{"id":157019,"date":"2026-04-04T07:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:23:09","slug":"duren-and-the-pistons-visit-conference-foe-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/157019\/","title":{"rendered":"Duren and the Pistons visit conference foe Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Pistons<\/a> (56-21, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> (43-34, sixth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Philadelphia; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pistons -1.5; over\/under is 227.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Detroit faces Philadelphia in Eastern Conference action Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 76ers are 25-24 against Eastern Conference opponents. Philadelphia ranks eighth in the Eastern Conference with 50.2 points per game in the paint led by Tyrese Maxey<\/a> averaging 11.3.<\/p>\n

The Pistons are 35-12 in Eastern Conference play. Detroit averages 117.5 points and has outscored opponents by 7.9 points per game.<\/p>\n

The 116.5 points per game the 76ers score are 6.9 more points than the Pistons allow (109.6). The Pistons are shooting 48.2% from the field, 1.4% higher than the 46.8% the 76ers’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams meet for the fourth time this season. The Pistons won 131-109 in the last matchup on March 12. Duncan Robinson<\/a> led the Pistons with 19 points, and MarJon Beauchamp<\/a> led the 76ers with 17 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Maxey is averaging 28.7 points, 6.8 assists and 1.9 steals for the 76ers. VJ Edgecombe<\/a> is averaging 20.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Ausar Thompson<\/a> is averaging 9.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and two steals for the Pistons. Jalen Duren<\/a> is averaging 22.2 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: 76ers: 7-3, averaging 122.5 points, 46.4 rebounds, 27.8 assists, 7.5 steals and 6.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.8 points per game.<\/p>\n

Pistons: 8-2, averaging 119.2 points, 44.6 rebounds, 31.0 assists, 9.9 steals and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 50.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.6 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: 76ers: Johni Broome<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

Pistons: Marcus Sasser<\/a>: day to day (hip), Tobias Harris<\/a>: day to day (knee), Cade Cunningham: out (lung), Isaiah Stewart: out (calf).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons (56-21, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (43-34, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62376,18731,71159,56878,62375,54924,18733,59301,14498,69,1002,71,70,18732,12920,10795],"class_list":{"0":"post-157019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-ausar-thompson","9":"tag-detroit-pistons","10":"tag-duncan-robinson","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-jalen-duren","13":"tag-johni-broome","14":"tag-marcus-sasser","15":"tag-marjon-beauchamp","16":"tag-national-basketball-association","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","19":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","20":"tag-philadelphia-news","21":"tag-tobias-harris","22":"tag-tyrese-maxey","23":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}