With three out of four games against each other making headlines across the league, the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers seem to be bringing the intensity

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 37 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 30 points and eight assists, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Detroit Pistons 133-119 on Wednesday night. Siakam and Haliburton combined to hit 25 of 38 shots, including 8 of 16 from 3-point range.

The Indiana Pacers defeated the Detroit Pistons 133-119 in a game Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in.

A pair of the NBA's best players will be squaring off when Cade Cunningham (24.6 points per game, 15th in league) and the Detroit Pistons (23-21) welcome in Tyrese Maxey (26.5, seventh) and the Philadelphia 76ers (16-27) on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN, NBCS-PH, and FDSDET.

Since the Detroit Pistons picked up a major win in an NBA Play-In matchup against the Indiana Pacers in November, the Pacers have approached their following battles against the Pistons with a little more motivation.

Although the Pacers soundly beat the Pistons, they showed some physicality in the second quarter. Pistons center Isaiah Stewart committed a flagrant two-foul on Pacers backup center Thomas Bryant, earning the envelope-pushing role player a rejection.

On Wednesday, after returning back home from Paris, the Indiana Pacers picked up where they left off, beating the Detroit Pistons 133-119. Pascal Siakam was unstoppable, scoring 37 points, which is the most he has traded since joining the team midway through last season.

Haliburton produced 30 points (10-17 FG, 4-9 3Pt, 6-9 FT), seven rebounds, eight assists and one steal in 32 minutes during Wednesday's 133-119 win over the Pistons. It was the fifth-year guard's first performance of 30-plus points since Jan.

Coach JB Bickerstaff stuck up for his guy after the game and said there was some talk that “crossed the line.” You love to see it from JB, but Stewart has to have more composure than that on a night when the Pistons desperately needed his defense.

Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others: Alvin Robertson in 1986, David Robinson in 1990 and 1991, and Tim Duncan in 1998.

Time will tell whether the Sixers are going to buy or sell, and the team's performance across their four remaining home games before the deadline could be the determining factor. Enjoy another batch of fake trades, including options for both scenarios.

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