With 17/27 on shots, including a very nice 10/14 from three points, Bey, 22, broke his career high for points.
Thanks to this win at home, the Pistons slightly distance their opponents in the evening, with 19 wins for 51 losses, against an 18-53 record for Orlando.
The two teams are already eliminated from the race for the play-offs in the Eastern Conference, of which they occupy the last two ranks.
Saddig Bey's offensive performance, playing in only his second season in the NBA, is the latest in a remarkable streak: six different players have combined for eight games to 50 or more points since early March, an all-time NBA league record. American basketball.
Besides Bey, those players are Lakers star LeBron James (56 points against the Warriors, then 50 against the Wizards), Celtics winger Jayson Tatum (54 points against the Nets), Nets point guard Kyrie Irving (50 points against the Hornets, then 60 against Orlando), his teammate Kevin Durant (53 points against the Knicks) and the interior of Minnesota Karl-Anthony Towns (60 points against the Spurs).
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