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Pistons can’t contain LeBron James, Kyrie Irving in loss to Cavaliers

By Dan Feldman

Jan 27, 2015; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) celebrates with forward LeBron James (23) after making a shot during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Cavs beat the Pistons 103-95. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 27, 2015; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) celebrates with forward LeBron James (23) after making a shot during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Cavs beat the Pistons 103-95. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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score league=”nba” team=”cavaliers” city=”cleveland” score=”103″ teamlogo=”hawks” teamb=”cavaliers” cityb=”detroit” scoreb=”95″ teamlogob=”pistons”][/score]

B-. Following <a href=. PG. Pistons. D.J. AUGUSTIN

SF. Pistons. CARON BUTLER. F. Butler returned from <a href=

A-. Tolliver also had his turns on LeBron – with the expected results. Tolliver is just too slow to cover LeBron in space. At least Tolliver more than held up his end of the bargain offensively, scoring 16 points on five shots.. PF. Pistons. ANTHONY TOLLIVER

D-. Singler was fairly physical with LeBron and fared better than his teammates on the Cavaliers superstar. That isn’t saying much, though. Singler also shot 2-of-9, including 1-of-5 on 3-pointers.. SF. Pistons. KYLE SINGLER

Pistons. GREG MONROE. B. Monroe (17 points and 12 rebounds) was productive overall. However, his help defense was slow at the rim, which is not unusual but was more noticeable because of his teammates’ shortcoming.. PF

B. Maybe I’m taking him for granted, but Drummond didn’t seem as dominant as his stat line – 12 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks – would suggest. His 6-of-17 shooting was due to missing several putback chances, including three (of his own original miss) on Detroit’s first possession of the fourth quarter. No need to downgrade Drummond for those. It’s more impressive that he generated so many extra looks, even when not in position to easily tip-in the offensive rebound.. C. Pistons. ANDRE DRUMMOND

B. Caldwell-Pope played hard, and that led to solid defense – including taking a charge on a driving LeBron James – and KCP making both his shots inside the arc. His 1-of-5 3-point shooting was a setback, though.. SG. Pistons. KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE

Dinwiddie (two points, three assists, two turnovers) was leaps and bounds better than his first game in the rotation, and the offense flowed much better with him running it. However, that was a low bar to clear.. PG. Pistons. SPENCER DINWIDDIE. D-

B-. Is Meeks getting gun-shy? For the first time since his Pistons debut, Meeks attempted no 3-pointers <a href=. SG. Pistons. JODIE MEEKS

Head Coach. Pistons. STAN VAN GUNDY. C+. <a href=

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