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Despite a suspended Bennedict Mathurin and a hobbled Tyrese Haliburton, the Indiana Pacers produced quite the performance on Thursday. The Detroit Pistons are one of the brightest aspects of the 2024-25 season, but the Pacers' recent surge didn't care for such a feel-good story. The Pacers' frontline dominated the Pistons in a 111-100 road victory.

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham currently ranks seventh in All-Star votes among Eastern Conference guards, according to the third and latest fan returns released by the NBA on Thursday.

Around the midway point of the season, the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers are clearly trending in opposite directions.

The New York Knicks found themselves constantly battling back from behind in Monday night's JOE over the Detroit Pistons

The Detroit PIstons have suddenly caught fire to start 2025. Winners of 10 of their last 12, the Pistons are showing what complementary basketball looks like. Each piece of this roster that JB Bickerstaff and Trajan Langdon have put together is playing their role perfectly, and as a result, Detroit is on a roll we haven’t seen in half a decade.

D'Angelo Russell's extended injury absence will continue during the Nets' home matchup with the Pistons on Wednesday.

Philadelphia comes into the matchup with Indiana as losers of four in a row. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner tied a career-high from behind the arc in the team's 111-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.