It’s not often the Portland Trail Blazers are favored against their NBA opponents, but their Thursday night game against the Detroit Pistons certainly qualified. The Pistons have earned only 7 wins all season. They gutted major portions of their team at the NBA Trade Deadline. A victory in Portland would have been a surprise.
Somebody cue Monty Williams jumping out of a cake, because the Pistons downed Portland 128-122 in overtime despite a career-high 49 points from Jerami Grant
Hot three-point shooting kept Detroit within shouting distance through three and a half quarters, but they won it with size and dominating play from center Jalen Duren, who finished the game with 27 points and 22 rebounds.