On December 13, the NBA regular season ended a focus battle, and the Pistons were reversed by the Nets to swallow up a 12-game losing streak. The Pistons collapsed in the final quarter of the game and regretted losing, but the team's second-year player Saben Lee performed well, shooting 7 of 13 from the field, including 2 of 5 three-pointers, and cut 17 points, 6 boards, 6 assists and 3 breaks, including points, rebounds and assists to set a new season high. The youngster made consecutive steals on Durant, Big Hat Mills, and scored an impressive 10 points in the third quarter. He is also the only player on the Pistons with a positive plus-minus, +8;
Saben Lee, who came in the final stages of the first quarter, snatched Durant. Saben Lee then received a pass from Cunningham and hit a three-pointer directly in the bottom corner. Brown's layup was blocked, and Saben Lee immediately pushed back after removing the board, assisting Cunningham to hit a three-pointer and return the favor. In the second quarter, Saben Lee countered a dragon with great speed, assisting McGrudla's layup to score. The Pistons rebounded, followed by Saben Lee's jump shot. Saben Lee scored on a layup and in the first half he had seven points, three boards and three assists.
Early in the second half, Saben Lee hit a three-pointer with a cover stop, and then Saben Lee also stole Mills. During the Pistons' consecutive steals, Saben Lee also assisted Diallo to score 2+1. Saben Lee flew ad and scored with a low hand. Mills' drifting three-pointer was directly blocked by Saben Lee. Durant made another mistake, it was still Saben Lee's steal, he stood up to the back defense of Ade, super difficult to pull the basket to play 2+1, quite wonderful. He also assisted Frank Jackson on a three-pointer to score 10 points in a single quarter.
The pistons were beaten 19-1 in the final quarter, and Saben Lee did not get many opportunities, but he still showed his strength in this game.
It is worth mentioning that Saben Lee is the 8th pick in the second round of 2020, his statistics this season are 3.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, this season he has a single high score of only 5 points, rebounds and assists are also the most 5 times, but this game the Pistons' second-year player proved himself, creating a number of new highs, and performed well.