The Detroit Pistons were determined not to let this game come down to the final shot—not after two back-breaking losses in consecutive games. A short-handed Pistons team without its engine, Cade Cunningham, worked together and stormed out of the gate to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 125-112.
The Pistons scored a season-high 78 points and went up by as many as 34 points in the first half. It was the most first-half points they’d scored since 1982. Malik Beasley, perhaps miffed he wasn’t asked to the 3-point contest, hit eight threes in the first half and a couple late to seal the win.