The game between the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers will take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday, March 6 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Detroit Pistons will welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for an NBA game on Monday. The Detroit Pistons lost 114-90 in their last game over the Pistons. Marvin Bagley III had 20 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit. The Pistons have the second-worst record in the NBA at 15-49 and are 0-11 in the Central Division. They have lost seven straight overall and seven in a row on the road.
Detroit played without four starters in center Jalen Duran (bilateral ankle soreness), forwards Bojan Bogdanovic (bilateral Achilles soreness) and Isaiah Stewart (right hip soreness) and guard Cade Cunningham (left tibia stress fracture). Neither team led by double-digits until Mobley made a floater to open the third quarter, putting Cleveland up 56-45. Ricky Rubio’s 3-pointer early in the fourth gave the Cavaliers their largest spread at 102-67.
Cleveland is 40-26 and leads surging New York by 1 1/2 games for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. “We need to take care of business because we know what having home-court advantage means,” Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “But we want to keep our guys’ focus on the day-to-day things, instead of being caught up in the big picture.”
The Portland Trail Blazers on the other hand won 119-122 against the Magic in their last game. Damian Lillard scored eight of his 41 points from the foul line in the final three minutes Sunday night to the lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-119 win over the Orlando Magic. Jerami Grant added 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Blazers, and broke a tie with a 3-pointer for the game’s final field goal with 35 seconds left.
“We had to have this one,” said Lillard, who also had a game-leading nine rebounds to help the Blazers break a three-game losing streak. “We’ve got 19 games left now. Everybody else is playing with a sense of urgency because they know the race is tight. Lose one and you can drop three spots. Win a couple and you can really make up some ground.” The Blazers are one game behind Utah and New Orleans for a spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament.
Detroit Pistons: Marvin Bagley III, Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, Jaden Ivey, Killian Hayes
Portland Trail Blazers: Jerami Grant, Matisse Thybulle, Drew Eubanks, Damian Lillard, Cam Reddish
Detroit Pistons: Isaiah Stewart, James Wiseman, Bojan Bogdanovic , Jalen Duren, Killian Hayes, Rodney McGruder, Cade Cunningham
Portland Trail Blazers: Anfernee Simons, Ibou Badji, Jusuf Nurkic, Justise Winslow, Ryan Arcidiacono
The game between the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers will take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday, March 6 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers will be telecast live on Bally Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Detroit, Root Sports Northwest.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Detroit, Root Sports Northwest. | March 6 (7:00 PM ET) |
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