A 14-win season bore a team with impressive resiliency. In two years, the No. 1 seed Pistons have gone from the bottom to the top www.freep.com/story/sports...

JB on the approach for the last 4 games: "Health, obviously, matters where guys are. We do have some guys that are banged up a little bit and playing through some things. We’ll take a look at that."

Duren on battling through sickness to help the Pistons clinch: "Super important. Took a couple hot showers, got a couple DayQuil's and just gotta push through. I wanted to be out there with my guys and fight with my guys like how I know they would."

JB on clinching the No. 1 seed: “It’s special. But we’ve got more food to eat. So we’ll take this tonight, enjoy this, and tomorrow we’ll get back to work.”

FINAL: Pistons 116, Sixers 93. Pistons (57-21 overall) clinch the No. 1 seed in the East for the first time since 2006-07.

Pistons 109, Sixers 85 with 3:07 to go. Pistons are a few minutes from clinching the No. 1 seed in the East for the first time in nearly two decades

Pistons have held Philly to 2 points in the 4th at the 6:42 mark. They've only scored 5, but they're also up 100-83

Pace of this game has slowed way down. Pistons had 71 points at halftime, but just 27 points through the first 16 minutes of the 2nd half. But they're D-ing up, too. Held Philly to 21 in the 3rd. Up 98-83 with 8:33 to play

End of 3: Pistons 95, Sixers 81. Led by 21 at the 4:14 mark before Philly closed with a 9-2 run. Jenkins: 16 pts, 10 assts Duren: 15 pts, 7 rebs Harris: 15 pts, 4 stls Thompson: 10 pts, 3 stls

Pistons 84, Sixers 67 midway through the 3rd. On a 28-11 run since the 4:06 mark of the 2nd.

Idk if Daniss is a longterm starter for the Pistons, but he's been a good starter for the Pistons since Cade went down

Cam Payne (right hamstring strain) will miss the rest of the game

Halftime: Pistons 71, Sixers 60. Closed the half with a 15-4 run after the Sixers tied the game. Pistons have 21 assists (two short of their season-high) and are shooting 60% overall (27-45). Jenkins: 13 pts, 8 assts Duren: 9 pts, 4 rebs Reed, Harris, Robinson: 8 pts each

Pistons are back up double digits, 68-58, after a 12-2 run. Jenkins has been great: 13 points (3-4 overall, 6-7 at the line) and 7 assists in the 1st half

Sixers PA announcer has been saying "Detroit timeout" in the same cadence as "Detroit Basketball."

14-4 Sixers run cuts the lead to 47-45. George (15 pts, 5-6 overall) and Maxey (14 pts, 5-8) have gotten what they've wanted so far

Pistons grabbed six offensive rebounds and had 14 second chance points in the 1st

End of 1: Pistons 41, Sixers 31. Second-highest scoring 1st quarter of the season, on 14-24 (58.3%) overall shooting with 9 assists and 2 turnovers. Maxey and George have 23 combined points for Philly on 8-12 shooting. Jenkins: 8 pts, 4 assts Duren: 7 pts Harris: 6 pts

Pistons are up 41-29 after the pullup 3 from LeVert. Shooting 14-23 overall as a team. Having one of their best first quarters of the season

The boos for Tobias are crazy lol

Huerter's the first sub off the bench for Robinson, who has two fouls

Pistons open the game 8-for-8 with 7 assists and a turnover. Locked in

Duren's battling an illness, but he looks spry so far. 7 points after the 3-point play. Pistons up 17-13

JB said he can see playing Jenkins and Cunningham together in the playoffs to take pressure off of Cunningham: “I think it’s beneficial to not always have have all five guys staring at Cade … it brings a different dynamic and how teams how to manage their defense.”

JB on having home court advantage in the playoffs: “To be able to be comfortable in your routine, to be able to play in front of your home fans, those things are important … but you’re going to have to get it done on the road regardless at some point.”

JB said he expects Duren to play tonight

Putting together an end-of-season Pistons mailbag. Shoot me any questions you have.

Joel Embiid is out tonight vs the Pistons. Paul George is probable and Tyrese Maxey is available. Jalen Duren (illness) has been added to the report and is questionable. Tobias Harris also still questionable.

Putting together an end-of-season Pistons mailbag. Shoot me any questions you have.

Shootaround just wrapped in Philly. Tobias Harris (questionable, left knee contusion) was present

Cade Cunningham’s standout season is an unfortunate casualty of the 65-game rule www.freep.com/story/sports...

Tobias Harris (left knee contusion) is questionable tomorrow in Philly. Marcus Sasser (right hip strain) is probable.

New Thundercat and Mike/Earl tonight 🔥🔥🔥

Huerter: "We’re finding different ways to win. We didn’t feel like we played our best tonight and beat a really good team … obviously they’re missing Ant, but a team we played a few days ago and thought they’d come in with motivation. We keep finding ways to win."

Huerter: "I thought Ron and (Ausar), in the fourth quarter, brought some stops and helped us get some separation. I feel like that was the difference."

JB on Huerter: "It’s the confidence to go out and do what he does and impact the game all over the floor. He is a dynamic offensive player … he can drive, he can pass, he can play the pick and roll, he can play the touch and chase game."

No update on Tobias, who exited the game in the 1st with a left knee contusion

JB on how Duren approached the Gobert matchup compared to last week: "He was attack-minded, putting pressure on him, probably could’ve had more free throws … finishing with power, finishing through contact. I thought he did a great job."

This team is stacking impressive performance after impressive performace, sans Cade, with their regular season essentially already wrapped.

FINAL: Pistons 113, Wolves 108. They sweep Minnesota and improve to 56-21 overall. Jenkins: 26 pts, 8 assts, 5 rebs Duren: 22 pts, 14 rebs Robinson: 15 pts Thompson: 7 pts, 9 assts, 9 rebs, 3 blks, 2 stls

Pistons have their biggest lead, 103-92, with under 3 minutes left after the 3 from Robinson. On an 18-3 run to close this one out

That pass from Robinson was almost as good as the finish. Idk if I've ever called a lob "audacious" but it was audacious

Extended an 11-0 Pistons run. Theyu're up 96-89 and have outscored the Wolves 17-9 in the 4th

That was one of the craziest oop finishes by anyone this season. Ausar is an alien

Pistons 92, Wolves 89 with 6:43 to play. Pistons are on a 7-0 run. Ausar has one of his most toolsy stat lines of the season: 5 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals, 1 turnover, 2-4 overall shooting

Holland dunked on Randle, and got hit in the face during it. No call. Took Holland a minute to get up. Green subbed in for him

End of 3: Wolves 80, Pistons 79. Pistons are shooting 50% overall and 9-18 from 3. Getting hurt by points off turnovers, they’ve given up 16 off of 10. Duren: 16 pts, 11 rebs, 4 assts, 5 turnovers Jenkins: 15 pts, 5 assts Robinson: 12 pts Huerter: 10 pts

Yep, double techs. Play on

Sass and Bones Hyland were getting into it, looks like Huerter was playing peacekeeper. Double techs at least

Pistons are up 72-67 after back-to-back 3s from Huerter and Green. They've been shooting the ball well as of late and that continues tonight: 9-17 overall from the arc and 4-5 in the 3rd quarter