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That was the Pistons team that won 60 games and was the No. 1 seed in the East.Detroit was the more physical team and owned the paint, outscoring Cleveland 48-29. The Pistons' defense was locked in, holding the Cavaliers to 38.5% shooting overall, with Donovan Mitchell shooting 6-of-20 and Evan Mobley 6-of-14. That was the deep Detroit team from the regular season, and on Friday, it got 48 points from its bench, led by 17 from Paul Reed, compared to just 19 total points from the Cavaliers' bench.And that was the All-Star Jalen Duren that has been missing this series: 15 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and he was a huge presence inside.Jalen Duren showed up in a big way in Game 6 pic.twitter.com/Z80G9mCOII NBA on Prime (@NBAonPrime) May 16, 2026The result is Detroit forcing a Game 7 with a dominating win, 115-94. That is the second-straight series the Pistons won Game 6 on the road to keep their season aliveAlso, for the second straight series, the Pistons will host a Game 7, this time on Sunday.While we saw a far more balanced Detroit offense on Friday night, this is still Cade Cunningham's team and he led the way with 21 points, including five 3-pointers, plus eight assists. What was different was the shooters around him knocking down shots: The Pistons hit 16 3-pointers while shooting 44.4%.However, for the Pistons, everything started with their defense, as it did during the regular season.Ausar just blocked this shot with BOTH hands pic.twitter.com/FImuptnObX NBA on Prime (@NBAonPrime) May 16, 2026Detroit also forced 18 turnovers, allowing them to get out and run, getting easy buckets in transition that they had been missing for much of the last few games.Detroit was resilient all night. Thanks to the energy of their home crowd, Cleveland went on a 17-7 first-quarter run to take a six-point lead. Detroit just put its head down and hustled its way to a 10-2 run to end the first, and it was 27-25 Detroit after a quarter. If the Cavaliers wanted to know why they were down, it was the seven first-quarter turnovers that became nine Pistons points.Pistons extended that run to 16-2 early in the third and eventually pushed the lead to 12. How did Detroit earn that lead? Outscoring Cleveland's bench 17-0 to start the game, and the Pistons grabbing five offensive rebounds they dominated the possession game early.Detroit led much of the night, but the Cavaliers finished the first half on a 7-0 run in part due to a couple of lazy passes by Cunningham that became turnovers going the other way and it was close, 54-51, at the half. Cunningham had 16 at the half, Mitchell 13.In the third quarter, Detroit just kept grinding. Cleveland would make a little run, the Pistons would answer. Detroit was just more driven, more relentless, and it just kept getting to the loose balls and making plays when it needed them.Cleveland was led by Harden, who scored 23 points but has now fallen to 4-14 in his career in Game 6s. Mitchell had 18 points on his 20 shot attempts, and Evan Mobley also had 18.Detroit got 17 off the bench from Paul Reed, 14 from Duncan Robinson, including four 3-pointers, and Marcus Sasser was 4-of-5 for nine points, but that undersells his impact he was a team high +27. Duren and Daniss Jenkins each scored 15 for the Pistons.If these Pistons show up on Sunday, they will be playing the Knicks for the Eastern Conference title starting Tuesday. However, expect a much better outing from a desperate Cavaliers team on the road Sunday.

