Game ID: 22501131
Detroit Pistons @ Philadelphia 76ers
Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia, PA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 31 29 21 12 93DET 41 30 24 21 116
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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.
PHI availability going into 3/28 · 2 days' restOUT Maxey missed 10 since 3/09, returns tonight: 43 min (112% of 38)
OUT Oubre Jr. missed 8 since 3/12, returns tonight: 28 min (87% of 32)
BACK Embiid back 3/25 after 13, 28 min since (88% of 32)
BACK George back 3/25 after 25, 26 min since (82% of 32)
BACK Walker back 3/19 after 3, 10 min since (91% of 11)
NEW Edwards 15 to 25 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 3/30 · 1 day's restBACK Maxey back 3/28 after 10, 43 min since (112% of 38)
BACK Embiid back 3/25 after 13, 32 min since (100% of 32)
BACK George back 3/25 after 25, 31 min since (98% of 32)
BACK Oubre Jr. back 3/28 after 8, 28 min since (87% of 32)
BACK Walker back 3/19 after 3, 10 min since (91% of 11)
NEW Edwards 15 to 21 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 4/01 · 1 day's restOUT Watford missed 2 since 3/28, returns tonight: 3 min (20% of 15)
OUT Beauchamp missed 2 since 3/28, returns tonight: 3 min (21% of 14)
OUT Walker missed 2 since 3/28, returns tonight: 3 min (27% of 11)
OUT Terry missed 2 since 3/28, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 3/28 after 10, 43 min since (113% of 38)
BACK Embiid back 3/25 after 13, 33 min since (102% of 32)
BACK George back 3/25 after 25, 32 min since (102% of 32)
BACK Oubre Jr. back 3/28 after 8, 29 min since (92% of 32)
PHI availability going into 4/03 · 1 day's restOUT Terry missed 3 since 3/28, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 3/28 after 10, 40 min since (105% of 38)
BACK Embiid back 3/25 after 13, 33 min since (102% of 32)
BACK George back 3/25 after 25, 32 min since (100% of 32)
BACK Oubre Jr. back 3/28 after 8, 26 min since (83% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (20% of 15)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (21% of 14)
BACK Walker back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (27% of 11)
PHI availability going into 4/04 · back-to-backOUT Terry missed 4 since 3/28, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 3/28 after 10, 39 min since (102% of 38)
BACK Embiid back 3/25 after 13, 33 min since (104% of 32)
BACK George back 3/25 after 25, 33 min since (104% of 32)
BACK Oubre Jr. back 3/28 after 8, 27 min since (86% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (20% of 15)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (21% of 14)
BACK Walker back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (27% of 11)
PHI availability going into 4/06 · 1 day's restOUT Terry missed 5 since 3/28, out tonight
BACK Maxey back 3/28 after 10, 38 min since (99% of 38)
BACK Oubre Jr. back 3/28 after 8, 27 min since (84% of 32)
BACK Watford back 4/01 after 2, 4 min since (26% of 15)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (22% of 14)
BACK Walker back 4/01 after 2, 4 min since (35% of 11)
PHI availability going into 4/09 · 2 days' restOUT Terry missed 6 since 3/28, out tonight
BACK Watford back 4/01 after 2, 4 min since (26% of 15)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/01 after 2, 3 min since (22% of 14)
BACK Walker back 4/01 after 2, 4 min since (35% of 11)
PHI availability going into 4/10 · back-to-backOUT Watford missed 2 since 4/06, out tonight
OUT Beauchamp missed 2 since 4/06, out tonight
OUT Terry missed 7 since 3/28, out tonight
BACK Walker back 4/01 after 2, 4 min since (36% of 11)
PHI availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restOUT Embiid missed 2 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Watford missed 3 since 4/06, returns tonight: 7 min (44% of 15)
OUT Beauchamp missed 3 since 4/06, returns tonight: 3 min (19% of 14)
OUT Terry missed 8 since 3/28, returns tonight: 4 min (41% of 10)
DET availability going into 3/28 · 1 day's restOUT Cunningham missed 5 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Stewart missed 7 since 3/15, out tonight
BACK Sasser back 3/26 after 3, 16 min since (137% of 12)
NEW Jenkins 21 to 38 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 24 min over the last 4
DET availability going into 3/30 · 1 day's restOUT Cunningham missed 6 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Stewart missed 8 since 3/15, out tonight
