Detroit and Cleveland both placed all five starters in double figures, but the Pistons were on top of ledger as they used this balanced scoring to overcome the Cavaliers by a score of 104 – 99. More on this game later. First, though, here’s the scores from the seven NBA games yesterday, Tuesday, November 17.
NBA Game Results from Monday, November 17, 2015
| Washington Wizards 115 | over | Milwaukee Bucks 86 | @ | Washington |
| Brooklyn Nets 90 | over | Atlanta Hawks 88 | @ | Brooklyn |
| Minnesota T-Wolves 103 | over | Miami Heat 90 | @ | Miami |
| New York Knicks102 | over | Charlotte Hornets 94 | @ | New York |
| Denver Nuggets 115 | over | New Orleans Pelicans 98 | @ | New Orleans |
| Golden State Warriors 115 | over | Toronto Raptors 110 | @ | Golden State |
| Detroit Pistons 104 | over | Cleveland Cavaliers 99 | @ | Detroit |
November 17 NBA Game of the Day (Cavaliers versus Pistons)
Detroit overcame a 4 point Cleveland lead and closed out the game with a 104 – 99 home victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James. Andre Drummond paced the Pistons with 25 points and 18 rebounds while King James led all scorers with 30 points. Detroit outrebounded Cleveland 48 – 40 while Cleveland did not have a player with a positive +/- statistic for the game.
Abbreviated Box Score and Player Stats
| TEAMS | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FINAL |
| PISTONS | 31 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 104 |
| CAVALIERS | 27 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 99 |
| PISTONS | MIN | FGM/A | 3PM/A | FTM/A | +/- | REB | AST | ST | TO | BS | PTS | |
| Morris | 36:19 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 5-6 | +13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Ilyasova | 28:42 | 6-10 | 4-6 | 4-4 | +11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Drummond | 39:14 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 5-9 | +17 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 25 | |
| Caldwell-Pope | 37:52 | 5-11 | 1-5 | 2-2 | +13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Jackson | 34:27 | 7-18 | 1-2 | 8-8 | +15 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 23 | |
| Johnson | 16:20 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tolliver | 19:18 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dinwiddie | 13:33 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Baynes | 08:46 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bullock | 05:29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
| Blake | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
| Hilliard | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
| CAVALIERS | MIN | FGM/A | 3PM/A | FTM/A | +/- | REB | AST | ST | TO | BS | PTS |
| James | 39:48 | 11-21 | 4-7 | 4-5 | -6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| Love | 33:48 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Mozgov | 27:30 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Smith | 36:15 | 6-10 | 3-6 | 0-2 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Williams | 28:48 | 6-13 | 2-8 | 1-2 | -4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Dellavedova | 20:18 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Thompson | 20:58 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jefferson | 16:28 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones | 13:44 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-3 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cunningham | 02:24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaun | Did Not Play | ||||||||||
| Varejao | Did Not Play | ||||||||||
Ten NBA games on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
| # | AWAY TEAM | @ | HOME TEAM | TIP-OFF TIME |
| 1 | Brooklyn Nets | @ | Charlotte Hornets | 7 PM ET |
| 2 | Minnesota Timberwolves | @ | Orlando Magic | 7 PM ET |
| 3 | Indiana Pacers | @ | Miami Heat | 7 PM ET |
| 4 | Dallas Mavericks | @ | Boston Celtics | 7:30 PM ET |
| 5 | Sacramento Kings | @ | Atlanta Hawks | 8 PM ET |
| 6 | Portland Trail Blazers | @ | Houston Rockets | 8 PM ET |
| 7 | New Orleans Pelicans | @ | Oklahoma City Thunder | 8 PM ET |
| 8 | Denver Nuggets | @ | San Antonio Spurs | 8:30 PM ET |
| 9 | Toronto Raptors | @ | Utah Jazz | 9 PM ET |
| 10 | Chicago Bulls | @ | Phoenix Suns | 10:30 PM ET |
