Game ID: 22300008
Philadelphia 76ers @ Detroit Pistons
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DET 33 23 21 29 106PHI 21 27 35 31 114
DET vs PHI ScoutingDET vs PHI Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
DET availability going into 11/02 · back-to-backBACK Wiseman back 11/01 after 4, 6 min since (36% of 17)
BACK Rhoden back 10/30 after 3, 2 min since (12% of 14)
BACK Umude back 10/28 after 2, 5 min since (38% of 13)
DET availability going into 11/05 · 2 days' restOUT Burks missed 2 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Rhoden missed 2 since 11/01, returns tonight: 3 min (18% of 14)
BACK Wiseman back 11/01 after 4, 6 min since (36% of 17)
BACK Umude back 10/28 after 2, 4 min since (30% of 13)
DET availability going into 11/06 · back-to-backOUT Burks missed 3 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 2 since 11/02, returns tonight: 11 min (62% of 17)
BACK Rhoden back 10/30 after 3, 2 min since (15% of 14)
BACK Umude back 10/28 after 2, 4 min since (31% of 13)
NEW Thompson 25 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Hayes 24 to 30 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Ivey missed 2 since 11/05, out tonight
OUT Burks missed 4 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Wiseman back 11/01 after 4, 8 min since (49% of 17)
BACK Rhoden back 10/30 after 3, 3 min since (23% of 14)
NEW Thompson 25 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Hayes 24 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Sasser 19 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Harris 11 to 16 min over the last 4
DET availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Ivey missed 3 since 11/05, out tonight
OUT Burks missed 5 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Harris missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Wiseman back 11/01 after 4, 8 min since (49% of 17)
BACK Rhoden back 11/05 after 2, 7 min since (48% of 14)
NEW Thompson 25 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Hayes 24 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Sasser 19 to 28 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT Ivey missed 4 since 11/05, returns tonight: 11 min (40% of 29)
OUT Burks missed 6 since 11/01, returns tonight: 21 min (99% of 21)
OUT Harris missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Wiseman back 11/06 after 2, 9 min since (50% of 17)
BACK Rhoden back 11/05 after 2, 7 min since (48% of 14)
NEW Thompson 25 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Hayes 24 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Sasser 19 to 30 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Harris missed 4 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Ivey back 11/12 after 4, 11 min since (40% of 29)
BACK Burks back 11/12 after 6, 21 min since (99% of 21)
BACK Wiseman back 11/06 after 2, 11 min since (61% of 17)
BACK Rhoden back 11/05 after 2, 7 min since (48% of 14)
NEW Thompson 25 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Hayes 24 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Sasser 19 to 29 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 11/17 · 2 days' restOUT Duren missed 2 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Rhoden missed 2 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Umude missed 2 since 11/12, returns tonight: 17 min (135% of 13)
OUT Harris missed 5 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Ivey back 11/12 after 4, 16 min since (56% of 29)
BACK Burks back 11/12 after 6, 22 min since (105% of 21)
BACK Wiseman back 11/06 after 2, 12 min since (66% of 17)
NEW Thompson 25 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Hayes 24 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Sasser 19 to 25 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 11/19 · 1 day's restOUT Duren missed 3 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Livers missed 2 since 11/14, out tonight
OUT Rhoden missed 3 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Harris missed 6 since 11/06, out tonight
BACK Ivey back 11/12 after 4, 20 min since (71% of 29)
BACK Burks back 11/12 after 6, 23 min since (108% of 21)
BACK Umude back 11/17 after 2, 17 min since (135% of 13)
NEW Thompson 25 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Knox II 18 to 28 min over the last 3
PHI availability going into 11/02 · 3 days' restBACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (12% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/04 · 1 day's restBACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 1 min since (10% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Morris Sr. missed 2 since 11/02, returns tonight: 6 min (38% of 17)
OUT House Jr. missed 2 since 11/02, returns tonight: 7 min (45% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (13% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restBACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (38% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 7 min since (45% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (18% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restBACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (38% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 7 min since (45% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (18% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT House Jr. missed 2 since 11/08, returns tonight: 16 min (109% of 15)
OUT Bamba missed 2 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 2 since 11/08, out tonight
BACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (36% of 17)
PHI availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Bamba missed 3 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 3 since 11/08, returns tonight: 1 min (5% of 12)
BACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (36% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 12 min since (77% of 15)
PHI availability going into 11/15 · back-to-backOUT Oubre Jr. missed 2 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Bamba missed 4 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Springer missed 2 since 11/12, returns tonight: 20 min (171% of 12)
BACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 10 min since (59% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 14 min since (91% of 15)
BACK Martin back 11/14 after 3, 1 min since (5% of 12)
PHI availability going into 11/17 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 3 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Batum missed 2 since 11/14, out tonight
OUT Bamba missed 5 since 11/08, out tonight
BACK House Jr. back 11/12 after 2, 12 min since (83% of 15)
BACK Martin back 11/14 after 3, 1 min since (5% of 12)
BACK Springer back 11/15 after 2, 20 min since (171% of 12)
NEW Melton 26 to 31 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 18 free throws a game; Cunningham at 26 and Sasser at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Ivey (3 straight), Burks (5 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 106, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 27 free throws a game; Embiid at 33 and Maxey at 23 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 9 a night. One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Philadelphia allowing 106 a night to Detroit's 119 and the line, where Philadelphia takes 27 free throws a game to Detroit's 18. Call it Philadelphia 117, Detroit 110.