BACK Sasser back 3/26 after 3, 13 min since (114% of 12)
NEW Jenkins 21 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 24 min over the last 4
DET availability going into 3/31 · back-to-backOUT Cunningham missed 7 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Stewart missed 9 since 3/15, out tonight
BACK Sasser back 3/26 after 3, 15 min since (127% of 12)
NEW Duren 28 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Jenkins 21 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 27 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 4/02 · 1 day's restOUT Cunningham missed 8 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Stewart missed 10 since 3/15, out tonight
BACK Sasser back 3/26 after 3, 13 min since (112% of 12)
NEW Duren 28 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Jenkins 21 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 27 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 4/04 · 1 day's restOUT Cunningham missed 9 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Stewart missed 11 since 3/15, out tonight
BACK Sasser back 3/26 after 3, 12 min since (104% of 12)
NEW Jenkins 21 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Reed 13 to 19 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 4/06 · 1 day's restOUT Cunningham missed 10 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Stewart missed 12 since 3/15, out tonight
NEW Jenkins 21 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Reed 13 to 20 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 4/08 · 1 day's restOUT Cunningham missed 11 since 3/19, returns tonight: 26 min (73% of 35)
OUT Stewart missed 13 since 3/15, returns tonight: 11 min (52% of 20)
NEW Jenkins 21 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Reed 13 to 20 min over the last 5
DET availability going into 4/10 · 1 day's restBACK Cunningham back 4/08 after 11, 26 min since (73% of 35)
BACK Stewart back 4/08 after 13, 11 min since (52% of 20)
NEW Jenkins 21 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 25 min over the last 4
DET availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restBACK Cunningham back 4/08 after 11, 27 min since (77% of 35)
BACK Stewart back 4/08 after 13, 14 min since (66% of 20)
NEW Jenkins 21 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Huerter 19 to 24 min over the last 4
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 130 a night and allowing 121, shooting 52 percent and 42 from three, 24 free throws a game; Embiid at 27 and George at 27 a game. Second night of a back-to-back. Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 107, shooting 51 percent and 45 from three, 24 free throws a game; Duren at 23 and Jenkins at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Cunningham (9 straight), Stewart (11 straight). One day's rest.
So: Detroit wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Detroit allowing 107 a night to Philadelphia's 121 and the turnovers, Detroit giving it away 16 times a game to Philadelphia's 10. Call it Detroit 118, Philadelphia 116, Philadelphia keeping it close.
3/28 @ CHA 118-114 — PHI notes
PHI won 118-114. PHI shot 49% (40 of 82) to CHA's 38%, 16 of 34 from three. The glass went 41-53 against them. Embiid led with 29 (8 of 19, 3 of 6 from three, 10 of 13 at the line); Maxey added 26, George 26. The hinge was Q4, 26-17: PHI came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 4. PHI trailed 64-69 at the half and won the second half 54-45. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
3/30 @ MIA 109-119 — PHI notes
PHI lost 109-119. PHI shot 42% (40 of 96) to MIA's 46%, 12 of 38 from three, and got to the line 19 times to MIA's 29. The glass went 42-57 against them. Embiid led with 26 (10 of 25, 2 of 6 from three); Maxey added 23, George 19. Q2 was theirs, 27-20, turning a 4-point deficit into a 3-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 99-82 against them. Edgecombe's -33 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/01 @ WAS 153-131 — PHI notes
PHI won 153-131. PHI shot 62% (61 of 99) to WAS's 52%, 17 of 35 from three. George led with 39 (15 of 22, 6 of 12 from three); Maxey added 28, Edgecombe 23. The hinge was Q3, 47-32: a lead of 2 became 17, and the lead reached 24. Barlow was the night's best plus/minus at +34.