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The wait for the 2026 NFL schedule is finally over. We all love the hype videos, but who has smoothest path to the playoffs, and which franchises face an uphill climb? Let's take a dive into each team's strength of schedule based on opponents combined winning percentage from the 2025 season. Heres how all 32 teams stack up. Which Team Has the Hardest Schedule in 2026? The Bears are set to have the stiffest competition in 2026. Their foes have a combined opponent winning percentage of .550 in 2025. Which Team Has the Weakest Schedule in 2026? The Browns will face the easiest road in the 2025 NFL season, with a combined opponent winning percentage of .429 in 2025. 2026 NFL Strength of Schedule Want great stories delivered right to your inbox?Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano got a last look at each other Friday just over 24 hours from sharing the cage in the Rousey vs. Carano headliner on Netflix.UFC Hall of Famer Rousey (12-2) and former MMA fighter turned entertainment star Carano (7-1) will both make their returns from extremely extended hiatuses when they meet in a five-round women's featherweight bout at Intuit Dome.It's been a tumultuous journey to fight night for both women in their own ways, but now the time for hype and talking has come to a close after they participated in a final staredown at ceremonial weigh-ins.The respectful attitude has remained consistent since the fight was announced, but it was clear that both Rousey and Carano can tell the runway for pleasantries is over.Ronda Rousey scowls at a dancing Gina Carano at the final faceoff on the eve of #RouseyCarano on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/NDz0G5E31O MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) May 16, 2026Check out the video above to see the final Rousey vs. Carano faceoff from Friday's pre-event festivities.This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video: Ronda Rousey scowls Gina Carano at final pre-fight faceoff

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In late October 2000, New York City was the epicenter of the baseball world, as the New York Yankees and New York Mets faced off in the 2000 World Series. With the two teams set to face-off in a three-game series at Citi Field beginning on Friday night (watch Game 2 of the series on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app), here's a look-back at the 2000 Subway Series. Irony from the jump. The Mets sent Al Leiter, who spent the first two-plus seasons of his MLB career with the Yankees (1987-89), to the mound for Game 1 in Yankee Stadium, and the left-hander carved up his old team the first two times through the order. Leiter kept the Yankees off the board through the first five innings, giving up just four baserunners on three hits and one walk. Then, the Yankees broke the ice in the bottom of the sixth inning. After two of the first three runners of the inning got on base, left fielder David Justice laced a two-run double to left-center field, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. With that said, after six scoreless innings from Andy Pettitte, the Mets got to the Yankees' left-hander in the top of the seventh. After back-to-back singles and a walk, pinch hitter Bubba Trammell leveled the score at 2-all for the Mets with a two-run single. Two batters later, Pettitte was relieved by right-hander Jeff Nelson, who gave up a go-ahead single to second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo. The Yankees didn't plate a run in the seventh or eighth innings, but they managed to send the game to extra innings on a Chuck Knoblauch sacrifice fly in the ninth. Both teams went scoreless in the 10th and 11th innings, with the Yankees stranding two runners in both innings and also doing so after tying the game in the ninth. In the bottom of the 12th, the Yankees finally got the winning run home, as second baseman Jos Vizcano hit a walk-off single with two outs in the inning. Vizcano finished with a game-high four hits for the Yankees, who won 4-3. Yeah, drama was aplenty in Game 2. In the top of the first, Mets star Mike Piazza broke his bat on a foul ball, and part of the bat went to Yankees starter Roger Clemens, who hurled that piece of the bat down the first-base line where Piazza was standing at the time. Both benches cleared temporarily, but no one was ejected, and the inning resumed moments later, with Piazza grounding out to end the inning. That skirmish has continually distracted from the memory of Clemens dominating the Mets in Game 2 from start to finish. The eventual seven-time Cy Young Award winner pitched eight scoreless innings, posting nine strikeouts and only surrendering two baserunners (two hits). As for the Yankees' bats, they went right to work on Mets left-hander Mike Hampton, with first baseman Tino Martinez and catcher Jorge Posada each driving in a run on a single in the bottom of the