Item 1 of 62 Jan 21, 2026; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Detroit Pistons guard\/forward Ausar Thompson (9) dribbles against New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) during the first half at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
[1\/62]Jan 21, 2026; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Detroit Pistons guard\/forward Ausar Thompson (9) dribbles against New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) during the first half at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n January 22 – Jalen Duren collected 20 points and 15 rebounds and Daniss Jenkins added 17 points while starting in place of All-Star Cade Cunningham, lifting the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 112-104 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Duren sank 7 of 11 shots from the floor to power the Pistons to their fourth win in a row and their seventh victory in eight contests.<\/p>\n Duncan Robinson drained four 3-pointers to highlight his 15-point performance for Detroit, which played without both Cunningham (left hip contusion, illness) and Caris LeVert (illness).<\/p>\n Detroit’s Ausar Thompson recorded 12 points and nine rebounds and Tobias Harris added 10 and six, respectively.<\/p>\n The Pistons benefited from a 36-16 edge in fastbreak points to hand the reeling Pelicans their 14th loss in 16 games.<\/p>\n New Orleans’ Saddiq Bey made all 11 of his free-throw attempts to finish with a team-high 20 points.<\/p>\n Trey Murphy III and rookie Micah Peavy each scored 17 points for the Pelicans, who shot a dismal 21.9% from 3-point range (7 of 32).<\/p>\n New Orleans star Zion Williamson scored four points in 15 minutes before exiting the contest due to an illness.<\/p>\n The Pistons were up by 13 points early, but Peavy sank a 3-pointer to trim the gap to 101-96 with 5:41 remaining in the fourth quarter. Detroit then slowly began to pull away, as Jenkins scored five points and Duren added four during their team’s 11-5 run.<\/p>\n The Pistons were nursing a 78-72 lead before scoring eight of the game’s next 10 points, highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers from Robinson.<\/p>\n Detroit bolted out of the blocks on a 13-0 run, with Jenkins, Robinson and Harris each sinking a 3-pointer.<\/p>\n The Pelicans kept within earshot and closed the gap to 34-30 by the end of the period due in large part to Peavy, who sank a pair of 3-pointers to highlight his eight-point performance in the frame.<\/p>\n –Field Level Media<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n