Brandon Knight cometh, Pistons plummet in home opener vs. Cavs, 105-89
pistons lost to the Cavs on Wednesday night 105-89, wasting a career night from rookie Brandon Knight in the team's home opener.
| Final - 12.28.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 25 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 105 |
| Detroit Pistons | 23 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 89 |
Stories
Cavaliers Vs. Pistons: Kyrie Irving And Cleveland Look For First Win Of Season
The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for their first victory of the season as they face off against the Detroit Pistons. Kyrie Irving will likely need to be a bigger factor this time around.
Cavaliers Vs. Pistons: Game Time, TV Schedule And More
The Detroit Pistons host the Cleveland Cavaliers in their first home game of the season. The two teams should be plenty familiar with each other as they played a pair of preseason games.
Morning Shootaround: Pistons 2011-2012 home opener edition!
Pistons links leading up to the Pistons' 2011-2012 home opener.
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 25 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 105 |
| Detroit | 23 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 89 |
| Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omri Casspi | 19 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Antawn Jamison | 23 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Anderson Varejao | 23 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 7-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Anthony Parker | 19 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Kyrie Irving | 19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4-1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Ramon Sessions | 28 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 6-6 | 7-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Alonzo Gee | 28 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Daniel Gibson | 28 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Tristan Thompson | 24 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Samardo Samuels | 24 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Mychel Thompson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ryan Hollins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Semih Erden | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Christian Eyenga | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Luke Harangody | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 40-70 | 7-12 | 18-22 | 40-12 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 15-0 | 105 | |
| .571 | .583 | .818 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (21 pts) | |||||||
| Detroit | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tayshaun Prince | 26 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 31 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 8 |
| Greg Monroe | 36 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Ben Gordon | 39 | 9-19 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 25 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 32 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Ben Wallace | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jason Maxiell | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Brandon Knight | 28 | 10-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 23 |
| Austin Daye | 13 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Damien Wilkins | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Vernon Macklin | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Will Bynum | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Charlie Villanueva | DNP - Suspended | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-81 | 9-21 | 8-11 | 26-10 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 21-0 | 89 | |
| .444 | .429 | .727 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (18 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Derrick Stafford, Brent Barnaky, Michael Smith
Duration:2:21
Officials: - Derrick Stafford, Brent Barnaky, Michael Smith
Duration:2:21
