Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley (5) throughout the first half of an NBA basketball recreation in opposition to the Chicago Bulls Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Picture/Duane Burleson)
Reserve Malik Beasley scored 24 factors and Cade Cunningham added 20 factors and 7 assists to information the visiting Detroit Pistons to a 132-92 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday within the NBA.
The Pistons by no means trailed whereas capturing 53.1 % from the sphere. Their greatest benefit was 49 factors.
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Detroit has gained three video games in a row and 5 of its previous seven. The Pistons matched their season excessive for factors allowed whereas limiting the Bulls to 35 % capturing total, and Chicago went simply 10-for-47 from lengthy vary.
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Tobias Harris (18 factors), Ausar Thompson (16), Isaiah Stewart (14) and Marcus Sasser (14) additionally scored in double figures for Detroit. Jalen Duren snagged a game-high 11 rebounds.
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Rookie Matas Buzelis led Chicago with 12 factors, scoring in double figures for the seventh straight recreation. Josh Giddey adopted with 11 factors.
Chicago trailed 71-29 on the break, with its halftime deficit matching the most important in franchise historical past. It was the Pistons’ greatest halftime lead ever.
Extra doubtful distinctions additionally added up for the Bulls, who set season lows for factors in a half and 1 / 4, scoring solely 11 within the second.
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Detroit shot 57.4 % from the ground within the first half in comparison with 23.1 % for Chicago whereas main by as many as 45 factors. The Bulls, at occasions, appealed to the house crowd’s uneasiness. After making a hook shot to cease a 23-0 Pistons run and a private 0-for-9 begin from the ground, Nikola Vucevic raised his arms in feigned triumph.
A breakthrough got here on the subsequent journey down the ground. Ayo Dosunmu drilled the Bulls’ first trey of the evening after an 0-for-20 begin from past the arc. Chicago went simply 1-for-23 from deep within the first half.
Dosunmu, Vucevic and Tre Jones every scored eight factors. Vucevic grabbed seven rebounds.
Beasley linked on seven 3-pointers whereas establishing a single-season franchise report with 212 made threes.
