PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s drug policy.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Pistons: Visit Orlando on Monday.<\/p>\n
76ers: Start a three-game trip in San Antonio on Monday.<\/p>\n
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