Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks take on the Detroit Pistons. Doncic is third in the league scoring 28.6 points per game.
The Pistons have gone 12-16 at home. Detroit has a 1-7 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Mavericks have gone 18-13 away from home. Dallas averages 43.7 rebounds per game and is 20-5 when winning the rebounding battle.
The teams meet for the second time this season. The Mavericks won 127-117 in the last matchup on April 21. Doncic led Dallas with 30 points, and Jerami Grant led Detroit with 26 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mason Plumlee leads the Pistons with 9.3 rebounds and averages 10.3 points. Saddiq Bey is averaging 13.7 points and 5.4 rebounds while shooting 39.6% over the last 10 games for Detroit.
Dallas Nov 13, 2017
Paul George scored 37 points, Russell Westbrook added 27 and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame the absence of two regular starters to beat the Dallas Mavericks 112-99 on Sunday night. Carmelo Anthony was ruled out about an hour before tipoff because of a sore lower back, and starting center Steven Adams sat out with a right calf contusion. coach Oct 17, 2017
The 72nd regular season starts Tuesday night, when Boston heads to Cleveland and Houston goes to Golden State. Fans in Cleveland will boo Kyrie Irving, fans in Oakland will cheer the Warriors’ latest championship banner, and the march toward April will finally be underway.
DETROIT (AP) â Jerami Grant and Frank Jackson scored 18 points apiece to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 100-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night.
The Hawks shot just 39% from the field and 4 of 27 from 3-point range. It was their lowest-scoring game of the season.
There was one bright note for Atlanta: Kris Dunn made his first appearance of the season following right ankle surgery. Dunn, who signed with the Hawks in the offseason, went scoreless in 13 minutes.
Atlanta still wasnât close to full strength, with Trae Young (left ankle), DeâAndre Hunter (right knee), Cam Reddish (right Achilles), Tony Snell (right ankle) and Lou Williams (illness) all out. Then, with 3:17 remaining in the game, Brandon Goodwin went down under the basket and was taken out in a wheelchair.
Three quick observations from Monday night’s 100-86 win over the Atlanta Hawks at Little Caesars Arena
D FOR DEFENSE – Dwane Casey has said it after more than one loss this season when the Pistons, who sacrificed a good chunk of their 3-point shooting in phase one of their roster reconstruction: “You can’t make enough twos in today’s NBA to win games.” The Pistons were on the right side of that equation in Monday’s win over Atlanta, outscoring the Hawks 27-12 from the 3-point arc and limiting Atlanta to 14.8 percent shooting from the arc and 38.8 percent overall while forcing 16 turnovers and blocking eight shots. The Hawks, playing without All-Star guard Trae Young and coming off a Sunday win over Milwaukee, looked flat and punchless most of the night. But the Pistons had a lot to do with Atlanta’s difficulty scoring, too. They took away the 3-point shot from the players that warranted the most attention – Kevin Huerter, John Collins and Danilo Gallinari were limi
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