The two teams are freewheeling at the end of the season, without any ambition, and a poster between Portland and Detroit like Monday evening was not of great interest. Except for a man.
Indeed, for Chauncey Billups, this trip to Detroit had a special flavor since the former playmaker played for the Pistons between 2002 and 2008, winning the title and the Finals MVP trophy in 2004.
“It’s always nice to come back here”expliquait Chauncey Billups before the meeting. “I have so many connections here. The truth is, as soon as the calendar came out, it was the first thing I looked at. I wanted to see when I was going to come to Detroit and then to Denver. I spent my best years in this city, with this franchise, on and off the court. One of my daughters was born here and my other children were raised there. »
This return was not complete, however, because, as we know, since 2017, the Pistons have left the Palace of Auburn Hills, now destroyed. It is in this mythical room that Chauncey Billups evolved and not in the Little Caesars Arena. But the emotion remains the same.
“I have so many great memories here in this city, even though it’s not the Palace of Auburn Hills. Nevertheless, it is the same franchise and some people are still present. I’m always happy to come back here. »
To spoil nothing of this symbolic evening, Chauncey Billups left Michigan with a victory (115-119), the first for four matches.
“Yes, it feels good to win once morest this team,” confirms the coach of the Blazers. “We always want to win, but this place is special for me, very special even, so it’s nice to win. »
| Tirs | Bounces | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Damian Lillard | 29 | 36.4 | 40.2 | 32.4 | 87.8 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 24.0 |
| C.j. Mccollum | 36 | 35.2 | 43.6 | 38.4 | 70.6 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 20.5 |
| Josh Hart | 13 | 32.1 | 50.3 | 37.3 | 77.2 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 19.9 |
| Norman Powell | 40 | 33.3 | 45.6 | 40.6 | 80.3 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 18.6 |
| Anfernee Simons | 57 | 29.5 | 44.3 | 40.5 | 88.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 17.3 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 56 | 28.2 | 53.5 | 26.8 | 69.0 | 3.0 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 15.0 |
| Brandon Williams | 14 | 25.5 | 41.2 | 30.0 | 67.6 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 14.6 |
| Justise Winslow | 10 | 28.8 | 42.3 | 28.6 | 56.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 11.8 |
| Drew Eubanks | 12 | 27.4 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 87.0 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 11.7 |
| Nassir Little | 42 | 25.9 | 46.0 | 33.1 | 73.4 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| Ben Mclemore | 53 | 19.0 | 37.5 | 35.0 | 79.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Robert Covington | 48 | 29.8 | 38.1 | 34.3 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
| Trendon Watford | 45 | 17.4 | 52.8 | 26.5 | 76.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 7.1 |
| Keon Johnson | 11 | 21.5 | 31.3 | 34.4 | 82.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| Kris Dunn | 5 | 24.7 | 44.1 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 7.0 |
| Larry Nance, Jr. | 37 | 23.2 | 51.5 | 30.6 | 65.3 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| Dennis Smith | 37 | 17.3 | 41.8 | 22.2 | 65.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| Reggie Perry | 2 | 20.4 | 44.4 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.5 |
| Cj Elleby | 47 | 18.2 | 40.7 | 29.1 | 72.6 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 5.3 |
| Cody Zeller | 27 | 13.1 | 56.7 | 0.0 | 77.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 5.2 |
| Cameron Mcgriff | 3 | 15.3 | 35.7 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| Greg Brown Iii | 38 | 10.9 | 41.3 | 21.2 | 62.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| Elijah Hughes | 13 | 12.1 | 26.8 | 21.6 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| Tony Snell | 38 | 14.4 | 37.1 | 32.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| Keljin Blevins | 20 | 8.3 | 39.1 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 |
| Jarron Cumberland | 3 | 4.1 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
