LeBron James had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving made a pair of big 3-pointers down the stretch to help the Cleveland Cavaliers move within a game of a first-round sweep with a 101-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons Friday night.
Irving (...)
Kyrie Irving's first exhibition game was a success.
Irving scored 21 points — including five free throws in the final minute — in the Cleveland Cavaliers' 91-87 victory over Detroit Friday. The Pistons nearly rallied from an 11-point deficit, but (...)
LeBron James had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in his fourth triple-double of the season, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 113-101 victory over the Detroit Pistons Tuesday night.
Cleveland has won four in a row and lost only one of its (...)
Kobe Bryant scored 28 points and helped the Los Angeles Lakers build a big lead in a 93-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons Sunday night.
The Lakers took the lead with an 11-0 run midway through the first quarter, started the second ahead by 12, (...)
LeBron James and Cleveland made the Detroit Pistons' inspired effort moot as the Cavaliers won 79-68 for a 3-0 lead in the NBA first-round playoff series on Friday.
The Pistons, whose collective heart was questioned by one of their players, played (...)
Kobe Bryant scored 30 points and helped the Los Angeles Lakers score the last 20 points of the third quarter in a 92-77 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
The Western Conference-leading Lakers have won four straight games to pull within (...)
The Boston Celtics brought up their second 10-game winning streak of this NBA season with a 86-78 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday.
The previous time the Celtics won 10 in a row twice in a season was 1985-86, when they went on to win one of (...)
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and Greg Oden had a career-high 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 96-85 Sunday.
Brandon Roy scored 19 points and Oden finished with 10 for Portland, which has won four (...)
The Allen Iverson-led Detroit Pistons cooled off their second hot NBA team in less than a week, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-89 on Wednesday.
After inflicting the Los Angeles Lakers first loss of the season on Friday, the Pistons proved too (...)
Tony Allen scored most of his 23 points in the pivotal second quarter, foiling Allen Iverson's home debut with the Detroit Pistons and helping the Boston Celtics to an 88-76 win on Sunday.
Iverson was given a standing ovation when he was introduced (...)
The Boston Celtics booked a place in the NBA Finals for the first time in 21 years by beating the Detroit Pistons 89-81 on Friday, winning the series 4-2.
Boston, which locked up with Detroit many times in the 1980s, will now rekindle another (...)
Antonio McDyess scored 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 94-75 series-leveling win against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Monday.
“He did everything,” Pistons coach Flip (...)
Kevin Garnett led the Boston Celtics to their first win on the road in the playoffs Saturday, beating the Detroit Pistons 94-80 to take a 2-1 series lead in the NBA's Eastern Conference finals.
Garnett scored 22 points, and had plenty of help. He (...)
The Detroit Pistons took over in the second half to beat the Orlando Magic 91-72 on Saturday in the opening game of their second-round NBA playoff series.
Hedo Turkoglu's uncontested dunk early in the second half gave Orlando its first lead, and (...)
Richard Hamilton returned from a hip injury to score 14 points and lead the Detroit Pistons to an 85-71 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA on Saturday.
The Cavs did, however, clinch a spot in the playoffs as Saturday's results left rivals (...)
The Detroit Pistons clinched the NBA's Central Division title with a 85-69 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday.
Rookie Arron Afflalo had career highs of 15 points and seven rebounds for Detroit, which struggled against the hapless Heat.
Miami, (...)
Chauncey Billups scored nine of his 32 points in overtime, helping the Detroit Pistons beat the Phoenix Suns 110-105 on Monday.
Phoenix entered with a seven-game winning streak, but lost to the Pistons for the second time in a month. The Pistons (...)