DETROIT (AP) — Isaiah Stewart scored a career-high 31 points to help the short-handed Detroit Pistons beat the Chicago Bulls 108-93 on Wednesday night.
Detroit won for the fourth time in five games despite playing without star Cade Cunningham (wrist injury) and fellow starters Tobias Harris (hip) and Jalen Duren (ankle).
Stewart, who had scored his previous best of 26 points against Memphis on Nov. 3, scored 11 in the first quarter. Daniss Jenkins added six rebounds and a career-high 15 assists.
Ayo Dosunmu added 24 points for Chicago, which has lost three straight games. Nikola Vucevic had 20 points and 16 rebounds, and Matas Buzelis also scored 20 points.
Chicago led 77-76 at the end of the third quarter, but Detroit scored the first seven points of the quarter to take an 83-77 lead.
The Bulls failed to do anything offensively in the fourth quarter. They missed 12 of their first 16 shots, including eight of 10 3-pointers, and turned the ball over three times.
That, and a 14-4 advantage in points in the paint, allowed Detroit to build a 101-87 lead with two minutes left.
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