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• Pistons' Ausar Thompson: Slides to bench

  1D ago • By RotoWire

  Thompson won't start Saturday's game against the Suns. Thompson made back-to-back starts while the Pistons dealt with injuries, but now that the team's preferred lineup is healthy, Thompson will rejoin the reserves. In eight appearances, Thompson is averaging 7.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists across 17.0 minutes.

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• Pistons' Ausar Thompson: Best outing of year as starter

  6D ago • By RotoWire

  Thompson posted 19 points (8-14 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 2-4 FT), nine rebounds, one assist, one block and four steals in 27 minutes during Monday's 125-124 overtime victory over Miami. Thompson got the starting nod Monday due to Tobias Harris (hand) being out, concluding his second start of the year one rebound shy of a double-double while coming up one point short of the 20-point mark. Thompson set new season-high totals in scoring and rebounds after entering Monday yet to record more than nine points in six outings.

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• Pistons' Ausar Thompson: Starting sans Harris

  7D ago • By RotoWire

  Thompson will start Monday's game against the Heat, Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press reports. With Tobias Harris (hand) out, Thompson will make his second start of the season. In his only other start, Thompson posted three points, four rebounds, four assists and one steal in 20 minutes during a 20-point loss to the Grizzlies on Nov. 27.

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• Pistons' Ausar Thompson: Questionable to play Saturday

  17D ago • By RotoWire

  Thompson (groin) is listed as questionable for Saturday's game against New York. Thompson was sidelined for Wednesday's game against the Celtics due to an illness. He doesn't appear to be under the weather anymore, but he is iffy to play Saturday due to left adductor soreness. If Thompson is unable to play, Ron Holland and Simone Fontecchio would likely see an uptick in playing time off the bench.

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• Pistons' Ausar Thompson: Ruled out for Wednesday

  19D ago • By RotoWire

  Thompson will be held out of Wednesday's game against Boston due to medical conditioning management. Thompson logged 14 minutes Tuesday against the Bucks, scoring eight points with five rebounds, one assist and one block. However, he's not yet been cleared to play in both halves of back-to-back sets after suffering from blood clots in March, which resulted in him getting off to a delayed start to the season. Ron Holland and Simone Fontecchio are candidates to pick up a few minutes in Thompson's absence.

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