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NBA: NEW JERSEY (8-8) at DETROIT (10-5)

<h3>Red-hot Pistons set to host Nets</h3>

New Jersey (8-8) at Detroit (10-5), 6:00 pm EST


AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) - The Detroit Pistons look tocontinue their hot play Sunday when they face the New JerseyNets.


The Pistons coasted to a 117-91 victory over the Milwaukee Buckson Saturday, marking he second consecutive game in which theyhave beaten their opponent by at least 25 points. Detroit beatthe Cleveland Cavaliers, 109-74, on Wednesday.


At the heart of their effectiveness is the Pistons' ability toprotect the basketball, as they have committed 12 or fewerturnovers in six straight games and are holding opponents to aleague-low 11.7 points off turnovers.


Detroit has also enjoyed a two straight games during which itsfield goal percentage has been above 50 percent.


The Nets also are playing well of late, having won four of theirpast five games to pull back to .500. They earned ahard-fought 94-92 overtime victory over the the Philadelphia76ers on Saturday behind 24 points from swingman Vince Carter,who is settling nicely into his new role as the team's sixthman.


Richard Jefferson is enjoying his best season for New Jersey,averaging a career-high 25.2 points and shooting nearly 39percent from the arc.

 

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<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY AT DETROIT - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


NEW JERSEY DETROIT

F Richard Jefferson F Tayshaun Prince
F Malik Allen F Antonio McDyess
C Jason Collins C Rasheed Wallace
G Antoine Wright G Richard Hamilton
G Jason Kidd G Chauncey Billups

OFFICIALS: Joe Crawford
Derrick Stafford
Sean Wright</div>

 

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NEW JERSEY DETROIT

PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON
M WILLIAMS FOOT INJURY R STUCKEY HAND INJURY</div>

 

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VC aint startin'?..Fuck frank.</p>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 5
DETROIT 4 8:34 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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DETROIT 15 5:26 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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DETROIT 19 2:42 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 27
DETROIT 27 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 27 27
DETROIT 27 27 END 1ST QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER

NJN - VINCE CARTER 9, JASON KIDD 6, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 4
DET - RICHARD HAMILTON 9, RASHEED WALLACE 7,
JASON MAXIELL 4</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 27
DETROIT 33 8:39 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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DETROIT 37 6:04 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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DETROIT 44 2:36 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 44
DETROIT 54 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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NEW JERSEY 27 17 44
DETROIT 27 27 54 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

NJN - VINCE CARTER 9, RICHARD JEFFERSON 9, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 6
DET - RICHARD HAMILTON 13, JASON MAXIELL 12,
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS 8</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 52
DETROIT 65 8:29 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 57
DETROIT 72 5:32 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW JERSEY 27 17 23 67
DETROIT 27 27 33 87 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

NJN - VINCE CARTER 22, RICHARD JEFFERSON 15,
MALIK ALLEN 10
DET - CHAUNCEY BILLUPS 18, RICHARD HAMILTON
17, JASON MAXIELL 14</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 84
DETROIT 105 5:43 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 88
DETROIT 107 2:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW JERSEY 95
DETROIT 118 FINAL</div>

 

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<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
NEW JERSEY 95
DETROIT 118 FINAL</div>

 

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AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- Richard Hamilton made surethe New Jersey Nets kept singing the Motown blues.

Hamilton scored 19 points to lead a balanced attack as theDetroit Pistons breezed to a 118-95 victory over the Nets onSunday night.


Chauncey Billups collected 18 points and nine assists and JasonMaxiell had 18 and 11 rebounds for Detroit, which has won threestraight games here against New Jersey.


The Nets fell to just 6-39 on the road in the series dating backto the 1985-86 campaign.


Tied at 27-27 after one quarter, the Pistons pulled away in thesecond behind a 10-4 surge to close out the first half en routeto a 54-44 advantage at intermission.


Detroit continued to add to its cushion with an 11-0 burst tofinish the third, extending the lead to 87-67 heading into thefinal period.


Antonio McDyess and Rasheed Wallace poured in 12 points apieceto help the Pistons captured their fifth win in six tries sincedropping back-to-back games to Dallas and Sacramento.

Vince Carter poured in 22 points and Richard Jefferson chippedin 21 for the Nets, who shot 45 percent (35-of-77) from thefield


New Jersey's Jason Kidd handed out a season-high 16 assists. Itwas the 12th time this season the veteran floor general reacheddouble figures in assists.

