Warriors hold off Pistons’ comeback attempt

Buddy Hield scored 19 points to help lead the Golden State Warriors to a 107-104 win over the host Detroit Pistons on Thursday.Stephen Curry had 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists while Trayce

Warriors hold off Pistons’ comeback attempt

Buddy Hield scored 19 points to help lead the Golden State Warriors to a 107-104 win over the host Detroit Pistons on Thursday.

Stephen Curry had 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists while Trayce Jackson-Davis added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Golden State, which ended a two-game skid.

Cade Cunningham had 32 points and eight assists and Malik Beasley scored 21 points for Detroit, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.

After trailing by 18 midway through the fourth quarter, Detroit rallied and cut the deficit to 102-98 with 1:21 remaining in the game on a basket by Jalen Duren.

A dunk by Beasley with 23 seconds left made sliced the gap to 104-102.

Curry hit two free throws with 14.6 seconds remaining to give the Warriors a 106-102 lead, and then Cunningham split a pair of free throws with 11.1 seconds to go to make it a three-point game.

Golden State’s Gui Santos was fouled after rebounding Cunningham’s miss on the second free throw, and he split a pair of free throws with 9.6 seconds left to put Golden State up 107-103.

Cunningham was fouled again and made the first of two free throws with 4.8 seconds left to make it 107-104, and then got his own rebound after missing the second one on purpose.

However, Beasley missed a 3-point attempt for a tie just before the buzzer.

Leading 82-78 with 10:21 left, Golden State went on a 10-0 run to grab a 14-point lead with 7:35 remaining on a 3-pointer by Hield.

The Warriors increased the lead to 98-80 with 5:40 to play after two free throws by Curry. The Pistons then scored 11 straight to make it 98-91 with 2:53 left following a 3-pointer by Beasley.

The Warriors held a 70-53 lead with 7:53 remaining in the third quarter before the Pistons mounted a surge, going on a 11-0 run that featured 3-pointers from Ronald Holland II, Cunningham and Tobias Harris. Golden State was up 82-74 entering the fourth quarter.