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TORONTO – Malik Beasley had 20 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, as the Detroit Pistons held off the Toronto Raptors 99-95 in an NBA Cup game on Friday.
Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris scored double-doubles for the Pistons (6-8), who are 2-0 in the group stage of the season tournament. Cunningham finished with 15 points and 10 assists, while Harris had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Jakob Poeltl had a double-double with 25 points and matched a career-high with 19 rebounds as Toronto (2-11) lost its sixth straight game.
RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., scored 22 points and had seven assists and six boards.
Gradey Dick had 16 points and five rebounds as the Raptors' record fell to 0-2 in the season tournament.
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Detroit: Cunningham, Beasley and fellow guard Jaden Ivey typically drive the Pistons' offense, but Toronto's defense is focused on stifling the perimeter play and those three have been harassed into underperforming. Cunningham entered the game leading Detroit with 23.8 points per game but was held to 15 and went 6-for-21 on field goals, including 2-for-9 on three-point attempts.
Toronto: Poeltl has been a consistent presence for the Raptors all season and Friday was no different. He carried Toronto for long stretches of the game, including nine points in the third quarter. His 19 rebounds matched his career best on October 28, in a 127–125 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Key moment
Toronto scored six straight points — generating two turnovers along the way — in the final two minutes of play, making it a one-possession game with 15.3 seconds left. Ochai Agbaji fouled Ivey, who made one of two free throws for a three-point Pistons lead. Dick missed a three-pointer after a Toronto timeout with 9.1 seconds left and Detroit center Jalen Duren made one of two free throws to end the game.
Key stat
Both teams defended tightly on the ball carrier and tangled each other in half the pitch. Toronto had 15 turnovers and Detroit 14. The Raptors stayed out of trouble and committed only 13 personal fouls.
Next
The Raptors will visit the leading Boston Celtics on Saturday evening. Toronto head coach Darko Rajakovic joked before the game that if his team wanted to get to Boston on time, they would have to avoid overtime against the Pistons to beat the rush caused by Taylor Swift's concert broadcast from the nearby Rogers Center .
Detroit travels to Washington, DC on Sunday to take on the Wizards.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 15, 2024.
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