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NBA: Mason Plumlee's first triple-double pushes Pistons past Pelicans

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/02/15/20210215-nba_det-nop-rtr.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Detroit Pistons center Mason Plumlee (24) is defended by New Orleans Pelicans center Steven Adams (12) in the first half at Little Caesars Arena. <em>Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Mason Plumlee notched his first triple-double in the 557th game of his career, Josh Jackson scored a team-high 21 points and the host Detroit Pistons downed the New Orleans Pelicans 123-112 on Sunday.</p><p>Plumlee had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as the Pistons won back-to-back games for the first time since January of last season. </p><p>Svi Mykhailiuk supplied 18 points and Delon Wright contributed 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Saddiq Bey added 16 points and Jerami Grant tossed in 15.</p><p>The Pistons rested starting forward Blake Griffin.</p><p>Zion Williamson, coming off a career-high 36-point outing, had 26 points and eight rebounds for New Orleans.</p><p>Brandon Ingram also scored 26 points with seven assists and Steven Adams added 13 points and 12 rebounds but the Pelicans lost their third straight.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZlz0Zc8Ba0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>New Orleans allowed 25 3-pointers in each of its previous two losses. Its defense didn&#x27;t improve much, as Detroit knocked down 17 of 35 attempts from beyond the arc.</p><p>The Pistons led 77-70 four minutes into the second half following a Plumlee layup. His bounce pass to Mykhailiuk for a layup with 3:44 left in the quarter made it 88-81.</p><p>Mykhailiuk hit a 3-pointer during a 9-0 run late in the quarter that pushed Detroit&#x27;s lead to 97-84. New Orleans scored the last five points of the quarter, including an Ingram long ball, to cut its deficit to eight.</p><p>Mykhailiuk&#x27;s 3-pointer from the top of the key gave Detroit a 108-97 advantage with under eight minutes left.</p><p>Jackson&#x27;s layup with just over four minutes left kept the spread at 11 points, 116-105. Jackson fired in a 3-pointer with 1:35 remaining for a 12-point lead. Detroit made free throws to close out the victory.</p><p>Detroit gave up 40 points in the first quarter and trailed by 12 early in the second quarter. Its defense tightened while Plumlee and Jackson carried their club to a 64-62 halftime lead.</p><p>Plumlee had 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists during the half, while Jackson scored 12 points in eight minutes off the bench. Williamson led the Pelicans with 18 points.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zt53bbkxBz0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The host Detroit Pistons downed the New Orleans Pelicans 123-112 on Sunday.</p>

The host Detroit Pistons downed the New Orleans Pelicans 123-112 on Sunday.