The Portland Trail Blazers weren’t able to fully rev their engines and go fast during their lone trip through the Motor City Friday night. In a physical, foul-heavy game, the Detroit Pistons were the team eventually able to pull away for a 122-116 win.

Down by six with under five minutes to play, it looked like the Blazers might finally get out of the slow lane. They went on a quick 11-0 run behind five points from Shaedon Sharpe, a four-point play from Jerami Grant, and a Deni Avdija pull-up jumper.

But their 108-103 lead was short-lived as the Pistons finished the game on a 19-8 run to close out the game.

The Blazers fell to 9-14 with the loss, while the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons improved to 18-5.

Player of Note

Avdija. It’s always Avdija. He had 35 points on 9-16 shooting,

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