 

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<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (95) AT DETROIT (118)

NEW JERSEY

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R JEFFERSON F 34:57 6-13 9-10 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 21
M ALLEN F 24:00 5-8 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 10
J COLLINS C 26:12 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 4
V CARTER 29:04 9-16 2-2 0 1 1 3 4 1 2 22
J KIDD G 34:11 2-6 0-0 1 6 7 16 1 3 2 6
A WRIGHT G 29:53 3-12 0-0 4 1 5 1 1 0 0 6
S WILLIAMS 19:10 1-4 4-4 3 5 8 3 3 1 3 6
B NACHBAR 16:34 4-8 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11
E GILL 9:40 1-2 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 5
J BOONE 16:19 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 4

TOTALS 240:00 35-77 20-21 12 22 34 28 23 7 13 95
(.455) (.952) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 13 (0 PTS)

DETROIT

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

T PRINCE F 25:57 4-9 0-0 1 1 2 5 0 0 1 8
A MCDYESS F 24:41 5-5 2-2 1 5 6 0 3 0 1 12
R WALLACE C 29:34 5-9 0-2 1 5 6 2 1 2 0 12
R HAMILTON G 34:14 8-12 2-2 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 19
C BILLUPS G 31:03 4-7 8-9 0 3 3 9 1 0 2 18
J MAXIELL 26:07 6-10 6-10 6 5 11 1 1 0 0 18
J HAYES 22:03 7-13 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 14
L HUNTER 5:28 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
A AFFLALO 13:46 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
R MURRAY 11:29 3-7 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 7
A JOHNSON 9:55 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 2
N MOHAMMED 5:43 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 45-80 22-29 14 24 38 26 17 4 8 118
(.563) (.759) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 8 (0 PTS)

NEW JERSEY 27 17 23 28 - 95
DETROIT 27 27 33 31 - 118

BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - A WRIGHT 2. DETROIT - J MAXIELL 3, R WALLACE 2,
A MCDYESS, J HAYES.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 5-18 (.278), R JEFFERSON 0-2, M ALLEN 0-
1, V CARTER 2-6, J KIDD 2-4, A WRIGHT 0-3, B NACHBAR 1-2. DETROIT 6-
19 (.316), T PRINCE 0-1, R WALLACE 2-6, R HAMILTON 1-1, C BILLUPS 2-
4, J HAYES 0-1, L HUNTER 0-3, A AFFLALO 0-1, R MURRAY 1-2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DERRICK STAFFORD, JOE CRAWFORD, SEAN WRIGHT.
A - N/A. T - N/A.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (95)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Jefferson 34:57 6-13 9-10 1-5 1 4 21
M Allen 24:00 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 2 10
J Collins 26:12 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4
V Carter 29:04 9-16 2-2 0-1 3 4 22
J Kidd 34:11 2-6 0-0 1-7 16 1 6
A Wright 29:53 3-12 0-0 4-5 1 1 6
S Williams 19:10 1-4 4-4 3-8 3 3 6
B Nachbar 16:34 4-8 2-2 0-1 0 2 11
E Gill 9:40 1-2 3-3 0-1 0 0 5
J Boone 16:19 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-77 20-21 12-34 28 23 95
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.455, FT-.952. 3-Point Goals:
5-18, .278 (R Jefferson 0-2, M Allen 0-1, V
Carter 2-6, J Kidd 2-4, A Wright 0-3, B
Nachbar 1-2). Team Rebounds: 5. Blocked
Shots:2 (A Wright 2). Turnovers:13 (S
Williams 3, J Kidd 2, V Carter 2, M Allen 2,
E Gill 2, B Nachbar, J Boone). Steals: 7 (J
Kidd 3, V Carter, R Jefferson, J Boone, S
Williams).


DETROIT (118)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
T Prince 25:57 4-9 0-0 1-2 5 0 8
A McDyess 24:41 5-5 2-2 1-6 0 3 12
R Wallace 29:34 5-9 0-2 1-6 2 1 12
R Hamilton 34:14 8-12 2-2 0-0 2 3 19
C Billups 31:03 4-7 8-9 0-3 9 1 18
J Maxiell 26:07 6-10 6-10 6-11 1 1 18
J Hayes 22:03 7-13 0-0 1-3 1 0 14
L Hunter 5:28 0-3 2-2 0-0 1 1 2
A Afflalo 13:46 1-2 2-2 1-1 0 1 4
R Murray 11:29 3-7 0-0 1-2 4 0 7
A Johnson 9:55 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 5 2
N Mohammed 5:43 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 2

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TOTALS 240:00 45-80 22-29 14-38 26 17 118
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Percentages: FG-.563, FT-.759. 3-Point Goals:
6-19, .316 (T Prince 0-1, R Wallace 2-6, R
Hamilton 1-1, C Billups 2-4, J Hayes 0-1, L
Hunter 0-3, A Afflalo 0-1, R Murray 1-2).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:7 (J Maxiell
3, R Wallace 2, A McDyess, J Hayes).
Turnovers:8 (C Billups 2, R Murray 2, A
McDyess, A Johnson, R Hamilton, T Prince).
Steals: 4 (R Wallace 2, R Hamilton, R
Murray).

