Red-Hot Pistons Outlast Nuggets

All Detroit starters in double digits in 98-93 victory
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 26, 2008 4:15 AM CST
Red-Hot Pistons Outlast Nuggets
Detroit Pistons forwards Tayshaun Prince, left, and Antonio McDyess, right, stop Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony as he goes up for a shot in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver, Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. The Pistons won 98-93. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)   (Associated Press)

Though the Nuggets put up more resistance than the Pistons may have expected, Detroit still had enough horsepower to win the 98-83 contest, the Free Press reports. Three Pistons scored 20 points and every starter hit double digits to make Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony's combined 51 points appear moot. Things did come down to the wire, though.

The Nuggets could have tied it up when Chauncey Billups fouled JR Smith on a three-point attempt with 6.5 seconds remaining, but Smith hit only one  bucket. Billups then got three free chances of his own, and nailed them all. "We always feel pretty decent about what's going to happen if we keep it close down the stretch," said the point guard. (More NBA stories.)

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