SB Nation Detroit - With The Help Of Chauncey Billups, Nuggets Defeat Pistons At Palace For First Time Since 1995https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2011-01-26T22:48:42-05:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/17222812011-01-26T22:48:42-05:002011-01-26T22:48:42-05:00Chauncey Billups Scores 26 As Nuggets Beat Pistons At Palace, 109-100, For First Time In 15 Years
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Auburn Hills, MI (<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/events/64582/recap?article_id=138255" target="_blank">Sports Network</a>) - Chauncey Billups scored 26 and hit four big three-pointers in the final three-plus minutes, helping the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Nuggets</a> snap a 14-game road skid against the <a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Pistons</a> with a 109-100 victory at the Palace of Auburn Hills.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Billups, who spent six full seasons with the Pistons, had 14 points in the last quarter, assisting Denver to its first away victory over Detroit since March 10, 1995. The veteran guard finished the game 6-of-9 from beyond the arc.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Carmelo Anthony filled the stat sheet with 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Nuggets, who have won three in a row overall and seven of their last nine games. Arron Afflalo ended with 17 points, followed by 13 for Shelden Williams and 10 from Al Harrington.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Will Bynum scored all but two of his 19 points in the last quarter for the Pistons, who had won their previous two contests. Ben Gordon scored 15, while Tracy McGrady ended with 14 points, eight assists and six boards. Greg Monroe also scored 14 in defeat.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Pistons played the final three quarters without guard Rodney Stuckey, who sustained a right shoulder contusion. He was on defense when he ran into the shoulder of Denver's Carmelo Anthony, who was setting a screen. The injury occurred with 1:37 left in the opening quarter. X-rays taken on Stuckey's shoulder were negative.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Harrington's three-pointer widened Denver's lead to 85-76 early in the fourth, but the Pistons rallied to within one, the last time with 3:15 left at 92-91 on a Bynum layup. Billups, though, took over by responding with a three- ball with 3:01 left, and Anthony added a three-point play for a 98-91 cushion.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Bynum's layup had Detroit within five with 1:28 to go, but Billups stemmed the tide with a dagger from the top of the arc for a 103-95 difference. He added two more long distance shots to seal the victory.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Williams scored 10 points in the opening quarter, helping Denver to a 29-24 lead after 12 minutes, this despite the Nuggets giving up the game's first nine points. Denver was up by as many as 13 in the second before going to the half with a 56-50 edge. The visitors were ahead 80-74 going to the fourth.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Charlie Villanueva, who missed the previous two games due to a sprained left ankle, had 11 points for the Pistons...Detroit guard Richard Hamilton sat out ninth straight game, this time due to the flu...Nuggets center Nene was sidelined because of a calf injury. It was the first game he missed since December 29 and only the fifth time he has been sidelined this season...Tayshaun Prince scored 10 for the Pistons.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/detroit-pistons/2011/1/26/1958702/chauncey-billups-scores-26-as-nuggets-beat-pistons-at-palace-109-100Packey2011-01-26T21:28:46-05:002011-01-26T21:28:46-05:00Rodney Stuckey Leaves Game With Shoulder Injury
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<p><span>Rodney Stuckey</span> collided with <span>Carmelo Anthony</span> in the first half of Wednesday’s game and had to exit early with an apparent shoulder injury.</p>
<p>According to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/">Pistons</a> an x-ray on his right shoulder was negative, but his return to this game is doubtful.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/detroit-pistons/2011/1/26/1958588/rodney-stuckey-injuryPackey2011-01-26T18:20:45-05:002011-01-26T18:20:45-05:00Anthony, Billups and Hamilton All In Same Building As Pistons Host Nuggets
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<p>(<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nba/events/64582/preview?article_id=138190">Sports Network</a>) - The <a href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Detroit Pistons</a> will shoot for their 15th consecutive home win over the <a href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Denver Nuggets</a> when the two teams tangle at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Denver hasn't won at Detroit since March 10, 1995.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Pistons</a> earned their second straight win in Orlando on Monday when the trio of <a href="../../nba/players/21691/tayshaun-prince" class="sbn-auto-link">Tayshaun Prince</a>, <a href="../../nba/players/21783/tracy-mcgrady" class="sbn-auto-link">Tracy McGrady</a> and <a href="../../nba/players/71915/austin-daye" class="sbn-auto-link">Austin Daye</a> each scored 20 points as Detroit took an early lead and held on late, topping the <a href="https://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Magic</a>, 103-96, at Amway Center.</p>
<p><a href="../../nba/players/24210/rodney-stuckey" class="sbn-auto-link">Rodney Stuckey</a> and <a href="../../nba/players/21810/ben-gordon" class="sbn-auto-link">Ben Gordon</a> both contributed 16 points to round out the Pistons scoring, and <a href="../../nba/players/21803/ben-wallace" class="sbn-auto-link">Ben Wallace</a> grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds in a reserve role. The resurgent Pistons have now won five of their last seven overall since they inserted McGrady into the starting lineup at point guard.</p>
<p>"It was a total team effort," Pistons coach <a href="../../nba/players/98712/john-kuester" class="sbn-auto-link">John Kuester</a> said. "The starters did a great job, and the guys that came off of the bench did a phenomenal job."</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Nuggets</a>, meanwhile, won their second straight when they took the opener of a five-game road trip in the nation's capital on Tuesday. Carmelo Anthony finished with 23 points and seven rebounds in that one as Denver halted a three-game skid away from the Rockies by topping the <a href="https://www.bulletsforever.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Washington Wizards</a>, 120-109, at Verizon Center.</p>
<p>Nene and <a href="../../nba/players/21703/al-harrington" class="sbn-auto-link">Al Harrington</a> both chipped in 21 points while <a href="../../nba/players/24211/arron-afflalo" class="sbn-auto-link">Arron Afflalo</a> added 18 points for Denver, which will also visit Cleveland, Philadelphia and New Jersey on its trek. <a href="../../nba/players/71918/ty-lawson" class="sbn-auto-link">Ty Lawson</a> and <a href="../../nba/players/21686/chauncey-billups" class="sbn-auto-link">Chauncey Billups</a> finished with 17 and 15 points, respectively.</p>
<p>"Tonight was a big game for us," Anthony said. "We have been losing games but I don't think we are far from winning games on the road. It's a big step for us to come in here and win this game tonight."</p>
<p>High-scoring forward <a href="../../nba/players/21499/j-r-smith" class="sbn-auto-link">J.R. Smith</a> was benched against the <a href="https://www.bulletsforever.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Wizards</a> after showing up late for the team's shootaround but should return tonight.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2011/1/26/2328732/anthony-billups-and-hamilton-all-in-same-building-as-pistons-hostIan Casselberry