11/02 @ NOP 116-125 — DET notes
DET lost 116-125. DET took 14 more shots (94 to 80), fed by 19 offensive rebounds, but shot 44% to NOP's 49%, 13 of 38 from three, and got to the line 26 times to NOP's 35. The glass went 48-36 for them. Cunningham led with 22 (8 of 22, 2 of 7 from three); Sasser added 19, Thompson 16. Q3 was theirs, 34-22, the deficit cut from 23 to 11, but the other 3 periods went 103-82 against them. Stewart's -18 in 35 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/05 vs PHX 106-120 — DET notes
DET lost 106-120. DET shot 49% (43 of 87) to PHX's 50%, 8 of 23 from three, and got to the line 14 times to PHX's 29. The glass went 33-43 against them. Cunningham led with 26 (12 of 24, 0 of 6 from three); Sasser added 22, Thompson 14. Q1 was theirs, 27-28, but the other 3 periods went 92-79 against them. Hayes's -22 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 vs GSW 109-120 — DET notes
DET lost 109-120. DET shot 48% (38 of 80) to GSW's 47%, 13 of 30 from three. Cunningham led with 21 (7 of 18, 1 of 6 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Hayes added 21, Stewart 17. Q3 was theirs, 34-27, the deficit cut from 8 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 93-75 against them. Sasser's -18 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/08 @ MIL 118-120 — DET notes
DET lost 118-120. DET took 8 more shots (98 to 90), fed by 11 offensive rebounds, but shot 49% to MIL's 46%, 7 of 29 from three, and got to the line 16 times to MIL's 32. DET turned it over 17 times to MIL's 10, and MIL turned those into 8 steals. The glass went 53-36 for them. Cunningham led with 33 (11 of 27, 2 of 8 from three, 9 of 10 at the line); Sasser added 26, Hayes 14. Q3 was theirs, 43-28, turning a 10-point deficit into a 5-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 92-75 against them. They led by as many as 10.
11/10 vs PHI 106-114 — DET notes
DET lost 106-114. DET shot 47% (40 of 86) to PHI's 42%, 8 of 28 from three, and got to the line 22 times to PHI's 41. DET turned it over 16 times to PHI's 8, and PHI turned those into 13 steals. Hayes led with 23 (8 of 17, 2 of 6 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Cunningham added 21, Thompson 12. Q1 was theirs, 33-21, but the other 3 periods went 93-73 against them. They led by as many as 16. Stewart's -16 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/12 @ CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 115, shooting 47 percent and 40 from three, 18 free throws a game; LaVine at 21 and DeRozan at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. 3 days' rest. Detroit comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 33 from three, 20 free throws a game; Cunningham at 25 and Sasser at 17 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Ivey (4 straight), Burks (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: Chicago wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Detroit has been plus-3 a night and Chicago minus-8 and the arc, Chicago at 40 percent from three to Detroit's 33. Call it Chicago 115, Detroit 111, Detroit keeping it close.
