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Detroit Pistons guard Ausar Thompson blocks a shot attempt by Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves during an NBA game on Monday in Detroit.\u00a0[Photo\/Agencies] <\/p>\n
DETROIT \u2014 Daniss Jenkins scored a career-high 30 points as the Detroit Pistons halted the Los Angeles Lakers” nine-game winning streak with a 113-110 victory on Monday.<\/p>\n
A heavyweight showdown between Eastern Conference leader Detroit and the in-form Lakers did not disappoint, with Los Angeles recovering from a 16-point deficit in the second half to take the game to the wire.<\/p>\n
Austin Reaves put the Lakers 110-109 ahead with 30 seconds remaining with a floating jump shot, but Jenkins scored Detroit’s final four points for a hard-earned win.<\/p>\n
Luka Doncic, who finished with 32 points, launched a last-gasp three-point attempt that could have forced overtime, but his effort fell short.<\/p>\n
Detroit lined up again without star point guard Cade Cunningham, absent indefinitely after suffering a collapsed lung.<\/p>\n
In Cunningham’s absence, Jenkins stepped up to lead the Pistons, while Jalen Duren added 20 points with 11 rebounds and Duncan Robinson got 12.<\/p>\n
“I’m no longer surprised,” Pistons coach J. B. Bickerstaff said of Jenkins. “When he’s gotten the opportunity he’s delivered for us.<\/p>\n
“Whether it’s throughout the game or in clutch moments, he finds a way to impact winning. He deserves a lot of credit tonight.”<\/p>\n
The Lakers will wrap up a six-game road trip against the lowly Indiana Pacers on Wednesday before returning to California.<\/p>\n
Doncic’s 32 points were complemented by 24 from Reaves.<\/p>\n
LeBron James narrowly missed out on a triple-double, scoring 12 points with 10 assists and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n
Detroit improved to 52-19 to extend its lead at the top of the Eastern Conference to five games clear of the Boston Celtics (47-24).<\/p>\n
The Lakers fell to 46-26 and remain third in the Western Conference with a two-game cushion over fourth-placed Houston.<\/p>\n
SGA shines for OKC<\/p>\n
In Philadelphia, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 22 points, Jalen Williams added 18 on his return to the lineup and the Oklahoma City Thunder won its 12th game in a row Monday night with a 123-103 victory over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n
Jared McCain had 13 points for the Thunder in his first game in Philadelphia since last month’s trade. The defending NBA champions improved to 57-15, the best record in the league.<\/p>\n
VJ Edgecombe scored 35 points for the 76ers, which played without Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and Paul George.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia began the day as the No 7 seed in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament but was just a half-game back of fifth-placed Toronto.<\/p>\n
Williams was back in the lineup after missing 16 games with a right hamstring strain.<\/p>\n
McCain helped the Thunder jump out to a 35-25 lead after the first quarter with a pair of three-pointers. Oklahoma City increased its lead to 24 and never was threatened after taking a 65-43 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n
Jaylin Williams scored 18 points off the bench, and Chet Holmgren had 17 for the Thunder.<\/p>\n
McCain, drafted by the 76ers with the No 16 overall pick last year, drew loud cheers when he entered in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia sent McCain to Oklahoma City for draft picks at the February trade deadline. The 76ers are 10-12 since the deal.<\/p>\n
Embiid sat out again with a right oblique strain. The 2023 MVP last played on Feb 26.<\/p>\n
He worked out on the court Monday and is scheduled to have a more grueling session Tuesday, coach Nick Nurse said. There is still no timetable for Embiid’s return.<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander has now scored at least 20 points in 64 straight road games.<\/p>\n
Red-hot Spurs on a roll<\/p>\n
In Miami, Victor Wembanyama finished with 26 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots, and the San Antonio Spurs rolled past the sliding Miami Heat 136-111 on Monday night for a sixth consecutive victory.<\/p>\n
Keldon Johnson and Dylan Harper each scored 21 off the bench for the Spurs, which are an NBA-best 22-2 since the start of February. They led by as many as 30, the biggest margin any visiting team has enjoyed in Miami so far this season.<\/p>\n
Stephon Castle scored 19 for the Spurs, which at 54-18 remain three games back from Oklahoma City (57-15) in the race for the NBA’s best overall record and No 1 seed in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n
The Thunder beat Philadelphia on Monday for its 12th consecutive win.<\/p>\n
Norman Powell scored 21 off the bench to lead the Heat, which remains stuck in the quagmire that is the Eastern Conference’s play-in race and has lost five consecutive games.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia (39-33) is seventh and a game up on Miami, while Orlando (38-33 after a loss to Indiana on Monday) is eight-and-a-half-games ahead of the Heat (38-34). And No 10 Charlotte (37-34) is now only a half-game behind Miami.<\/p>\n
Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro each scored 18 for Miami, which has dropped five straight.<\/p>\n
The Heat allowed 76 points in the first half and rested its starters in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama was 11 for 22 from the field for the Spurs.<\/p>\n
It was the fourth time this season that he finished a game with at least 26 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons guard Ausar Thompson blocks a shot attempt by Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves during an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,296,188,3860,509,2855,623,21297,300,6,378,297,3024,969,669],"class_list":["post-677852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-pistons","tag-basketball","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-detroitpistons","tag-doncic","tag-embiid","tag-gilgeous-alexander","tag-jenkins","tag-lakers","tag-nba","tag-okc","tag-pistons","tag-reaves","tag-san-antonio","tag-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}