NEW YORK — Malik Beasley scored 23 factors, Cade Cunningham 13 factors, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons gained their fifth straight recreation, 113-98 over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night time.
Detroit’s bench dominated Brooklyn’s 50-20, led by reserves Simone Fontecchio with 17 factors and Marcus Sasser, who added 15 factors. Detroit has gained eight of its final 9 video games to climb above .500 at 19-18.
Noah Clowney completed with a game-high 29 factors, and Tyrese Martin scored 12 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Nets, who misplaced their third straight recreation and seventh straight at Barclays Middle.
Takeaways
Detroit: Cunningham leads Detroit in scoring (24.4 factors per recreation) and assists per recreation (9.5), however has had tough nights in each classes.
His teammates took over, together with Fontecchio, Sasser and Tim Hardaway Jr. (10 factors), who helped the Pistons shoot 52.3 p.c from the sphere and outscore the Nets 38-13 on the quick break.
Brooklyn: The Nets had been lacking six rotation gamers, together with their high three scorers, Cam Johnson, Cam Thomas and D’Angelo Russell, and second and third rebounders, Day’Ron Sharpe and Ben Simmons.
Because of this, Brooklyn shot simply 38.4 p.c from the sphere and was outscored 54-36 within the paint.
Key second
Trailing by 13, halfway by the third quarter, Brooklyn went on a 7-0 run that minimize Detroit’s result in 70-64 with 5:37 to play. The Pistons responded with a 6-0 spurt that was a 21-4 run.
Fontecchio had eight factors within the run, together with two 3-pointers, serving to Detroit take a 91-68 lead.
Key statistic
Detroit is above .500 after 37 video games for the primary time since 2017-18, when it was 20-17.
To be continued
Detroit: Hosts Golden State on Thursday night time.
Brooklyn: In Denver Friday night.