11/14 vs ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 33 from three, 20 free throws a game; Cunningham at 22 and Hayes at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. One day's rest. Atlanta comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 118, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 27 free throws a game; Young at 27 and Murray at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 9 a night. Without Mathews (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Atlanta wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Atlanta has been plus-9 a night and Detroit plus-3 and the line, where Atlanta takes 27 free throws a game to Detroit's 20. Call it Atlanta 117, Detroit 115, Detroit keeping it close.
11/17 @ CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 114, shooting 50 percent and 35 from three, 29 free throws a game; Mitchell at 26 and LeVert at 19 a game. Without Okoro (5 straight). One day's rest. Detroit comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Cunningham at 19 and Hayes at 15 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Duren (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Cleveland wins, and the game turns on the line, where Cleveland takes 29 free throws a game to Detroit's 22 and the defense, Cleveland allowing 114 a night to Detroit's 120. Call it Cleveland 117, Detroit 111.
11/19 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 115, shooting 45 percent and 29 from three, 23 free throws a game; Siakam at 24 and Barnes at 17 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Anunoby (3 straight), Freeman-Liberty (10 straight). One day's rest. Detroit comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 117, shooting 47 percent and 29 from three, 20 free throws a game; Cunningham at 19 and Burks at 14 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Duren (3 straight), Livers (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Detroit giving it away 17 times a game to Toronto's 12. Call it Toronto 114, Detroit 110, Detroit keeping it close.
11/02 vs TOR 114-99 — PHI notes
PHI won 114-99. PHI shot 46% (42 of 92) to TOR's 48%, 9 of 25 from three, and went to the line 25 times to TOR's 19 — 21 points from the stripe to their 13. PHI turned it over 14 times to TOR's 19. Embiid led with 28 (8 of 22, 12 of 13 at the line); Harris added 23, Oubre Jr. 23. The hinge was Q2, 28-23: a lead of 4 became 9, and the lead reached 18. Embiid was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
11/04 vs PHX 112-100 — PHI notes
PHI won 112-100. PHI shot 48% (43 of 90) to PHX's 36%, 11 of 30 from three, and got to the line 18 times to PHX's 33. PHI turned it over 17 times to PHX's 10, and PHX turned those into 11 steals. Embiid led with 26 (9 of 18, 3 of 3 from three); Oubre Jr. added 25, Maxey 22. The hinge was Q4, 32-25: a lead of 5 became 12, and the lead reached 18. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
11/06 vs WAS 146-128 — PHI notes
PHI won 146-128. PHI shot 56% (51 of 91) to WAS's 51%, 12 of 31 from three, and went to the line 36 times to WAS's 20 — 32 points from the stripe to their 16. Embiid led with 48 (17 of 25, 14 of 14 at the line); Maxey added 22, Harris 18. The hinge was Q1, 33-24: from level to 9 ahead, and the lead reached 27. Batum was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
11/08 vs BOS 106-103 — PHI notes
PHI won 106-103. PHI shot 44% (42 of 95) to BOS's 40%, 9 of 34 from three. The glass went 56-43 for them. Embiid led with 27 (10 of 20, 1 of 4 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Maxey added 25, Harris 17. The hinge was Q2, 39-27: PHI came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 7, and the lead reached 15.
11/10 @ DET 114-106 — PHI notes
PHI won 114-106. PHI shot 42% (35 of 83) to DET's 47%, 9 of 28 from three, and went to the line 41 times to DET's 22 — 35 points from the stripe to their 18. PHI turned it over 8 times to DET's 16. Embiid led with 33 (8 of 21, 1 of 4 from three, 16 of 19 at the line); Maxey added 29, Harris 24. The hinge was Q3, 35-21: PHI came in trailing by 8 and left it ahead by 6, and the lead reached 17. PHI trailed 48-56 at the half and won the second half 66-50. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +17.
11/12 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 107, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Embiid at 32 and Maxey at 23 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without House Jr. (2 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 131 a night and allowing 119, shooting 52 percent and 44 from three, 21 free throws a game; Haliburton at 26 and Turner at 20 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without McConnell (2 straight), Sheppard (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the arc, Indiana at 44 percent from three to Philadelphia's 34 and the defense, Philadelphia allowing 107 a night to Indiana's 119. Call it Philadelphia 121, Indiana 116.
