Tim Hardaway Jr. scored a season-high 42 points (17 in the fourth quarter), and the Dallas Mavericks closed the fourth quarter on an 11-1 run to beat the Detroit Pistons 115-105.
It was tied at 104 when Hardaway’s 18-foot step-back jumper put the Mavericks ahead for good with 2:09 left.
Hardaway’s 3-pointer with 1:04 left made it 109-105, and Jalen Brunson’s driving layup with 37.3 seconds left put it away at 111-105.
During clutch time, the Mavericks outscored the Pistons 15-9. Hardaway scored 13 of the Mavericks’ 15 on 3 for 5 shooting and 6 for 6 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Killian Hayes had 4 of his 11 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Sekou Doumbouya that tied the game and 3 on baskets by Doumbouya and Isaiah Stewart that put the Pistons ahead.
Hardaway scored 17 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Pistons, Stewart had a career-high 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Frank Jackson added 20 points (12 in the paint) off the bench.
The Pistons committed 18 turnovers to the Mavericks’ 12. They got 3 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Mavericks outscored the Pistons 17-6 in 4 minutes with Hardaway, Powell, Richardson, Kleber and Brunson on the floor together.