The game between the Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat will take place at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Detroit Pistons will welcome the Miami Heat to Little Caesars Arena for an NBA game on Tuesday. The Detroit Pistons lost 128-102 in their last game over the Magic. Killian Hayes scored 20 points and Eugene Omoruyi added 19 for the Pistons, who lost for the 20th time in 21 games. They need a win in their remaining four games to avoid matching the franchise’s worst record ever.
“Obviously losing 20 of 21 games, mentally, can be tough, but we’ve still got four games left,” said Hayes. “Tonight was a bad presentation of the Pistons, losing by 30. The Magic are not 30 points better than us.” “This was the first time in a long time I didn’t feel like the guys were locked in,” said Pistons coach Dwane Casey. “The focus was not there. For whatever reason the execution, the sharpness was not there.”
Detroit’s worst record ever (16-66) was posted in 1978-80. … With 14 points, Jaden Ivey became the first rookie in franchise history to score in double figures in 65 games. … The Pistons’ only lead of the game was 4-3. … Two of Detroit’s 16 wins have come against the Magic.
The Miami Heat on the other hand won 129-122 against the Mavericks in their last game. Miami was desperate. So was Dallas. Jimmy Butler and the Heat had just enough to help their playoff position — while dealing the Mavericks a big blow. Butler had 35 points and 12 assists, Cody Zeller added 20 points and the Heat held off the Mavericks 129-122 on Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Max Strus and Kevin Love each scored 18 and Tyler Herro added 15 for the Heat.
Miami won despite allowing Dallas to shoot a season-best 61%. “I wouldn’t necessarily have drawn it up this way,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Both clubs went to the conference finals last season; the Heat are trying to get out of the play-in round, and the Mavericks are trying to just have a shot at the playoffs. The win moves Miami (41-37) closer to securing no worse than the No. 7 seed and most advantageous spot in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament.
The Heat are now 2 1/2 games ahead of both No. 8 Atlanta (38-39) and No. 9 Toronto (also 38-39). Miami moved within 1 1/2 games of No. 6 Brooklyn (42-35). Even if the Heat win out and finish with 45 wins, the Nets — who hold the head-to-head tiebreaker — would only need to go 3-2 in their final five games to ensure they would finish ahead of Miami.
Detroit Pistons: Isaiah Livers, Marvin Bagley III, James Wiseman, Killian Hayes, Jaden Ivey
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Max Strus, Cody Zeller, Tyler Herro, Gabe Vincent
Detroit Pistons: Isaiah Stewart, Marvin Bagley III, Rodney McGruder, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic, Hamidou Diallo, Cade Cunningham
Miami Heat: Bam Adebayo , Nikola Jovic
The game between the Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat will take place at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat will be telecast live on Bally Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun. | April 4 (7:00 PM ET) |
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