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NEW JERSEY 27 17 23 28 - 95
DETROIT 27 27 33 31 - 118
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Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: N/A. T: N/A.
Officials: Derrick Stafford, Joe Crawford,
Sean Wright.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (95) AT DETROIT (118)

NEW JERSEY

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R JEFFERSON F 34:56 6-13 9-10 1 4 5 1 4 1 0 21
M ALLEN F 24:01 5-8 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 10
J COLLINS C 26:10 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 4
V CARTER 29:03 9-16 2-2 0 1 1 3 4 1 2 22
J KIDD G 34:11 2-6 0-0 1 6 7 16 1 3 2 6
A WRIGHT G 29:53 3-12 0-0 4 1 5 1 1 0 0 6
S WILLIAMS 19:11 1-4 4-4 3 5 8 3 3 1 3 6
B NACHBAR 16:34 4-8 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11
E GILL 9:41 1-2 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 5
J BOONE 16:20 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 4

TOTALS 240:00 35-77 20-21 12 22 34 28 23 7 13 95
(.455) (.952) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 13 (16 PTS)

DETROIT

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

T PRINCE F 25:57 4-9 0-0 1 1 2 5 0 0 1 8
A MCDYESS F 24:40 5-5 2-2 1 5 6 0 3 0 1 12
R WALLACE C 29:33 5-9 0-2 1 5 6 2 1 2 0 12
R HAMILTON G 34:14 8-12 2-2 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 19
C BILLUPS G 31:04 4-7 8-9 0 3 3 9 1 0 2 18
J MAXIELL 26:09 6-10 6-10 6 5 11 1 1 0 0 18
J HAYES 22:03 7-13 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 14
L HUNTER 5:27 0-3 2-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
A AFFLALO 13:46 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
R MURRAY 11:29 3-7 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 7
A JOHNSON 9:55 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 0 1 2
N MOHAMMED 5:43 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 45-80 22-29 14 24 38 26 17 4 8 118
(.563) (.759) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 8 (8 PTS)

NEW JERSEY 27 17 23 28 - 95
DETROIT 27 27 33 31 - 118

BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW JERSEY - A WRIGHT 2. DETROIT - J MAXIELL 3, R WALLACE 2,
A MCDYESS, J HAYES.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW JERSEY 5-18 (.278), R JEFFERSON 0-2, M ALLEN 0-
1, V CARTER 2-6, J KIDD 2-4, A WRIGHT 0-3, B NACHBAR 1-2. DETROIT 6-
19 (.316), T PRINCE 0-1, R WALLACE 2-6, R HAMILTON 1-1, C BILLUPS 2-
4, J HAYES 0-1, L HUNTER 0-3, A AFFLALO 0-1, R MURRAY 1-2.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NEW JERSEY - DEFENSIVE THREE, COACH FRANK, DEFENSIVE
THREE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DERRICK STAFFORD, JOE CRAWFORD, SEAN WRIGHT.
A - 22,076. T - 2:15.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NEW JERSEY (95)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Jefferson 34:56 6-13 9-10 1-5 1 4 21
M Allen 24:01 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 2 10
J Collins 26:10 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4
V Carter 29:03 9-16 2-2 0-1 3 4 22
J Kidd 34:11 2-6 0-0 1-7 16 1 6
A Wright 29:53 3-12 0-0 4-5 1 1 6
S Williams 19:11 1-4 4-4 3-8 3 3 6
B Nachbar 16:34 4-8 2-2 0-1 0 2 11
E Gill 9:41 1-2 3-3 0-1 0 0 5
J Boone 16:20 2-4 0-0 1-2 1 3 4

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-77 20-21 12-34 28 23 95
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Percentages: FG-.455, FT-.952. 3-Point Goals:
5-18, .278 (R Jefferson 0-2, M Allen 0-1, V
Carter 2-6, J Kidd 2-4, A Wright 0-3, B
Nachbar 1-2). Team Rebounds: 5. Blocked
Shots:2 (A Wright 2). Turnovers:13 (S
Williams 3, J Kidd 2, V Carter 2, M Allen 2,
E Gill 2, B Nachbar, J Boone). Steals: 7 (J
Kidd 3, V Carter, R Jefferson, J Boone, S
Williams).


