Tim Hardaway Jr blasts career-high 42; Mavericks beat Pistons 115-105

Tim Hardaway Jr blasts career-high 42; Mavericks beat Pistons 115-105

TIm Hardaway Jr

Tim Hardaway blasted his career-high 42 points to lead Dallas Mavericks past Detroit Pistons to ensure that his team has won 5 out of the previous 6 games. As Luka Doncic sat out, Hardaway led the offensive chart for Mavericks and ran the game for the away team to keep building pressure on the Los Angeles Lakers for the payoff spot. 

Trey Burke added 15 points for Dallas, which moved a game ahead of Portland for the No. 6 spot in the Western Conference. Doncic missed the game because of a left elbow issue, and the Pistons were without their leading scorer as well in Jerami Grant. 

Tim Hardaway leads Mavericks against Pistons with impressive career high  

Hardaway’s previous career high was 39 points, set in 2018. He and Burke looked plenty comfortable in Detroit, not far from where they played college basketball at Michigan. Hardaway’s 23 field goal attempts were a season high. 

Isaiah Stewart and Frank Jackson scored 20 points apiece for the Pistons. Whereas Saddiq Bey scored 18 points for the home team and Sekou Doumbouya added 14. 

The game was tight until the final minute. Hardaway scored 17 points in a row during a fourth-quarter stretch, capping that run with a 3-pointer with 1:05 remaining that put the Mavericks up 109-105. During that stretch, Detroit also fouled Hardaway twice while he was shooting a 3 and he made all his free throws. 

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