{"id":703807,"date":"2026-04-04T07:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/703807\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:24:15","slug":"duren-and-the-pistons-visit-conference-foe-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/703807\/","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":3,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,45995,3129,36254,255655,138356,43654,138358,229700,37352,1448,2830,1311,3123,177191,36689,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,41713],"class_list":["post-703807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-ausar-thompson","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-duncan-robinson","tag-event_preview","tag-jalen-duren","tag-johni-broome","tag-marcus-sasser","tag-marjon-beauchamp","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-tobias-harris","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-vj-edgecombe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116345245877150671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}