DETROIT (118)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
T Prince 25:57 4-9 0-0 1-2 5 0 8
A McDyess 24:40 5-5 2-2 1-6 0 3 12
R Wallace 29:33 5-9 0-2 1-6 2 1 12
R Hamilton 34:14 8-12 2-2 0-0 2 3 19
C Billups 31:04 4-7 8-9 0-3 9 1 18
J Maxiell 26:09 6-10 6-10 6-11 1 1 18
J Hayes 22:03 7-13 0-0 1-3 1 0 14
L Hunter 5:27 0-3 2-2 0-0 1 1 2
A Afflalo 13:46 1-2 2-2 1-1 0 1 4
R Murray 11:29 3-7 0-0 1-2 4 0 7
A Johnson 9:55 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 5 2
N Mohammed 5:43 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 2

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TOTALS 240:00 45-80 22-29 14-38 26 17 118
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.563, FT-.759. 3-Point Goals:
6-19, .316 (T Prince 0-1, R Wallace 2-6, R
Hamilton 1-1, C Billups 2-4, J Hayes 0-1, L
Hunter 0-3, A Afflalo 0-1, R Murray 1-2).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:7 (J Maxiell
3, R Wallace 2, A McDyess, J Hayes).
Turnovers:8 (C Billups 2, R Murray 2, A
McDyess, A Johnson, R Hamilton, T Prince).
Steals: 4 (R Wallace 2, R Hamilton, R
Murray).

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NEW JERSEY 27 17 23 28 - 95
DETROIT 27 27 33 31 - 118
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Technical fouls: New Jersey - 3 (Defensive
Three, 1:03 2nd; COACH Frank, 3:13 2nd;
Defensive Three, 1:43 3rd).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 22,076. T: 2:15.
Officials: Derrick Stafford, Joe Crawford,
Sean Wright.</div>

 

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AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- Richard Hamilton made surethe New Jersey Nets kept singing the Motown blues.

Hamilton scored 19 points to lead a balanced attack as theDetroit Pistons breezed to a 118-95 victory over the Nets onSunday night.


Chauncey Billups collected 18 points and nine assists and JasonMaxiell had 18 and 11 rebounds for Detroit, which has won threestraight games here against New Jersey.


Hamilton's performance was much-needed after scoring just eightpoints in Saturday's win at Milwaukee.


"(Hamilton) just did what he usually does," Billups said. "Whenhe's out there, he's the 'Energizer Bunny.' He shoots most ofour shots on our team and he's always going to make a lot morethan he misses. He was good."


Maxiell was a huge spark off the bench with starter AntonioMcDyess in early foul trouble.


"Max was big," Hamilton said. "He was huge. He's big every(game). He's going to come and play with a lot of energy likehe usually does. He made a lot of shots. He could have had alot more easy baskets, but he had bad hands tonight, and I toldhim that (jokingly), but he was excellent."


The Nets fell to just 6-39 on the road in the series dating backto the 1985-86 campaign.


Despite it being lopsided during the regular season, Billupsstill remembers the sting of being swept by the Nets in the 2003playoffs and being forced into a Game Seven the followingseason.


"My first year they swept us in the playoffs," Billups said."Since then, maybe we've had some good competitive battles withthem. We've pretty much played pretty good against everybody.I don't feel like we've just dominated them."


Tied at 27-27 after one quarter, the Pistons pulled away in thesecond behind a 10-4 surge to close out the first half en routeto a 54-44 advantage at intermission.


Detroit continued to add to its cushion with an 11-0 burst tofinish the third, extending the lead to 87-67 heading into thefinal period.


"We made some coverage mistakes in the third, and they made uspay," Nets coach Lawrence Frank said. "And when we did startgetting an offensive rhythm in the third, we could not get anystops. You need to bring your defense with you, especially onthe road and we just had too many breakdowns."


"We were playing against a very good team in Detroit," NewJersey guard Jason Kidd said. "At the end of the third quarter,10 goes to 20 and that was pretty much it. We didn't have anyanswers, and it seemed like they made every shot, and if theydidn't make it, they got the offensive rebound and that put usin the hole."


McDyess and Rasheed Wallace poured in 12 points apiece to helpthe Pistons captured their sixth win in seven tries sincedropping back-to-back games to Dallas and Sacramento.

Vince Carter poured in 22 points and Richard Jefferson chippedin 21 for the Nets, who shot 45 percent (35-of-77) from thefield


Kidd handed out a season-high 16 assists. It was the 12th timethis season the veteran floor general reached double figures inassists.