Detroit Pistons News

The pupil meets his mentor. John Kuester was an assistant for Larry Brown seven seasons, on staffs in Detroit and Philadelphia.

What gives? Is it the turn-down service at the team hotel? The mints left on his pillow? "I don't know," Speights said.

Coming into this season, it was expected that the Pistons would be a running team that would threaten to score 100 points on a nightly basis.

Michael Curry made me feel stupid . a oeI think Joe was madder than anybody else about us losing all those Sunday games, and usually that has something to do with what you were doing Saturday night,a Curry told the Detroit Free Press after the season.

With 7 of the next 8 games on the road against the West, it was mucho important the Raptors get this one against the Pistons.

In the spring, Detroit's new head coach, John Kuester, was rumored to be a possible candidate for the Sixers' head coaching vacancy.

Ben Gordon had 23 points and knocked down a trio of three-pointers, as the Pistons defeated the 76ers, 88-81. Charlie Villanueva notched 16 points and Rodney Stuckey 13 for the Pistons, who had lost two in a row and four of five since a season-opening win against Memphis.

Will Bynum grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and dished out a season-high eight assists as the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 88-81. It was bound to happen.

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Allen Iverson #1 of the Detroit Pistons looks on while playing the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 22, 2009 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Eastern Conference rivals meet in the Motor City Sunday when the banged-up Pistons play host to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Douglas-Roberts had started every game for the struggling Nets until missing a loss at Philadelphia on Friday with flu-like symptoms.

Tayshaun Prince will be out of the Pistons lineup indefinitely with a ruptured disc in his back.

How badly are the Pistons missing Rip Hamilton? Young, Black and Fabulous : You probably heard Jason Maxiell got married over the summer.

He barely qualifies as Piston-related, but Chase Budinger, who was drafted by Detroit in the second round and immediately shipped to Houston, has made quite the impression so far.

Ita s now three games into the season and the Pistons are 1-2. This isna t as bad as it sounds, as the two losses came when the Pistons' leading scorer for the past seven seasons, Richard Hamilton, was riding the pine.

Jamie Samuelsen, the sports director for the 'Deminski & Doyle' morning show on WCSX-FM , blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

The Orlando Magic look to avenge their only loss of the season to the Detroit Pistons this evening, when the two clubs change scenes and square off at Amway Arena.

It was a shot Jose Calderon needed to fall. With the Toronto Raptors having just given away a 17-point lead to the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, the ball found its way to Calderon, the team's struggling point guard.

It didn't take long for former Piston Deron Washington to find a new job. He was selected third overall in tonight's D-League draft by the Los Angeles Defenders.