Pistons wrap up their first playoff spot since 2018-19 with 117-105 victory over the Raptors

TORONTO (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 23 points, Jalen Duren had 21 points and 18 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 117-105 on Friday night to wrap up their first playoff berth since 2018-19.

Malik Beasley scored 21 points for the Pistons, and Dennis Schroeder added 16.

Detroit won a franchise-worst 14 games last season, enduring an NBA-record 28-game losing streak in the process.

All-Star guard Cade Cunningham remained sidelined because of a bruised left calf, missing his sixth straight game. The Pistons also were without Tobias Harris (right heel).

Ja’Kobe Walter scored 22 points for Toronto. Immanuel Quickley and Jamal Shead each had 14 as the Raptors lost their third straight.

Toronto’s Scottie Barnes (right hand) was not available on the second night of a back-to-back, while RJ Barrett and Ochai Agbaji both sat for rest.

The Raptors lost their 50th game, the eighth time in 30 seasons they’ve lost at least 50. Toronto has lost 50 or more in back-to-back years for the first time since its first three NBA seasons, from 1995-96 to 1997-98.

Pistons: Isaiah Stewart served the second game of a two-game suspension for his role in a March 30 altercation at Minnesota. Ron Holland II and Marcus Sasser returned after serving their one-game penalties in Wednesday’s loss at Oklahoma City.

Raptors: Coach Darko Rajakovic said Brandon Ingram (left ankle) is improving but isn’t likely to return this season. Rajakovic also said Gradey Dick (bone bruise, right knee) will not play in Toronto’s final four games. The second-year guard has been out since March 2.

Toronto used a 9-0 spurt to cut the deficit to four, 95-91, with 8:13 left in the fourth quarter. Ausar Thompson scored twice as the Pistons answered by scoring eight of the next 10 points.

The Pistons have won six consecutive meetings with the Raptors.

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Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley (5) drives into Detroit Pistons forward Simone Fontecchio, top, during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Raptors guard A.J. Lawson (0) scores past Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr. (8) during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Raptors guard Ja'Kobe Walter, left, drives around Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr., front right, during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley (5) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Tim Hardaway Jr. (8) during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley (5) shoots between Toronto Raptors center Jakob Poeltl (19) and Jonathan Mogbo (2) during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)