This season's All-Star games were held in Cleveland, and Garland, Allen and Mobley, who played at home, also won the All-Star Skills Competition. In the blink of an eye, the regular season showdown began, and the Cavaliers dragged the team to Detroit and took on the Pistons in that city. As the 14th-ranked team in the East, the Pistons have still not been able to rise this season and have once again become the bullied team. However, fortunately, in the process of rebuilding the team, they have harvested the champion Canningan, and the future is still looking forward to.
And this time to accept the Challenge of the Cavaliers, the Pistons are not as weak as we think, but have brought a lot of trouble to the Cavaliers. At the beginning of the game, although the away Cavaliers were able to enter the state first, under the situation that the players in the team played everywhere, they scored a 6-point lead with a single quarter of 33-27. But after entering the second quarter, the Pistons were also able to fight back. With the help of substitute Marvin Bagley shooting 4 of 5 in the quarter and sending 8 points and 2 rebounds, the Pistons scored 25-22 and could also recover the 3 points they trailed in the first quarter.
At the end of the first half, the gap between the two sides was narrowed to three points, leading the Pistons with the Cavaliers' 55-52 score. The point difference between the two sides is not very large, and the Cavaliers want to win the game, it is not as easy as imagined. Easy to fight again, the Pistons, who have achieved good results in chasing points, can continue to threaten, and once again narrow the point difference between the two teams. In the third quarter of the competition, although Rondo was able to hand over 8 points and 3 assists, it still did not work, so that the Pistons, who played all the troops, played a 28-27 score and recovered the first half of the 1 point behind.
By the end of the first three quarters, the gap between the two sides had been narrowed to 2 points, and the situation was not very optimistic for the Cavaliers. Yes, if in the next competition, the Pistons can continue to chase points, there is a great possibility of reversal. Entering the crucial final quarter of the showdown, the competition between the two sides has become more and more intense, and the Pistons have indeed continued to show their resilience, playing a single quarter score of 26-21, and achieving an upset counterattack with a score of 106-103 to win the game.
Looking back at the game, the overall state of the Cavaliers players is still relatively good, and Markkanen also gave the game's highest score of 22 points and 6 rebounds in the 28 minutes of the game. At the same time, veteran Rondo also ushered in the Cavaliers' starting debut, and also sent 12 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists, making a lot of contributions to the organizational offensive end. But unfortunately, despite the players in the team playing themselves one after another, the Cavaliers still suffered a reversal from the Eastern Fish Belly Pistons, which is a pity.
Seeing the Pistons side of the home defeat, the team's big boss Grant felt cold, but also sent 16 points and 3 rebounds with a shooting rate of 4 of 15 shots, and Cunningham also had a comprehensive stat of 17+6+6. Whether you like it or not, the Pistons were able to win the game or break out from the bench: Diallo played 21 minutes off the bench and delivered 21 points and 6 rebounds, Bagley also had 14 points and 4 rebounds, and McGrud, who shot 4-of-3 from the field and delivered a crucial 12-pointer.