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Detroit Pistons at Portland Trail Blazers

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36-29, 19-15 Away
Final
119 - 112

28-37, 16-15 Home

Cade Cunningham's 28 points help Pistons beat Trail Blazers 119-117

Detroit Pistons vs. Portland Trail Blazers: Game Highlights

Jalen Duren finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds for Detroit (36-29).

The Pistons took the lead for good when Isaiah Stewart scored inside to make it 33-32 early in the second quarter and Cunningham made a layup that pushed Detroit's lead to 92-74 with 3:08 remaining in the third.

Anfernee Simons led Portland (28-37) with 34 points on 14-of-26 shooting and Jerami Grant scored 25. Scoot Henderson added 15 points and Shaedon Sharpe scored 12 but the young duo combined to made 8 of 25 from the field, 1 of 11 from behind the arc.

Takeaways Pistons: Detroit gave away most of an 18-point second-half lead but showed resolve down the stretch to hold off the Blazers in the second of back-to-back games and the last of a four-game road trip.

Trail Blazers: Portland made 15 3-pointers but shot just 30% from behind the arc and 39% overall.

Key moment After Portland's Duop Reath hit a 3-pointer to cap a 13-6 run, Dennis Schroder made a running floater with about 2 minutes left to give Portland a 113-108 lead.

Key stat There were 51 total fouls called and the teams combined to shoot 64 free throws (32 each) — an average of 1.3 free-throw attempts per minute.

Up next The Pistons play the first of two home games against the Washington Wizards in a three-day span on Tuesday. Portland hits the road to play the Golden State Warriors on Monday.

Regular Season Series

DET wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 119 - 112
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 119 - 112
4th 0.0 Trail Blazers offensive team rebound 119 - 112
4th 0.0 Anfernee Simons misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot 119 - 112
4th 4.1 Dennis Schroder makes free throw 2 of 2 119 - 112

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/det.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originDET https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR
43-87 FG 36-93
49.4 Field Goal % 38.7
9-28 3PT 15-50
32.1 Three Point % 30.0
24-32 FT 25-32
75.0 Free Throw % 78.1
54 Rebounds 41
12 Offensive Rebounds 10
42 Defensive Rebounds 31
22 Assists 17
7 Steals 7
8 Blocks 4
13 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 1
14 Total Turnovers 13
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 19
21 Fast Break Points 10
50 Points in Paint 30
24 Fouls 27
18 Largest Lead 1
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Shaedon Sharpe, SG Out Apr 13
Deni Avdija, SF Out Apr 13
Scoot Henderson, G Out Apr 12
Anfernee Simons, SG Out Apr 12
Deandre Ayton, C Out Apr 12
Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Isaiah Stewart, C Out May 2
Jaden Ivey, PG Out May 2

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 19,661 · Capacity:

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 64 18 .780 - L1
Indiana 50 32 .610 14 W1
Milwaukee 48 34 .585 16 W8
Detroit 44 38 .537 20 L2
Chicago 39 43 .476 25 W3

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City - 14 W4 0.8292683 68
Denver 18 32 W3 0.6097561 50
Minnesota 19 33 W3 0.597561 49
Portland 32 46 W1 0.4390244 36
Utah 51 65 L2 0.20731707 17
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