pistons became the first team in eight years to go winless for a full month of an NBA season Thursday night.

But despite dropping a 16th consecutive game, losing 118-112 to the New York Knicks here at Madison Square Garden, coach Monty Williams and his young Pistons team saw the performance -- on the heels of a desultory home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night -- as a step in the right direction.

"I saw the fight and resiliency that we can build on," Williams said after his Pistons fell to an NBA-worst 2-17 on the season, and became the first team since the 2015-16 Philadelphia 76ers, who lost 17 straight games in November 2015,…