This was a great October basketball game.
Yes, Blake Griffin scored a career-high 50 points. Exhale. Let’s take it back a bit, all the way to the second half.
A Ben Simmons-less Philadelphia 76ers controlled the majority of the game, but rarely saw their lead grow past six or seven. It was a physical affair all night - especially between Andre Drummond and Joel Embiid - and Detroit led a few times late.
Andre Drummond was tossed VERY late in the fourth after picking up his second technical for.