4/03 vs MIN 115-103 — PHI notes
PHI won 115-103. PHI shot 50% (41 of 82) to MIN's 38%, 9 of 26 from three, and went to the line 28 times to MIN's 20 — 24 points from the stripe to their 13. The glass went 53-43 for them. George led with 23 (6 of 15, 3 of 7 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Maxey added 21, Oubre Jr. 21. The hinge was Q3, 42-24: PHI came in trailing by 6 and left it ahead by 12, and the lead reached 17. PHI trailed 41-47 at the half and won the second half 74-56. Embiid was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
4/04 vs DET 93-116 — PHI notes
PHI lost 93-116. PHI shot 44% (35 of 79) to DET's 49%, 8 of 29 from three. The glass went 33-45 against them. Maxey led with 23 (8 of 17, 2 of 5 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); George added 20, Edgecombe 19. Q2 was theirs, 29-30, but the other 3 periods went 86-64 against them. Oubre Jr.'s -28 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/06 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 127 a night and allowing 111, shooting 51 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 35 and Castle at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 10 a night. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 117, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; George at 25 and Embiid at 25 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-10 a night and Philadelphia minus-4. Call it San Antonio 121, Philadelphia 113.
4/09 @ HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 107, shooting 51 percent and 43 from three, 21 free throws a game; Durant at 25 and Thompson at 19 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Finney-Smith (2 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 117, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 22 free throws a game; Embiid at 26 and George at 23 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 43 percent from three to Philadelphia's 35 and the defense, Houston allowing 107 a night to Philadelphia's 117. Call it Houston 119, Philadelphia 110.
4/10 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Toppin at 16 and Slawson at 13 a game. Without Sheppard (3 straight), McConnell (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 116, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Maxey at 22 and George at 21 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Watford (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Indiana wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Indiana 117, Philadelphia 115, Philadelphia keeping it close.
4/12 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 108, shooting 43 percent and 29 from three, 24 free throws a game; Maxey at 23 and George at 17 a game. Without Embiid (2 straight), Watford (3 straight). One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 42 from three, 18 free throws a game; Ryan at 18 and Green at 18 a game. Without Porter Jr. (13 straight), Portis (10 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the arc, Milwaukee at 42 percent from three to Philadelphia's 29 and the defense, Philadelphia allowing 108 a night to Milwaukee's 118. Call it Philadelphia 115, Milwaukee 110.
3/28 @ MIN 109-87 — DET notes
DET won 109-87. DET shot 52% (43 of 82) to MIN's 32%, 10 of 26 from three, and got to the line 17 times to MIN's 33. DET turned it over 19 times to MIN's 14, and MIN turned those into 8 steals. The glass went 52-38 for them. Harris led with 18 (7 of 10, 2 of 4 from three); Jenkins added 13, Holland II 13. The hinge was Q1, 33-24: from level to 9 ahead, and the lead reached 24. LeVert was the night's best plus/minus at +13.
3/30 @ OKC 110-114 — DET notes
DET lost 110-114 in 1 overtime. DET took 16 more shots (97 to 81), fed by 15 offensive rebounds, but shot 42% to OKC's 47%, 16 of 43 from three, and got to the line 23 times to OKC's 32. Reed led with 21 (7 of 13, 6 of 8 at the line); Green added 19, Huerter 17. Q3 was theirs, 31-26, the deficit cut from 10 to 5, but the other 4 periods went 88-79 against them. Holland II's -21 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/31 vs TOR 127-116 — DET notes
DET won 127-116. DET shot 60% (44 of 73) to TOR's 48%, 13 of 23 from three. DET turned it over 18 times to TOR's 13, and TOR turned those into 13 steals. Duren led with 31 (12 of 13, 7 of 7 at the line); Jenkins added 21, Robinson 19. The hinge was Q3, 41-27: a lead of 5 became 19, and the lead reached 23.
