PHILADELPHIA — — Tobias Harris scored 19 factors, and Daniss Jenkins added 16 factors and 14 assists because the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 116-93 Saturday evening to clinch the highest seed within the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The final time the Pistons (56-21) had been the highest seed within the East was in 2006-07. They have already clinched the Central Division title for the primary time since 2007-08.
Jalen Duren added 16 factors and 7 rebounds, and Ausar Thompson had 14 factors for the Pistons, who’ve gained 12 of their final 15 video games.
Both Duren (sickness) and Harris (left knee contusion) had been listed as questionable. The Pistons are 8-2 within the 10 video games that Cade Cunningham has missed with a collapsed left lung.
Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 23 factors. Paul George scored 20 factors, and VJ Edgecombe added 19. George has averaged 25.8 factors in six video games since getting back from a 25-game suspension for violating the league’s drug coverage.
The 76ers performed with out Joel Embiid, who was dominated out with proper indirect harm upkeep/sickness within the second half of a back-to-back. The Sixers had gained eight of their final 11.
The groups went backwards and forwards within the first half, the Pistons main by 10 factors after one quarter earlier than the 76ers tied the sport within the second. A 15-4 run to finish the primary half gave Detroit management, and the Pistons stretched their result in 26 factors within the second half.
Pistons: Visit Orlando on Monday.
76ers: Start a three-game journey in San Antonio on Monday.
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