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The Detroit Pistons survived the short-handed Cavaliers 122-119 in overtime after being delayed for 18 minutes in the third quarter due to a blaring horn on Friday night. Jalen Duren tallied 33 points and 16 rebounds, and Cade Cunningham added 25 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists for the East-leading Detroit before fouling out. The […] The post Pistons survive short-handed Cavaliers 122-119 in OT appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Pistons stole a barnburner off a half-court heave that felt like poetic justice

Detroit Pistons forward Ausar Thompson talked about what makes Jalen Duren so dynamic when he locks in as a scorer after Friday’s 122-119 overtime home win vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers (33 points/16 rebounds/3 assists/zero turnovers/1 steal/3 blocks/one foul/11-19 FG/11-15 FT/+14 +/- in 41:42 MP). *set career-high for free-throw attempts* *tied career-high in points* (via Detroit […] The post Ausar Thompson on Jalen Duren: “You take a bump from him, it’s not no normal bump” appeared first on T...

Friday night's game between the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers was delayed for 18 minutes in the third quarter by a blaring horn after a power surge caused the overhead scoreboard to malfunction.

The Detroit Pistons showed everyone why they are the top seed in the Eastern Conference by tapping into their clutch gene to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-119 in an exciting OT matchup.

All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and James Harden each missed their second straight game Friday for the Cavs, who also ruled out Keon Ellis and Dean Wade.

The shorthanded Cavs will look to pick up a big road victory.

The Detroit Pistons host the Cleveland Cavaliers at Little Caesars Arena on Friday night, with Donovan Mitchell missing the East clash.

The Cavs fought hard but couldn’t hang on.

The Cavs are hoping to get Mitchell back sooner rather than later.

Star guard Donovan Mitchell, who was out for Wednesday’s loss in Milwaukee, will miss his second straight game on Friday when the Cavaliers play at Detroit, tweets Jamal Collier of ESPN. Mitchell is dealing with a right groin strain. The Cavs have gone 2-3 so far this season without Mitchell, a seven-time All-Star who last […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers were rolling over the past few weeks with the new additions they acquired at the trade deadline, and then James Harden went down with a thumb fracture. Days later, Keon Ellis now has an injury to his finger, according to Brett Siegel of Clutch Points. “Cavs guard Keon Ellis has a non-displaced […] The post Cavs’ Keon Ellis gets game-to-game update on finger injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Unfortunately, the broken-finger epidemic is spreading.

Cleveland Cavaliers (37-23, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (43-14, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons host Jarrett Allen and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Eastern Conference action. The Pistons are 28-7 in Eastern Conference games. Detroit is 8-4 in games decided by less than 4 points. The Cavaliers have gone 23-14 against Eastern Conference opponents. Cleveland ranks eighth in the Eastern Confe...

Participating in his first NBA All-Star Weekend, Jaylon Tyson was at the free-throw line during the Rising Stars Game when his Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Donovan Mitchell literally announced his presence, yelling at him as he walked to the front row of Crypto.com Arena. Trying to concentrate on making the shot, the 23-year-old refocused after a […] The post Donovan Mitchell reveals perfect message he gave Cavs’ second-year Rising Star appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Jarrett Allen didn’t just catch fire when James Harden arrived. The spark came earlier. According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, coach Kenny Atkinson pulled Allen aside on January 28 and told him he needed him to “step up.” Message received. Since then, Allen is averaging 20.8 points and 11.2 rebounds during a 9-3 stretch. […] The post Cavs Notes: Jarrett Allen, Dennis Schroder, James Harden appeared first on Hoops Wire .

The New York Knicks are playing mostly well of late, and Karl-Anthony Towns deserves some of the credit. The team’s recent loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers aside, Towns has figured out how to impact the game. Despite shooting the ball less, he’s putting forth significant effort on the glass and impacting games where he can. […] The post Karl-Anthony Towns is surging, but more is still needed for Knicks to be a real NBA championship threat appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Sharpen the antlers; turn Cavaliers to cadavers.

This must be the most worrying piece of Knicks quotes I’ve put together to date. Why? Check for yourself. Hint? Read the headline again. Mike Brown On the ugly loss to the Cavaliers: “An ugly game, obviously. We didn’t do much right defensively, we didn’t do much right offensively. Our turnovers in the first half […]