first. Third baseman Scott Brosius then led off the bottom of the second with a solo home run. A fifth-inning Paul O'Neill single, a seventh-inning sacrifice fly from Brosius and an eighth-inning RBI single from Martinez who, along with Yankees star shortstop Derek Jeter, had a game-high three hits would give the Yankees a 6-0 lead entering the ninth inning. But then it got dicey for the Yankees like, wildly dicey. Nelson began the ninth inning for the Yankees and proceeded to give up a single, a two-run home run to Piazza and then another single, forcing manager Joe Torre to go to Mariano Rivera, who also struggled. While Rivera got out two of the first four batters that he faced, MLB's eventual all-time saves leader (652) proceeded to give up a three-run homer to center fielder Jay Payton, making it a 6-5 game. All that said, Rivera got infielder Kurt Abbott to strikeout looking to end it, with the Yankees evading a catastrophe, winning 6-5 and taking a 2-0 series lead to Queens. One could argue that the ninth inning of Game 2 gave the Mets some momentum that they capitalized on in Game 3. The Metropolitans struck first in Game 3, as third baseman Robin Ventura hit a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the second. Granted, the Yankees tied the game with a third-inning RBI double from Justice and took the lead in the fourth on an RBI triple from O'Neill. Mets first baseman Todd Zeile evened the score at 2-all in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI double, and they took the lead for good in the eighth on an RBI double from left fielder Benny Agbayani. Later in the inning, Trammell drove in another run on a sacrifice fly, and Armando Bentez shut the door on a Game 3 win for the Mets in the top of the ninth. As for the pitching performances, right-hander Rick Reed got through six innings for the Mets, while the Yankees stayed with Orlando Hernndez (AKA "El Duque") through 7 innings and had him throw 134 pitches; the right-hander was credited for all four earned runs. The air in Shea Stadium evaporated on the first pitch. Jeter smacked the first pitch thrown by Mets' starter Bobby Jones into the left-field seats, giving the Bronx Bombers the early edge. The following inning, Brosius drove in a run on a sacrifice fly, with the Yankees tacking on a third run in the third on an RBI ground out from second baseman Luis Sojo. Those three runs would be all the Yankees needed. Now, the Mets did promptly respond, as Piazza hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third, but it would be the last runs scored in a 3-2 Yankees victory. For the Yankees, starter Denny Neagle lasted just 4 innings, but David Cone, Nelson, Mike Stanton and Rivera combined for 4 scoreless innings of relief and gave up just three total baserunners (two hits and one walk) and Rivera got a two-inning save. The Yankees didn't just win the 2000 Subway Series: They won it in Queens. Center fielder Bernie Williams brought in the first run of the game on a solo home run in the top of the second, but the Mets scored two runs in the bottom half of the inning on an infield error off the bat of Leiter and then an infield hit by Agbayani. Later, "The Captain" evened the score at 2-all, as Jeter hit a solo homer in the sixth. The Mets rode with Leiter until the cows came home, as the southpaw was still on the mound with two outs in the ninth inning, but Sojo delivered the final blow for the Yankees, hitting a go-ahead, two-run single, which knocked Leiter out of the game; he threw 142 pitches. Meanwhile, the Yankees got seven innings from Pettitte, who threw 129 pitches. Rivera closed out Game 5 for the Yankees in the bottom of the ninth, putting a bow on the first three-peat in MLB since the Oakland Athletics accomplished the feat from 1972-74, and it remains the sport's most recent three-peat. Jeter was the 2000 World Series MVP, as the Hall of Fame shortstop who's sixth in MLB history with 3,465 career hits went 9 for 22, hit two home runs and finished the series with a .409/.480/.864 slash line. Meanwhile, O'Neill finished the Subway Series with nine hits and posted a .474/.545/.789 slash line; Brosius finished with a .308/.389/.538 slash line; Martinez hit .364; Pettitte pitched a combined 13 innings over his two starts, recording a 1.98 ERA. For the Mets, Zeile had a team-high eight hits, while Piazza had two home runs and a series-high four RBIs; Leiter pitched a combined 15 innings. A five-game, best-of-seven series is what it is: a convincing series win for the victors. With that said, all five games in the Subway Series were decided by two or fewer runs, the Yankees out-scored the Mets 19-16, and it marks the only time that the two teams have squared off in the World Series. This was the closest thing the New York sports world has received since the Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants did battle in countless World Series before the Dodgers and Giants moved to the West Coast.