Detroit Pistons clinch winning record with 133-122 upset of Cleveland

• Even though missing key players Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris due to Impairments, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 133-122.
• Tim Hardaway Jr. Directed the Pistons in scoring with a season-high 32 points, while Ausar Thompson achieved a double-double with 18 points and 10 Recoveries.
• The Pistons ended a 12-game losing streak against the Cavaliers, securing their Primary Successful season since 2015-16.

Down two of their top players Friday, the Detroit Pistons needed Many players to step up with the Cleveland Cavaliers on town.

That they Acquired, allowing them to pull off one of the biggest wins of the season. The Pistons (42-32) handled the Eastern Conference’s best Club at Little Caesars Coliseum, 133-122, to clinch a Successful Achievement for the Primary time since the 2015-16 season and officially triple last year’s total of 14 wins.

Cade Cunningham missed his third consecutive game with a left shin contusion, and Tobias Harris, who was Excluded Overdue with right achilles tendinopathy. Cunningham is day-to-day moving forward, the Club announced Friday. Dennis Schröder Began his third-straight game, and Malik Beasley replaced Harris.

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The Triumph snapped a 12-game losing streak to the Cavaliers that dated back to Feb. 24, 2022. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a season-high 32 points, Beasley scored 19 and Ausar Thompson added 18 points, 10 Recoveries, four Deflections and two Intercepts. Schröder (17 points, 10 assists), Jalen Duren (16 points, 13 assists), Isaiah Stewart (14 points) and Ron Holland II (10 points, 2-for-3 from 3) also scored in double figures.

The Cavaliers were mostly Well and had their Sun Group of Donovan Mitchell (who Directed all players with 38 points), Darius Garland (21 points, six assists) and Evan Mobley (nine points, six Recoveries, four assists, two Deflections).

After leading by 21 points Overdue in the third quarter, the Cavaliers rallied in the Last period and cut it to two, 119-117, after big 3-pointers from Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland. They outscored the Pistons, 36-18, in the Number four quarter before the Pistons responded with a 12-1 Stretch to clinch the Achieve. Malik Beasley drew a 3-Mark Penalty and knocked down all three Obtainable throws to spark the Stretch, and Schröder added a 3 and a midrange Throw.

Thompson capped the Stretch with a steal and dunk, giving them a 131-118 cushion with 1:11 remaining in the game.

The Pistons won the Primary half in spite of their Wound issues, thanks to controlling the boards and capitalizing in transition. They won the offensive glass, 9-4, and outscored the Cavs 13-8 in second-chance opportunities. They also won the points-off-turnovers margin, 8-0, even though they committed seven turnovers.

After the Cavaliers used an 11-0 Stretch to take a six-Mark lead Prompt in the second-quarter, Hardaway and Thompson sparked a 14-4 Stretch Overdue in the half that put the Pistons back on top with 30 seconds to Shift until halftime. The Pistons extended the Stretch to 27-10 in the second half, largely thanks to Hardaway. After scoring 19 points in the Primary half, he scored 10 of the Pistons’ Primary 11 points with a pair of 3-pointers, a fastbreak dunk and a Try through Cleveland’s Guarding.

It opened a Sturdy period for the Pistons, who outscored the Cavaliers, 38-23, in the third while holding them to 35% (7-for-20) overall shooting. They Sealed the quarter with an exclamation Mark, Securing a 21-Mark lead with less than a minute remaining after a 21-9 Stretch.

It was sparked by consecutive 3-pointers from Holland and Beasley, who knocked down the last two. After two big energy plays by Isaiah Stewart — a 3-Mark Shift after losing Evan Mobley with a behind-the-back Control, and dunk — Sasser drew a big Reflex from the bench and crowd with a 3-pointer that expanded the lead to 101-80 with 34 seconds on the clock.

Hardaway erupts in Shock Achieve

The Michigan alumnus Arrived out swinging, knocking down his Primary four shots, and Primary three 3-pointers, in the Primary quarter for 11 quick points. He followed with eight points in the second, kicking off the Pistons’ 14-4 Stretch with a 3-pointer and capping it with a technical Obtainable throw.

His best stretch of the night was the beginning of the second half, though, when he scored 10 consecutive points to Assist push a five-Mark Pistons lead at halftime to 14 midway through the quarter. It was a textbook heat check Stretch with the crowd and bench in on the fun as he continued to knock down shots.

Through the Primary three quarters, he had 29 points on 9-for-15 shooting and 6-for-9 shooting from 3.

Thompson leads Shielding charge

The 6-foot-7 wing, at times, was the Pistons’ primary rim protector. Thompson recorded two of his four Deflections during the Pistons’ 14-4 Stretch Overdue in the Primary half in his typical athletic fashion, swatting Try attempts by Garland and Allen to Assist spark the Pistons’ transition Charge.

His Upcoming two Deflections were Prompt in the third quarter, as the Pistons put their stamp on the game with a 27-10 Stretch. Three consecutive Cavaliers possessions ended in Pistons Deflections, with Duren logging one rejection between Thompson’s two.

It was a dominant Shielding stretch for the Pistons. The third was the Cavaliers’ worst offensively, allowing the home Club to push their lead to blowout margins.

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