Duren Powers 15-11-3 Line as Pistons Force Game 7

Jalen Duren delivered 15 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks as the Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 on Friday night. The win forced a Game 7 and gave Detroit a second chance after a postseason run that had already asked a lot of its starting big man.

Duren Finds His Scoring

For Duren, the 15-point night matched his 2026 playoff high in scoring. He added six points and four rebounds in the fourth quarter, when Detroit needed him most and JB Bickerstaff stayed with him instead of turning back to Isaiah Stewart.

The big man’s line was the kind the Pistons had been waiting for. He came in as a 22-year-old restricted free agent this summer, and Game 6 gave him the sort of production that changes how his role looks when the pressure rises.

Bickerstaff Stays With Duren

Bickerstaff’s choice mattered as much as the box score. Stewart was out of the second-half rotation and played only four minutes, finishing with one rebound and a missed shot, while Paul Reed handled a larger role after his Game 5 work.

Reed scored 17 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked one shot in 16 minutes, and Detroit was plus-eight with him on the floor. That left the Pistons with a rotation answer that worked in Game 6, but the finish still ran through Duren, whose rebounding and rim protection held up across the full night.

Detroit Heads to Game 7

The result pushed the series to Game 7 and kept Detroit alive after a win-or-go-home night. Duren had struggled for much of the postseason before this one, which made the timing of his 15-point, 11-rebound, three-block performance sharper for a team trying to extend its season one more game.

He also entered the matchup on the back of an outstanding Game 7 against the Magic, a reminder that Detroit has seen this version of him before. Friday night gave the Pistons another one, and now the series shifts with Duren back in the middle of it.