The Pistons fired coach Monty Williams on Wednesday after just one season that ended with an NBA-worst 14-68 record.

Last season was the first in what was a six-year, $78.5 million deal for Williams, and the Pistons will absorb the remaining $65 million on his contract.The Pistons started a front office rebuild when the season ended, including the hiring of Trajan Langdon as president of basketball operations, the departure of GM Troy Weaver and now a vacancy at head coach.

The firing continues a wildly strange run for Williams. In 2021, as coach of the Suns, he went to the NBA Finals, where the Suns led 2-0 before falling in six games to the Bucks. In 2022, he was the NBA’s coach of the year in runaway voting. In 2023, the Suns fired him and now, in 2024, the Pistons have done the same.

A 28-game losing streak turned this past season into a debacle.

All-Star F Pascal Siakam, 30, reportedly plans to sign a four-year, $189.5 million max contract to stay with the Pacers.

Colleges: Tennessee will play in the College World Series finals for the first time in the modern era after it knocked out Florida State with a 7-2 victory to win its bracket. Zander Sechrist held the Seminoles scoreless for six innings and the Volunteers struck for four early runs to become the first No. 1 national seed since 2009 to advance to the best-of-three finals.

NHL: The Kings acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper, 34, in a trade with the Capitals for 25-year-old center Pierre-Luc Dubois.

Soccer: Jamal Musiala scored his second goal of the tournament to help host Germany beat Hungary 2-0 in Stuttgart and book its spot in the European Championship knockout stage.

Swimming: On Tuesday night at the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis, Regan Smith broke the world record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke. Smith touched in 57.13 seconds, easily outpacing the old mark of 57.33 set a year ago by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown.