Detroit Pistons 130, Washington Wizards 117 — Recap

March 17, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 130, Washington Wizards 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 32-32 WAS; Q2 DET 31-25 WAS; Q3 DET 37-26 WAS; Q4 DET 30-34 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Duren (DET) 36 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 13-of-17 shooting; Carlton Carrington (WAS) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-16 shooting; Will Riley (WAS) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Justin Champagnie (WAS) 18 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Jaden Hardy (WAS) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DET

Jalen Duren

36 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 13-17 FG

Scoring · WAS

Carlton Carrington

30 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 12-16 FG

Scoring · WAS

Will Riley

21 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Jalen Duren · Season-high 36 pointsCarlton Carrington · Season-high 30 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DET 22 largest lead Q3 0:40 (DET 100, WAS 78) · 9-0 run, Q1 8:27–Q1 6:40

WAS 9 largest lead Q1 8:41 (DET 4, WAS 13) · 13-0 run, Q2 10:08–Q2 8:57

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 8 times

Ahead for good: Javonte Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Sasser assists) (Q2 7:20, DET 49, WAS 47).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	32	31	37	30		130
WAS	32	25	26	34		117

🧮 How They Scored

DETWAS

68Points in the paint44

16Fast-break points9

19Second-chance points12

25Points off turnovers13

62Bench points35

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.2%Effective FG%58.6%

10.3%Turnover %12.0%

36.4%Offensive rebound %17.1%

0.356Free-throw rate0.218

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Duren C	31	36	11	2	0	1	1	13-17	0-0	10-11	+15
Ausar Thompson G-F	28	6	7	2	0	0	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	+6
Tobias Harris F	27	12	6	6	0	2	0	4-11	0-2	4-4	+17
Duncan Robinson F	26	8	3	3	0	0	0	3-9	1-3	1-1	+11
Marcus Sasser G	25	9	1	4	1	0	4	3-7	3-6	0-0	+5
Kevin Huerter G	22	4	4	3	0	0	1	2-7	0-5	0-0	+11
Daniss Jenkins G	21	15	2	7	2	1	1	4-9	2-2	5-6	+10
Caris LeVert G	21	10	3	3	1	0	2	3-5	3-4	1-2	-6
Ronald Holland II F	15	11	5	0	3	0	1	4-5	1-1	2-2	+1
Paul Reed F	14	10	4	1	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	2-4	-7
Cade Cunningham G-F	5	6	2	0	1	0	1	2-3	0-1	2-2	0
Javonte Green G-F	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	+2

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Carlton Carrington G	37	30	4	2	0	0	0	12-16	6-8	0-0	-11
Will Riley F	37	21	3	1	2	0	0	7-13	1-3	6-9	-4
Jaden Hardy G	32	16	2	2	2	1	2	6-15	4-9	0-0	-12
Justin Champagnie F	29	18	9	2	0	1	1	6-11	2-4	4-4	-9
Sharife Cooper G	27	7	6	6	0	0	2	3-8	1-5	0-0	-7
Tre Johnson G	24	11	4	1	0	0	2	3-12	1-4	4-4	-18
Tristan Vukcevic F	19	9	4	1	0	1	1	4-8	0-3	1-2	-2
Jamir Watkins F	19	3	2	4	2	1	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	-1
Anthony Gill F	16	2	1	1	1	1	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Duren	Starter	31	36	82.4	28.4	+24.1	26.2
Tobias Harris	Starter	27	12	47.0	17.6	+28.3	11.2
Duncan Robinson	Starter	26	8	42.4	13.8	+19.3	6.4
Cade Cunningham	Starter	05	6	77.3	29.4	-8.3	35.3
Ausar Thompson	Starter	28	6	42.9	12.5	+12.7	3.5
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	21	15	64.4	24.5	+30.7	15.9
Ronald Holland II	Bench	15	11	93.5	17.5	+2.9	18.7
Caris LeVert	Bench	21	10	85.0	14.8	-14.0	11.3
Paul Reed	Bench	14	10	74.0	21.2	-32.6	15.3
Marcus Sasser	Bench	25	9	64.3	19.3	+7.4	1.9
Kevin Huerter	Bench	22	4	28.6	14.8	+23.4	3.0
Javonte Green	Bench	05	3	30.0	35.7	+29.5	-1.4
Tolu Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Carlton Carrington	Starter	37	30	93.8	18.6	-15.5	16.7
Will Riley	Starter	37	21	61.9	18.0	-4.9	10.1
Justin Champagnie	Starter	29	18	70.5	21.5	-12.9	15.0
Tre Johnson	Starter	24	11	40.0	28.6	-34.6	1.0
Anthony Gill	Starter	16	2	50.0	11.8	+4.8	-5.3
Jaden Hardy	Bench	32	16	53.3	21.8	-18.9	5.8
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	19	9	50.7	20.8	-10.7	8.6
Sharife Cooper	Bench	27	7	43.8	15.9	-12.3	7.4
Jamir Watkins	Bench	19	3	75.0	10.9	-2.4	6.0
Trae Young	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0