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Game day · Thu, Nov 12
7:00 PM ET
at Wizards
Capital One Arena, Washington · MNMT
Record7–3
1st in the Central
W 122–111 vs Wizards · Mon, Nov 9
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Pistons, 7-3, visit 4-8 Wizards tonight at 7 PM ET in Washington.
Detroit won the only meeting so far 122-111 on Monday, and Washington has lost its last five games. Anthony Davis leads Washington at 25.7 points per game, while Cade Cunningham leads Detroit at 22.3. Four Wizards are out, including Tristan Vukcevic and Reece Beekman, while Detroit is missing Jalen Duren and Isaiah Joe.
Source: ESPN
Pistons face the Wizards tonight at 7 PM ET, after a 122-111 win over them on Monday.
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Source: Detroit Bad Boys
Wizards host the Pistons tonight at 7 PM ET, looking to snap a five-game losing streak.
Anthony Davis has averaged 25.7 points and 9.7 rebounds for Washington, and Trae Young is averaging 18.5 points and a team-high 8.7 assists. The Wizards are on the second night of a back-to-back after a 114-101 loss to Indiana on Wednesday, and are without Jamir Watkins, Tristan Vukcevic, Reece Beekman and Justin Champagnie. Washington lost 122-111 in Detroit on Monday despite Davis's season-high 44 points, and Detroit is missing Jalen Duren and Isaiah Joe, with Ugonna Onyenso a game-time decision.
Source: Bullets Forever
Around the NBA
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Austin Reaves left the Lakers' 123-112 win over Milwaukee with a left heel injury and will get more imaging.
Head coach JJ Redick said initial X-rays were negative and that the Lakers are not concerned about an Achilles injury, with further imaging set for Thursday. Reaves had been averaging a career-best 23.5 points per game. Luka Doncic rolled his ankle late and said he felt fine, while Redick called it a tweak.
Sources: ESPN · Yahoo Sports · LA Times · USA TODAY Sports
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Stephen Curry left the Warriors' loss to Houston early with abdominal soreness and will undergo an MRI.
The team ruled Curry out at the start of the second quarter, and coach Steve Kerr said the concern is high though further specifics were not yet known. Curry had been on the floor for only a few minutes when he exited. Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg led Golden State with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Warriors' eight-game winning streak ended.
Sources: Yahoo Sports · CBS Sports · USA TODAY Sports · Golden State Of Mind
Rockets guard Marcus Smart was ejected after throwing a punch at Warriors center Charles Bassey.
Smart was assessed a Flagrant 2 foul after the punch, which officials said made contact with Bassey's nose. Rockets coach Ime Udoka said Smart reacted after Bassey replied to a complaint about a rebound entanglement, and Bassey called the punch fake toughness. Under the NBA rulebook, a punch brings a suspension of at least one game, and a mandatory fine is also expected.
Sources: ESPN · Yahoo Sports · USA TODAY Sports · Golden State Of Mind
Cavaliers beat Knicks 115-107 as James Harden scores a season-high 32 points.
Harden came in averaging 15.3 points through 11 games, according to ESPN, and shot 9-for-14 for the night, per SB Nation. The Cavs had lost five straight to New York before Wednesday, and the Knicks' four-game winning streak ended, with Donovan Mitchell adding 23 points, per NY Post.
Sources: ESPN · NY Post Sports · Fear The Sword
Nets rout Pelicans 145-111, bouncing back from a 37-point loss to Dallas.
Michael Porter Jr. scored a team-high 22 points, and Brooklyn led by as many as 41, according to NY Post. Nolan Traore and Mikel Brown Jr. missed the game, per SB Nation, and Noah Clowney and Julian Reese were both given technical fouls after an on-court altercation.
Sources: NY Post Sports · Yahoo Sports · NetsDaily
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