{"id":716583,"date":"2026-04-23T14:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/716583\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:21:23","slug":"former-vol-plays-33-minutes-in-nba-playoff-win-for-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/716583\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Vol plays 33 minutes in NBA playoff win for Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 23, 2026, 7:45 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No. 1 seed Detroit defeated No. 8 seed Orlando, 98-83, Wednesday in Game 2 of the NBA playoffs first round at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The best-of-seven series is tied, 1-1, between the Pistons and Magic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/04\/20\/transfer-guard-terrence-hill-tennessee-vols-basketball-immediate-significant-impact\/89698258007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennnessere<\/a> basketball player <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2026\/04\/20\/tobias-harris-scores-17-points-nba-playoff-game-detroit-pistons\/89696930007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tobias Harris<\/a> started and played 33 minutes for the Pistons. He recorded a double-double, totaling 16 points and 11 rebounds. Harris also recorded one assist, two steals and two blocks. He converted 7-of-17 field goal attempts and 2-of-2 free throw attempts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Harris played for the Vols from 2010-11 under head coach\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2023\/11\/13\/bruce-pearl-reflects-on-his-time-with-tennessee-volunteers-basketball-a\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Pearl<\/a>. In his one season at Tennessee, he averaged 15.3 points and 7.3 assists per game. Harris was a Second-Team All-SEC performer and a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team. He received Second-Team Freshman All-America honors by the USBWA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The former Vol was selected in the first round of the<a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2023\/06\/23\/every-tennessee-vols-basketball-player-selected-in-nba-draft-since-2000\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a02011 NBA draft<\/a>\u00a0(No. 19 overall) by the Bobcats.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In his NBA career, Harris has played for Milwaukee (2011-13), Orlando (2013-16), Detroit (2016-18, 2024-26), the Clippers (2018-19) and Philadelphia (2019-24).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former Vol and rookie Chaz Lanier did not play for the Pistons in Game 2 due to a coach&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Game 3 of the series is slated for Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EDT at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/mens-basketball\/2025\/06\/24\/photos-guard-chaz-lanier-tennessee-vols-college-basketball\/84337752007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Photos of Chaz Lanier playing for Tennessee basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/84337791007-usatsi-25348781.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VolsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 23, 2026, 7:45 a.m. ET No. 1 seed Detroit defeated No. 8 seed Orlando, 98-83, Wednesday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[72400,7,6,11,77586,73480,72696,72722,73732,72526,73815,72687,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-716583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-playoffs","12":"tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersmens-basketball","13":"tag-sstsnmens-basketball","14":"tag-tagfacebook","15":"tag-tagorlando","16":"tag-tagsec-conference-mens-basketball","17":"tag-tagsmg-timely","18":"tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-mens-basketball","19":"tag-tagtwitter","20":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116454469370132475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716583","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=716583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}