During his postgame news conference, Kerr praised Hield's impact and noted that he's become a core part of the locker room by being a 'great teammate.' “Buddy, he’s been press

Buddy Hield scored 19 points, helping the Golden State Warriors hold on for a 107-104 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.

The Warriors will be without Andrew Wiggins (personal), so Hield will take his place in the starting unit in the small forward role. The veteran sharpshooter is averaging 14.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 43.3 percent from deep in seven starts this season.

BOX SCORE Collectively as a whole, the Warriors heard the voices of their leadership council and started a four-game road trip the right way, outlasting the Detroit Pistons 107-104 at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday night.

It lies not with Stephen Curry or Draymond Green or Andrew Wiggins but with . . . Buddy Hield ... Detroit, scoring a team-high 19 points as the Warriors held on for a 107-104 win over the Pistons ...

Collectively as a whole, the Warriors heard the voices of their leadership council and started a four-game road trip the right way, outlasting the Detroit Pistons 107-104 at Little Caesars Arena ...

DETROIT — Buddy Hield scored 19 points, helping the Golden State Warriors hold on for a 107-104 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. Golden State earned a much-needed victory after ...

DETROIT (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 19 points, helping the Golden State Warriors hold on for a 107-104 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.

Sources close to Butler insist that one of his biggest issues with the Heat has become his role in the offense this season. Butler vocalized that frustration after the last game he played before the Heat suspended him on Jan. 3 for seven games “for multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season.”

Steph Curry and Andrew Wiggins are back, but Draymond Green won’t suit up for Golden State’s game north of the border on Monday night. Green, 34, will miss his second straight game and sixth overall.

NEW YORK — Cade Cunningham scored 36 points, Malik Beasley had 22 and a pair of clutch 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds and surging Detroit beat New York ... Golden State’s Buddy Hield had one last chance for a game-tying shot, but his 3-pointer ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 20 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcome a sloppy first half and beat the NBA-worst Washington Wizards 120-106 on Monday night. Earlier Monday, Edwards was fined $50,000 by the NBA for an obscene gesture directed at an official in Saturday’s loss in Memphis.