The Detroit Pistons had plenty of time to recover after a four-overtime marathon at Chicago on Friday and will try to pick up a third consecutive win when they visit the Miami Heat on Tuesday. Committing zero turnovers in the quarter, the Pistons would get large threes from Blake, Tolliver, Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to take the lead with two minutes left in the game.
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Up by as many as 18 points in the first half, the Miami Heat (16-11) blew the lead and lost 93-92 to the Detroit Pistons (17-12) in what ended up being a tight game down the stretch.
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Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh missed jumpers in the final three seconds for Miami, though replays suggested Bosh’s might not have counted anyway.
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The Pistons were also 15-for-29 from 3-point range. They committed nine turnovers in the first quarter and fell behind by 18 early in the second, but recovered behind a flurry of 3-point shots and led by two at halftime. The Pistons had five shots on one possession early in the third, and a four-shot possession late in the second.
Entering as one of the bottom 10 teams in the league in 3-point shooting, the Pistons started launching from beyond the arc in the second quarter – and it keyed their comeback.
Kobe Bryant tied a season high with 31 points after missing a game, leading Los Angeles back from a 21-point deficit. Drummond would have another double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Steve Blake hit a 3-pointer, then after a Heat basket the long-distance onslaught heated up, with a 3-pointer from Anthony Tolliver, then another from Blake.
Before Bosh scored the last five points of the quarter for Miami on a corner three and pretty fade away shot, Justise Winslow tied the score at 70 with a steal and a high-flying dunk over Ersan Ilyasova on the break.
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“They missed great shots”, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. Bosh keeps taking 3-pointers though, and is actually making them at a decent clip, which has helped fantasy owners retain some value. Hardaway essentially sat underneath it Tuesday, now that he’s a Detroit assistant.
