逮捕するs begin soft 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in schedule with 衝突／不一致 vs. Pistons
The Brooklyn 逮捕するs are still within striking distance of a play-in 寝台／地位. The first two 対抗者s of a five-game road trip 現在の a good 適切な時期 to 改善する their chances.
The 逮捕するs will begin the trek with a visit to Detroit on Thursday. They'll 長，率いる to Charlotte on Saturday for the second 脚 of the 旅行.
The Pistons and Hornets are two of the four teams below them in the Eastern 会議／協議会 standings.
The 逮捕するs are 12 games below .500 but they have won three of their last four games, 含むing a 112-107 決定／判定勝ち（する） over Philadelphia on Tuesday. Brooklyn 決起大会／結集させるd from an eight-point 赤字 in the final ４半期/4分の1.
"(I was impressed with) their resilience," 暫定的な coach Kevin Ollie said. "We talked about that earlier. Philly （機の）カム out and they were up by about 14 points and we just dug in, stayed together, stayed connected, challenged the guys in our pregame walk-through that we need to stay together, connectivity. And they did that."
Brooklyn's 最高の，を越す player, Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s, was held to 15 points. Dorian Finney-Smith and Dennis Schroder 選ぶd up the slack with 20 points apiece and Lonnie Walker IV 供給するd 19 off the （法廷の）裁判.
"Coach's been telling us to 答える／応じる. That's something he's been challenging us to do, stick together when things get bad when things aren't going our way and we're not making 発射s," Finney-Smith said. "And they （機の）カム out and 攻撃する，衝突する us in the 直面する first, but we 答える／応じるd 井戸／弁護士席."
Ben Simmons and （機の）カム Thomas 行方不明になるd the game 予定 to 傷害s. Starting wing （機の）カム Johnson 苦しむd a 権利 ankle sprain during the first half on Tuesday and did not return.
The 逮捕するs won the first two contests of the four-game season series against Detroit during 支援する-to-支援する contests in late December. They 地位，任命するd a 126-115 home victory on Dec. 23 and a 118-112 road 勝利，勝つ three days later with 橋（渡しをする）s 普通の／平均（する）ing 25 points.
The Pistons have lost three in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 and nine of their last 10 games. They gave Miami a tussle on Tuesday before succumbing, 118-110.
今後 Simone Fontecchio 得点する／非難する／２０d 22 points off the （法廷の）裁判. Fontecchio was acquired from Utah just before last month's 貿易（する） 最終期限.
"I love the way he plays the game," coach Monty Williams said. "You talk about the 罪／違反, I thought his 弁護 was 激しく揺する-solid (Tuesday). He doesn't 支援する away from a matchup. He's not a guy that we have to worry about keeping in ニュース報道 so he doesn't have to guard a prime-time guy.
"He guards everybody. His ability to knock 負かす／撃墜する 発射s, attack the paint, he's an efficient passer. He's been a 広大な／多数の／重要な 資産 to our program and somebody we believe in going 今後."
Fontecchio will be a 制限するd 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 this offseason. Barring a wildly extravagant 申し込む／申し出 from another club, the Pistons are 推定する／予想するd to re-調印する him. He's 普通の／平均（する）ing 15 points in 10 games (five starts) with Detroit.
"Honestly the more I play, the more I'm happy," he said. "I'm ready to do whatever to help the team, to help the second 部隊, too. We've got a lot of young guys coming in from the second 部隊. I want to be a leader for them and help them play the 権利 way."
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