{"id":1478,"date":"2019-02-25T11:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T11:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2019-02-26T20:06:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:06:06","slug":"the-pistons-pull-off-an-impressive-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/nba\/the-pistons-pull-off-an-impressive-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pistons pull off an impressive weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday 22nd Feb 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pistons 125 &#8211; 122 Hawks<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was a very even match-up Pistons trailed by 2 going into the 3rd quarter, who then took over gaining a 5 point advantage. Hawks were overall a better team in 3 of the 4 quarters and looked like thew were going to take the win in\u00a0 the final 3 and a half minutes of the game. Pistons with only 1 timeout remaining were starting to look cold. 43 seconds left of the game pistons were down by 2, Drummond drew a foul and secured 2 points from the free throw line to tie it up. Young took a difficult shot from in the D with tight coverage and couldn&#8217;t sink it for the Hawks. Pistons used their final timeout and Jackson created some room and passed it out to Maker who drained the 3 for the pistons. Hawks with 16 seconds on the clock had the a very messy final possession and with a questionable deep attempt from young followed with an attempt by Carter with heavy coverage were unable to tie it up.<\/p>\n<p>Reggie Jackson continued his hot streak with 32 points and 8 assists and 2 steals. Accompanied with a very strong performances from Andre Drummond with a dominating 21 rebounds 26 points and 5 steals, and Blake Griffin with 15 points.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Box Score<\/span><\/p>\n[table id=3 \/]\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday 23rd\u00a0 Feb 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pistons 119 &#8211; 96 Heat<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heat came out strong but just simply could not keep up with the pistons in the 2nd and 4th quarter. another great performance on rebounds for Drummond, backed up with a very impressive offensive performance by Ish smith with 22 points and 9 assists. the the majority of the other points being shared out between Griffin with 20, kennard with 17, Galloway with 17, Jackson with 13 and Drummond with 12.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Box score<\/span><\/p>\n[table id=4 \/]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend leaves Pistons settled in 7th place in the Eastern conference and has set them in good stead for a playoff position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/downloads.mailchimp.com\/js\/signup-forms\/popup\/unique-methods\/embed.js\" data-dojo-config=\"usePlainJson: true, isDebug: false\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.dojoRequire([\"mojo\/signup-forms\/Loader\"], function(L) { L.start({\"baseUrl\":\"mc.us18.list-manage.com\",\"uuid\":\"570f10e439a409e4f0b135c8e\",\"lid\":\"764c38f188\",\"uniqueMethods\":true}) })<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 22nd Feb 2019 Pistons 125 &#8211; 122 Hawks This was a very even match-up Pistons trailed by 2 going into the 3rd quarter, who then took over gaining a 5 point advantage. 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