4/02 vs MIN 113-108 — DET notes
DET won 113-108. DET shot 48% (41 of 86) to MIN's 44%, 10 of 23 from three. Jenkins led with 26 (9 of 19, 6 of 7 at the line); Duren added 22, Robinson 15. The hinge was Q4, 34-28: DET came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 5. Thompson was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
4/04 @ PHI 116-93 — DET notes
DET won 116-93. DET shot 49% (43 of 87) to PHI's 44%, 11 of 28 from three. The glass went 45-33 for them. Harris led with 19 (7 of 13, 1 of 3 from three); Jenkins added 16, Duren 16. The hinge was Q1, 41-31: from level to 10 ahead, and the lead reached 26. Thompson was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
4/06 @ ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 123, shooting 44 percent and 29 from three, 33 free throws a game; Bane at 21 and Carter Jr. at 15 a game. Without Black (16 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 104, shooting 50 percent and 42 from three, 25 free throws a game; Duren at 20 and Jenkins at 18 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Cunningham (10 straight), Stewart (12 straight). One day's rest.
So: Detroit wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Detroit allowing 104 a night to Orlando's 123 and the arc, Detroit at 42 percent from three to Orlando's 29. Call it Detroit 117, Orlando 110.
4/08 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 25 free throws a game; Duren at 22 and Jenkins at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Cunningham (11 straight), Stewart (13 straight). One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 41 from three, 17 free throws a game; Ryan at 18 and Dieng at 17 a game. Without Porter Jr. (11 straight), Portis (8 straight), Trent Jr. (3 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Detroit wins, and the game turns on the line, where Detroit takes 25 free throws a game to Milwaukee's 17. Call it Detroit 117, Milwaukee 109.
4/10 @ CHA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Charlotte comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 104, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 17 free throws a game; Ball at 24 and Bridges at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Salaün (18 straight). 2 days' rest. Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 110, shooting 53 percent and 43 from three, 26 free throws a game; Duren at 22 and Jenkins at 18 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest.
So: Charlotte wins, and the game turns on the line, where Detroit takes 26 free throws a game to Charlotte's 17 and the arc, Detroit at 43 percent from three to Charlotte's 39. Call it Charlotte 115, Detroit 112, Detroit keeping it close.
4/12 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 114, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 21 free throws a game; Toppin at 16 and Walker at 14 a game. Without Sheppard (4 straight), McConnell (6 straight). One day's rest. Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 107, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 26 free throws a game; Duren at 19 and Robinson at 16 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest.
So: Detroit wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Detroit has been plus-8 a night and Indiana plus-1 and the arc, Detroit at 39 percent from three to Indiana's 34. Call it Detroit 116, Indiana 110.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DETAT A. Thompson
CL C. Lanier
CL C. LeVert
DJ D. Jenkins
DR D. Robinson
JD J. Duren
JG J. Green
KH K. Huerter
MS M. Sasser
PR P. Reed
RH R. Holland II
TH T. Harris
PHIAB A. Bona
AD A. Drummond
CP C. Payne
DB D. Barlow
JE J. Edwards
JW J. Walker
KO K. Oubre Jr.
PG P. George
QG Q. Grimes
TM T. Maxey
TW T. Watford
VE V. Edgecombe
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
Pistons beat 76ers 116-93 and clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference
PHILADELPHIA -- — Tobias Harris scored 19 points, and Daniss Jenkins added 16 points and 14 assists as the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 116-93 Saturday night to clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The last time the Pistons (56-21) were the top seed in the East was in 2006-07. They have already clinched the Central Division title for the first time since 2007-08.
Jalen Duren added 16 points and seven rebounds, and Ausar Thompson had 14 points for the Pistons, who have won 12 of their last 15 games.
Both Duren (illness) and Harris (left knee contusion) had been listed as questionable. The Pistons are 8-2 in the 10 games that Cade Cunningham has missed with a collapsed left lung.
Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 23 points. Paul George scored 20 points, and VJ Edgecombe added 19. George has averaged 25.8 points in six games since returning from a 25-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy.
The 76ers played without Joel Embiid , who was ruled out with right oblique injury maintenance/illness in the second half of a back-to-back. The Sixers had won eight of their last 11.
The teams went back and forth in the first half, the Pistons leading by 10 points after one quarter before the 76ers tied the game in the second. A 15-4 run to end the first half gave Detroit control, and the Pistons stretched their lead to 26 points in the second half.
Up next Pistons: Visit Orlando on Monday.
76ers: Start a three-game trip in San Antonio on Monday.