Sarr held his own against Detroit’s rugged center, Jalen Duren, a 6-foot-10, 268-pound behemoth who gobbles up rebounds as enthusiastically as Homer Simpson devours doughnuts. Sarr said he weighs 240 pounds “on a good day,” but Sarr nonetheless finished with 15 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks.

The Detroit Pistons had no reason to be in this game. On a second night of a back-to-back down six rotation players, and Cade Cunningham ailing and with zero legs. When they went down double digits to the Washington Wizards in the fourth quarter,

Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 46 points as part of a triple-double as the host Detroit Pistons rallied from a double-digit deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to pull out a 137-135 overtime win over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.

Paul Reed piled up 28 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and four steals as the depleted Detroit Pistons won their eighth straight game, knocking off the visiting Chicago Bulls 124-113 on Wednesday.

The 1-9 Washington Wizards have made very few composite arguments for a redemptive season in their first season post-roster “overhaul”, if the changes the front

Detroit is one of the worst ATS teams in the first quarter at 3-7 on the season, one spot worse than the Wizards (4-6). This is a nationally televised game for the Wizards, which is a bigger deal to them than the Pistons, since Washington will get less than five nationally televised games this season.

Both the Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons may be without multiple key players in Monday night's matchup.

The Detroit Pistons looked out of luck with their six-game winning streak on its last leg. A short-handed roster due to injuries appeared exhausted and ready to regroup after a run of form that shot them to the top of the Eastern Conference.