DETROIT — Jalen Duren had 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons snapped a five-game winning streak with a 120-104 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday.

“I just think our guys care,” Pistons coach Monty Williams said of Detroit’s best win of the season. “We had every excuse — back-to-back games against the best teams in the West — and our guys just competed.”

Duren’s performance included a career-high nine of Detroit’s 15 offensive rebounds. This is the first time the Pistons have gone 20-20 since Andre Drummond’s game on January 31, 2020.

“I still have six assists,” Duren pointed out to the media. “I knew 20-and-20 was definitely going to happen to me at some point. The game slowed down a lot for me.”

The Thunder entered the game with the second-best record in the league and finished as a 12.5-point favorite according to ESPN BET.

Jaden Ivey scored 19 points (6-40) for the Pistons, who played without leading scorer Cade Cunningham. Cunningham) was late due to what the team called “injury management.” Cunningham returns from a knee injury on Saturday.

“We felt like, on back-to-back games, if there was any level of concern, we wouldn’t feel good about putting him out there,” Williams said.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a Thunder-high 31 points, and Jalen Williams also scored 20 points.

Detroit led 81-67 early in the third quarter, but Gilgeous-Alexander scored seven points down the stretch. The Thunder (32-14) chased the score to 90-86, and then Ivey hit consecutive jump shots, launching a 10-0 climax.

“I think it’s a two-way energy thing,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “They played with energy – beat us, played with intensity – and as the game went on, we couldn’t muster the same energy. They clearly deserved to win today.”

The Pistons entered the fourth quarter with a 100-87 lead and continued to hit three-pointers at critical moments. The 16-point victory tied their largest margin of victory this season.

“This is a good playoff team, but we showed a lot of resiliency the whole game,” Ivey said. “That’s what we need to bring every night.”

Neither Gilgeous-Alexander nor Luguentz Dort played in the fourth quarter, and Chet Holmgren played just 2:08.

“There’s always a balance,” Dainio said. “If I thought we had a chance to get back into the game, I would obviously put them in, but as the game goes on, I just don’t feel it. With the schedule we have and the schedule we have, going out of here, I think It’s a smart move.”

The Thunder shot 56.5% in the first half, but still trailed 70-61 at halftime. The Pistons led 9-2 on offensive rebounds and committed just one turnover.