11/14 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 113, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 26 free throws a game; Embiid at 34 and Maxey at 30 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. One day's rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 132 a night and allowing 123, shooting 52 percent and 43 from three, 20 free throws a game; Haliburton at 27 and Turner at 19 a game. Without Sheppard (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-10 a night and Indiana minus-3 and the arc, Indiana at 43 percent from three to Philadelphia's 35. Call it Philadelphia 124, Indiana 119.
11/15 vs BOS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 119, shooting 49 percent and 34 from three, 29 free throws a game; Embiid at 37 and Maxey at 31 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Oubre Jr. (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 104, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 27 and Brown at 23 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 104 a night to Philadelphia's 119 and the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-7 a night and Boston plus-0. Call it Philadelphia 116, Boston 115, Boston keeping it close.
11/17 @ ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 26 free throws a game; Young at 26 and Murray at 23 a game. Without Fernando (3 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 117, shooting 47 percent and 33 from three, 27 free throws a game; Embiid at 31 and Maxey at 30 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Oubre Jr. (3 straight), Batum (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Atlanta giving it away 16 times a game to Philadelphia's 11 and the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-5 a night and Atlanta minus-1. Call it Atlanta 118, Philadelphia 117, Philadelphia keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DETAT A. Thompson
CC C. Cunningham
IS I. Stewart
JD J. Duren
JR J. Rhoden
JW J. Wiseman
KH K. Hayes
MB M. Bagley III
MS M. Sasser
SU S. Umude
PHIDM D. Melton
FK F. Korkmaz
JE J. Embiid
JS J. Springer
KO K. Oubre Jr.
MM M. Morris Sr.
NB N. Batum
PB P. Beverley
PR P. Reed
RC R. Covington
TH T. Harris
TM T. Maxey
DET/PHI the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Joel Embiid has 33 points and 16 rebounds, 76ers beat Pistons 114-106 for 7th straight win
DETROIT -- — Joel Embiid had 33 points and 16 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers won their seventh straight game and handed Detroit its seventh loss in a row, beating the Pistons 114-106 on Friday night in an NBA In-Season Tournament opener.
Tyrese Maxey had 29 points, 10 assists and zero turnovers for the 76ers, undefeated since an opening loss at Milwaukee. Former Piston Tobias Harris had 24 points, and the starters scored 104 of the 76ers' points.
“We can't be a one-man team or a two-man team -- we need to get production from Tobias, (De'Anthony) Melton and Kelly (Oubre, Jr.),” 76erss coach Nick Nurse said. “We know there are times when teams are going to have to put two guys on Joel or two guys on Tyrese, and we've got to be able to take advantage of those situations.”
Killian Hayes led the Pistons with 23 points and Cade Cunningham added 21 for the short-handed Pistons, who lost Jalen Duren to an ankle injury.
“Anytime a guy can't finish the game, it is a concern,” Pistons coach Monty Williams said. “But we can't use injuries as an excuse.”
Detroit allowed 41 free-throw attempts, including 19 for Embiid.
“Joel is tough enough to guard — when he's waving his arms around and hitting people, that's not a shot,” Williams said. “That's not what beat us, though. We just made too many big mistakes.”
The 76ers got a brief injury scare in the third quarter when Cunningham lost his footing on the gray court and slid into Embiid's legs as he was taking a jumper. Embiid got up slowly and limped off, but was able to return after a timeout.
Patrick Beverly missed the second half with neck soreness. Nurse wasn't sure if he would miss any time.
Detroit led 71-68 late in the third, but the 76ers finished the period on a 15-6 run to go ahead 83-77. Philadelphia outscored the Pistons 35-21 in the quarter, thanks to 16 points from Embiid.
“I thought they played the same defense in the second as they did in the third, but they were a little more physical,” Williams said. “We backed off a little — we were trying to run our stuff from halfcourt and that got us into a lot of late-clock situations.”
Philadelphia scored the first five points of the fourth, moving the lead to 11, and were up by 17 down the stretch.
The Pistons led 33-21 at the end of the first quarter and by as many as 16 in the second.
“I thought we were about a half-step slow at the start of the game and they were about two steps fast,” Nurse said. “They were kicking our backsides in every phase of the game, but we hung in there and played a lot better in the second half.”