Cade Cunningham scored 32 points (8 during a 14-0 run in the second quarter), and the Detroit Pistons rallied from 22 points down in the second quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-115 for their fourth straight win.
The Pistons trailed 45-23 with 9:04 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Trail Blazers 95-70 the rest of the way.
The Trail Blazers had the ball down 3 with 11 seconds left, but Malik Beasley stole the ball from Anfernee Simons. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Trail Blazers 17-12. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 8 of the Pistons’ 17 on 3 for 3 shooting.
Hardaway scored a season-high 26 points on 10 for 15 shooting.
For the Trail Blazers, Simons had a season-high 36 points and 9 assists on 14 for 21 shooting, and Shaedon Sharpe added 20 points (9 in the second quarter), 8 rebounds and a career-high 8 assists. Simons scored 17 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Pistons missed. The Pistons outscored the Trail Blazers 26-14 off turnovers. The Trail Blazers outscored the Pistons 26-15 in 9 minutes with Simons, Avdija, Sharpe, Murray and Clingan on the floor together.