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DETROIT – Andre Drummond has 24 points and 20 rebounds. The Detroit Pistons won their first game under their new coach, Dwane Casey, against the Nets on Wednesday night.
Blake Griffin added 26 points to the Pistons, who did not have two potential starters but still managed to hold the Nets for a 103-100 victory. Caris LeVert tied a career high with 27 points for the Nets, and he led the basket in the final seconds with his team down one point. LeVert lost the ball and he left the field in Detroit.
Reggie Jackson, who finished with 19 points, made two free throws for the Pistons with 6.2 seconds to go and Joe Harris missed the goal near the top of the key at the other end.
The Nets scored the first eight points of the match, and Jarrett Allen played an impressive defensive game early by blocking Griffin's dunk attempt. The Nets led by 12 points in the first quarter, but the score was tied 51-51 at half-time.
Detroit opened a 13-point lead in the third quarter, but the Nets rallied. The Pistons led 101-96 when Spencer Dinwiddie headed for the line for the Nets. Dinwiddie took a free kick but missed second. The Nets got the rebound and Harris made a 3-pointer to reduce the deficit to one.
Dinwiddie had 23 points.
The Pistons were without Stanley Johnson (Toe) and Reggie Bullock (Illness). The Nets were not quite powerful either. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was absent due to an injury to a left adductor. The Nets were also without Carroll (right ankle), Allen Crabbe (left ankle), Shabazz Napier (right hamstring) and Alan Williams (left ankle).
The Pistons paid tribute to Aretha Franklin before the match by recording his interpretation of the national anthem. Isiah Thomas, the former star of the Pistons, spoke briefly, asking for a moment of silence for Franklin, who died in August.
After the moment of silence, and with no further announcement, a recording of Franklin singing the 2004 NBA anthem The finals began playing as the pictures paraded on the dashboard screen.
A microphone was left unattended at mid-point while the anthem was played.
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