Malik Beasley scored 21 points, Cade Cunningham had 20 points and 10 assists, and the Detroit Pistons held off the Los Angeles Lakers 117-114 Monday night to sweep the clubs' season series. LeBron James had 28 points,

Malik Beasley hit five 3-pointers off the bench and Cade Cunningham had 20 points and 10 assists in the Detroit Pistons' 117-114 win over the Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers function as buyers at almost every trade deadline. That's what tends to happen for teams that employ superstars as consistently as they do. The goal is always to supplement them,

The Detroit Pistons improved to 2-0 on their West Coast road trip following a 117-114 win over LeBron James and the Lakers.

The Detroit Pistons held off the Los Angeles Lakers 117-114 to sweep the clubs’ season series. Malik Beasley scored 21 points and Cade Cunningham had 20 points and 10 assists.

LOS ANGELES — Malik Beasley scored 21 points ... Lakers 117-114 Monday night to sweep the clubs’ season series. LeBron James had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the 120th triple ...

LOS ANGELES — Malik Beasley scored 21 points ... Lakers 117-114 Monday night to sweep the clubs' season series. LeBron James had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in the 120th triple ...

A late-game four-point play from third-year guard Jaden Ivey proved to be the difference-maker in the Detroit Pistons 114-113 comeback victory over the Sacramento Kings Thursday night, Dec. 26.

Sharpe was excellent in a win over the Jazz on Thursday, producing 27 points, five rebounds, three assists, two blocks and five 3-pointers over 31 minutes. He shot 11-for-18 from the field in that game and is now shooting 45.6% from the field for the season. That’s a big improvement over his 40.6% shooting from the field last season.

Darius Garland scored 23 points and the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Utah Jazz 124-113 on Monday night for their 17th victory in 18 home games. Evan Mobley had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell also scored 22 points,

Amid a three-point victory against the Lakers, Pistons owner Tom Gores has been proud of his team's early resurgence.

With the NBA taking Christmas Eve off before its annual five-game Christmas Day slate, we felt this would be a good time to get together and provide some thoughts on fantasy basketball to this point in the season.