New York Daily News

Johnnies’ LoVett done for season

- PISTONS NETS 114 80

Andre Drummond and Tobias Harris carried Detroit to an easy road win in Brooklyn. Drummond scored 22 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, Harris had 22 points, and the Pistons beat the Nets 114-80 on Wednesday night.

“I’m not a real creative offensive guy, as you guys all know,” Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy joked after the game. “If we find something that’s working, I tend to just keep going to it. Tobias got off to a great start. I thought Andre Drummond was outstandin­g all night.”

Dwight Buycks added 17 points for the Pistons.

“I thought from the jump we got good defensive stops,” Harris said. “We were able to get out in transition. Andre was a big focus, especially for them, so we were able to get some open looks and just capitalize off that.”

Allen Crabbe scored 20 points and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 15 points for the Nets, who have lost three in a row.

“They were just the aggressor, more physical,” Crabbe said. “They made us turn the ball Chalk up another loss for the Red Storm.

St. John’s announced Wednesday night that guard Marcus LoVett will miss the remainder of the season after being sidelined for much of the season thus far with a sprained MCL in his left knee.

“Marcus has a bright future ahead, so while it is disappoint­ing that he will miss the remainder of the season, his long term health is the primary focus,” St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin over. They basically had control of the game for the majority of the game. Trying to play catch up in this league is not easy. They kept their foot on the gas and we just couldn’t win through the storm.”

Detroit took a 9061 lead heading into the fourth quarter and led by as many as 40 points, 104-64, with 8:20 remaining.

Drummond led Detroit with 18 points and 13 rebounds at the half as the Pistons took a 63-41 lead into the locker room.

Crabbe paced Brooklyn with 14 points at the half. Harris led Detroit with 14 points in the first quarter as the Pistons took a 34-26 lead.

NET LOSS: DeMarre Carroll (right knee sprain), D’Angelo Russell (left knee surgery), Isaiah Whitehead (G-League assignment) and Jeremy Lin (ruptured patella tendon, right knee) were out. —AP said.

LoVett was initially hurt in November. He started all seven of his appearance­s this season and averaged 14.9 points per game. He also handed out 12 assists and recorded 15 steals playing 32.7 minutes per contest.

St. John’s is 10-7 on the season and 0-5 in the Big East after falling to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown at the Garden Tuesday night.

— Kevin Armstrong

 ?? USA TODAY SPORTS ?? Detroit’s Andre Drummond slams down two points as center nets 22 points with 20 rebounds in rout of Brooklyn.
USA TODAY SPORTS Detroit’s Andre Drummond slams down two points as center nets 22 points with 20 rebounds in rout of Brooklyn.
 ?? AP ?? St. John’s takes another ‘L’ as Marcus LoVett will be sidelined for remainder of season with sprained MCL.
AP St. John’s takes another ‘L’ as Marcus LoVett will be sidelined for remainder of season with sprained MCL.

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