The Brooklyn Nets visited Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday to face the Detroit Pistons for the second time in four days and won 118-112.
For the Nets, Cam Johnson had 24 points and two rebounds while Mikal Bridges had 21 points and four rebounds. Cam Thomas had 17 points and Nic Claxton had 11 points.
For the Pistons, Cade Cunningham had 41 points and nine rebounds while Bojan Bogdanovic had 23 points and three rebounds. Alec Burks had 15 points and Jalen Duren had 12 points.
In the first half, the Pistons surprised the Nets from the beginning by going up 22-8 with 5:49 left in the first quarter as their best attempt of avoiding losing a 27th straight game. However, Brooklyn was able to get back into the game thanks to the efforts of Dorian Finney-Smith, Dennis Smith Jr., and Royce O’Neale off the bench.
In the second half, the Pistons were able to get back into the game thanks to some outstanding play from Cunningham as he was seemingly doing everything possible to keep Detroit in the game. In the end, the Pistons could not stop Johnson or Day’Ron Sharpe enough to get the lead and the Nets closed things out with free-throws.
Here are your Nets player grades following Tuesday’s win: