Jalen Duren gives all credit to teammates after career-high

On Tuesday evening, the Detroit Pistons continued their winning ways with an impressive win over the Washington Wizards. It was a monster game for big man Jalen Duren, who scored a career-high 36 points in the road win.

After the game, Duren turned the spotlight on his teammates after his epic night.

“I’m just trying to do what my teammates and my coaches tell me. It’s not all about me. I think my teammates put me in places to be great. JB puts me in places to be great. It’s just credit to him, man,” Duren, formerly of the Detroit Free Press, said on Twitter, per Omari Sanfoca II of the Detroit Free Press.

In fact, the Pistons have done a great job of playing as a collective unit this entire season, and Duren’s emergence on both sides of the ball has played a huge role in their success as the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.

Recently, the Pistons were on a four-game losing streak, leading some fans to wonder whether the team was beginning to lose energy as the season went on, or whether concerns about Detroit’s lack of perimeter shooting were proving justified after all.

However, since then, Detroit has been able to get back on track, albeit not against the toughest competition, and have regained their grip on the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

To carry that success into the postseason, the Pistons will likely be leaning even more on Duren to get things done around the basket as things slow down in a playoff setting.

The Pistons will take the field for another match against the Wizards on Thursday evening.


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Matas Bouzelis’ immediate reaction to career-high game in blowout win over Warriors

Tuesday night was a career-high scoring night. Of course, Bam Adebayo’s 83 points lead to the win. But for the Chicago Bulls, they got the best from Matas Buzelis against the Golden State Warriors.

Overall, Bouzelis finished the game with a career-high 41 points as the Bulls defeated the Warriors 130–124 in overtime.

Afterwards, according to Casey Johnson of Chicago Sports Network, Bouzelis talked about his approach to the game.

“Just trying to be aggressive every day, every game,” he said.

With 2:32 left in overtime, Bouzelis hit a key 3-pointer to put the Bulls in good position to win. Additionally, Bouzelis finished the game 16 of 28 from the field, 5 of 15 at the 3-point line, 4 of 5 at the foul line and six rebounds.

Meanwhile, Tre Jones came up with 22 points and five assists. Additionally, Josh Giddy finished with another triple-double with 21 points, 17 assists and 13 rebounds.

Additionally, three Bulls recorded double-doubles.

Leonard Miller had 17 points and 11 rebounds. Jalen Smith finished with 12 points as well as 12 rebounds. Nick Richards had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

With the win, the Bulls are now 27-38. On Thursday, they will travel to Los Angeles to complete their five-game road trip. First the match against the Lakers and then the match against the Clippers on Saturday.

On Monday, the Bulls return home to take on the Memphis Grizzlies.

Bouzelis was listed as probable on the NBA injury report due to a recent right ankle sprain.

Overall, Bouzelis played in 64 games and averaged 15.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.


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