After Tobias Harris was ruled out with a right thumb sprain and Jaden Ivey was a late scratch after going through warm-ups, the Detroit Pistons rolled out typical starters Cade Cunningham, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Jalen Duren, but added the offensive-defensive one-two punch of Malik Beasley and Ausar Thompson. I’m not sure this lineup had seen any minutes together prior to tonight, but this group took us on a rollercoaster with one of the craziest games we’ve seen this season.
The game started with a lot of post action from Cade. Miami sent the double team and Cade was finding his shooters in Beasley and THJ for open threes.