Marcus Sasser has spent much of the season on the bench, but due to injuries, the third-year guard has a chance to establish a larger role with the Pistons.

The Philadelphia 76ers discuss their place in the standings ahead of the matchup against the Detroit Pistons.

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Tyrese Maxey is averaging 29.0 points and 6.7 assists this season but will miss this game.Cade Cunningham leads Detroit with 25.1 points and 9.9 assists per game.Andre Drummond averages 8.4 rebounds for Philadelphia, while Jalen Duren averages 10.6 ...

After his imaging results came back clean, Pistons veteran guard Caris LeVert will be day-to-day during his ongoing recovery.

On Thursday evening, the Detroit Pistons will host the Philadelphia 76ers in Michigan. The Pistons most recently beat the Brooklyn Nets (in New York) by a score of 138-100. Caris LeVert did not play in the game (and he has missed two straight).

The Philadelphia 76ers make their way to Motown on Thursday night for a big Eastern Conference battle with the Detroit Pistons. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET with streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime.

The Sixers are coming off a feel-good victory, defeating the tanking Memphis Grizzlies 139-129 in a game where they were without Tyrese Maxey, Paul George and Joel Embiid. Now they’ll look to keep their playoff hopes alive in a much tougher game,