basketball
With strong Schröder: Pistons beat NBA top team in the east
The Detroit Pistons defeat the number one in the east with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team around Dennis Schröder has been reaching a milestone for the first time since 2016.
The Detroit Pistons celebrated their third victory in a row in the North American basketball league NBA. Against number one in the east, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team around Dennis Schröder won 133: 122.
In the absence of star player Cade Cunningham, Schröder moved into the starting line -up and showed a strong game with 17 points, ten assists and seven rebounds. It went even better for Tim Hardaway Jr., who turned 32 points and became his team’s top scorer. Impressive: In the end, seven players from the Pistons scored in double digits. In the collective, the top performance of Cleveland’s star player Donovan Mitchell (38 points) could be collected, on the account of which there were 22 points alone in the fourth quarter.
After a 19-point deficit almost nine minutes before the end of the game, the Cavs came back to two points (117: 119), but Detroit replied with a 12: 1 run and secured the home win. The success also meant that the Pistons for the first time since 2016 concluded another season with a positive balance. As fifth in the east, the team is clearly on playoff course.
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Source: Stern
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