The Detroit Pistons have picked up where they left off last season.

Being comically bad.

The Pistons finished with the NBA’s worst record last season, for the second straight yearGetty

In Wednesday night’s season opener, they blew a 12-point lead in the second half and suffered a 115-109 loss at the hands of the Indiana Pacers.

But that wasn’t the worst of it, as they received an extremely rare technical foul for having six players on the court at the same time at one point in the game.

The ball was tipped out of bounds with around 8:19 remaining in the fourth quarter.

The Pistons sent Cade Cunningham into the game for rookie guard Ron Holland during the dead ball, but there was a miscommunication and Holland stayed on the floor.

The Pistons inbounded the ball and brought it up the court before the officials realized they had an extra player, who was standing completely unguarded in the corner.

Referees went to the monitor to review the situation, which resulted in a technical foul.

It was the correct decision, but new head coach J.B. Bickerstaff lost his cool and fiercely pleaded his team’s case with a nearby official.

Bickerstaff could be overheard saying that one of his players “was trying to leave the floor”, but it was nothing more than a desperate attempt to save face from the embarrassing mistake.

The technical foul was upheld and Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin made the free throw.

That brought Indiana to within one point of Detroit. The Pacers then went on a 19-11 run following the technical foul to win the game, prompting social media to have a field day at the Pistons’ expense.

The Pistons, in white, had three players at one end of the courtX@BleacherReport

Plus three at the other end, making a total of sixX@BleacherReport

“New year, same Pistons,” one fan posted on X.

“Pistons gonna piston no matter who’s coaching,” added another.

“4 vs 6 and they’d still lose,” joked a third.

“Looks like more of the same for the Pistons this year. Historically bad,” a fourth commented.

Last year, the Pistons finished with the worst overall record in the NBA for the second consecutive season and worst in the franchise’s history at 14–68.

They also lost a franchise-record 28 games in a row from October 30 to December 30, the longest single-season losing streak and tied for the longest losing streak overall in NBA history.

Head coach Monty Williams was fired after just one season and replaced by Bickerstaff, who has previously been at the helm in Cleveland and Memphis.

An irate Bickerstaff pleaded his case to officialsX@BleacherReport

The technical foul was correctly upheldX@BleacherReport

Despite the loss to the Pacers, there were some reasons to be optimistic about the new season.

Former No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham finished with 28 points, eight assists and five rebounds, while five other players scored in double figures.

After five straight seasons of missing the playoffs, the Pistons will be hoping a new head coach and president of basketball operations can finally turn their fortunes around.

They have a crop of promising young players and recently added solid veterans in the form of Tobias Harris and Tim Hardaway Jr.

They’ll look to bounce back from the embarrassment against Indiana when they face the Cavaliers on October 25.