Pistons extend win streak to nine as short-handed squad beats 76ers in Detroit

The Detroit Pistons kept rolling connected Friday night, stretching their triumph streak to 9 games with a 114-105 triumph implicit the Philadelphia 76ers.

They were missing All-NBA defender Cade Cunningham, on with starters Jalen Duren, Tobias Harris and Ausar Thompson, each sidelined by injuries. Jaden Ivey is inactive retired aft a preseason genu procedure. Isaiah Stewart returned from an ankle sprain and added 14 points and 7 rebounds.

Pistons thin into their toughness

Detroit trailed by 12 successful the 3rd 4th earlier clamping down, holding Philadelphia to conscionable 15 points successful the fourth. Head manager J.B. Bickerstaff said the radical embraces that benignant of game. “I'm not surprised. They've got a nastiness to them,” Bickerstaff said. “That's the amusive portion astir our group. They similar it erstwhile it gets thick. They similar it erstwhile it gets messy and ugly. We similar to instrumentality radical there. We similar to propulsion people's buttons and spot however they respond.

“We've got a clump of nasty dogs successful that locker room, and they emotion it.”

Late successful the third, two-way defender Daniss Jenkins buried a buzzer-beating heave from beyond fractional tribunal to chopped the shortage to two. It was 1 of a season-high 17 made three-pointers for Detroit, which changeable much than 41% from deep.

Jenkins builds connected breakout week

Jenkins finished with 19 points and 8 assists, spending agelong stretches trading baskets with chap Dallas autochthonal Tyrese Maxey. The 76ers were already without Joel Embiid, retired with close genu soreness, and Paul George, inactive recovering from near genu surgery.

This show capped a beardown agelong for Jenkins. He deed a country 3 to unit overtime against the Washington Wizards and followed with a double-double against the Chicago Bulls. “I'm not gonna lie. I can't archer you my condiment (secret), but I've truly been shooting that shot,” helium said. “We are each nasty dogs, nasty boys.”

Detroit, present 11-2, volition effort to marque it 10 successful a enactment connected Monday erstwhile it hosts the Indiana Pacers.