NBA scores 2017: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hits game-winner in Pistons’ win over Raptors

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was ice cold.

He’d shot just a putrid 1-of-11 from three-point range entering the waning moments of the Detroit Pistons’ Sunday night matchup against the Toronto Raptors, and there was no sign the two-way wing would begin heating up any time soon.

But as the old basketball adage goes, “shooters keep shooting.” And Caldwell-Pope nailed a floater with 48 seconds remaining before draining an open corner three-pointer to give Detroit an unlikely 102-101 victory over Toronto.

“Just hope it goes in,” he told reporters after the game, according to MLive’s Aaron McMann. “That’s what I was thinking. I had a rough night shooting the ball from field and three. So when I came out of the locker room, everyone was like ‘just keep shooting.’ I just kept shooting, and it had to be the game-winning shot.”

The Pistons guard finished with 21 points, helping wipe out a 16-point fourth quarter deficit and moving his eighth-seeded team further away from the Eastern Conference’s bottom half. Detroit was outscored by 25 with lineups on the floor that included either Reggie Jackson or Jon Leuer, but their bench combined for 58 points headlined by Tobias Harris’ 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field.

Detroit overcame a Raptors team led by All-Star starter DeMar DeRozan, who poured on 26 points on 10-of-21 shooting. But Kyle Lowry only contributed 15 points, and Jakob Poeltl, who started at the power forward, scored just five points.

Detroit (26-29) is now tied with Chicago for the East’s seventh seed and is just 3.5 games behind the Indiana Pacers, who have lost their last three games.

Anthony needed just eight points to move into the top 25 in league scoring history, but his 25-point outing helped give the Knicks a much-needed win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday.

New York ended a four-game losing streak and avoided the franchise’s first-ever five-game home skid. Even better, Anthony displaced Charles Barkley for the 25th spot in points lore.

Hield was fighting over a DeMarcus Cousins screen in the second quarter of the New Orleans Pelicans’ matchup against the Sacramento Kings when he came up with all ball.

Officials assessed the rookie guard a flagrant foul two and tossed him from the game.

Leonard had himself a mammoth game, finding ways to score against an intensified Knicks defense. But his effort, in the end, wasn’t enough to put the Spurs over the hump.

Davis battled with Boogie Cousins all night, and put up big numbers, but his Pelicans fell short — as they’ve done much of the season.

Wiggins dominated a depleted Chicago Bulls team, helping the Timberwolves rebound from a stretch where they lost five games in six outings.

DeRozan did what he could, but his Raptors blew a 16-point lead and lost on a game-winning three-pointer to the middling Pistons, 102-101.

Melo moved into NBA lore by passing the Chuckster for 25th place on the all-time scoring list. And he did so in front of Knicks greats while helping the team snap a four-game losing streak.

Boogie got hit below the belt, but he scored 28 points on an efficient 50 percent shooting night to end the Kings’ six-game home stand with a 4-2 record.

Timberwolves 117, Bulls 89 (Canis Hoopus recap | Blog a Bull recap)

Knicks 94, Spurs 90 (Posting and Toasting recap | Pounding the Rock recap | SB Nation recap)

Pistons 102, Raptors 101 (Detroit Bad Boys recap | Raptors HQ recap)

Kings 105, Pelicans 99 (Sactown Royalty recap | The Bird Writes recap)