Pistons&#39; defense puts brakes on Timberwolves
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Chauncey Billups scored 15 of his 21 points in the third quarter and the Detroit Pistons rallied past the Minnesota Timberwolves, 93-85, last night.
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Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and the Detroit Pistons advanced to the National Basketball Association semi-finals here with a 79-61 victory over Cleveland.
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(Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves found themselves on the wrong end of a 100-87 decision against the New York Knicks on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.
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Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed  Wallace received an automatic one-game suspension after  receiving his 16th technical foul of the season, the NBA said  Saturday.
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Lenny Wilkens still isn&#39;t ready to write off Allan Houston for the regular-season opener Nov. 3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but with only two preseason games remaining
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NEW ORLEANS The shock waves from the Motor City melee reverberated around the NBA and dominated the pregame thoughts of the Timberwolves on Saturday night as they prepared to play the New Orleans Hornets.
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Chris Webber made a putback with 2.2 seconds left and matched a season high with 21 points to lift the Detroit Pistons to a 95-93 win over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday. Following a timeout, Ben Gordon missed a 3-point shot just before the buzzer.
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(Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered their first loss of the season on Thursday, as they were handed a 94-92 overtime setback at the hands of the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center.
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Indeed, after Friday night&#39;s mayhem in Motown, Detroit Pistons fans can now clearly lay claim to be the biggest idiots in the sporting world, no easy achievment these days, and while many of them were apparently too dumb to realize they were being caught
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(Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a 99-88 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday at the United Center. Minnesota wasted a strong performance by Kevin Garnett, who netted 16 and grabbed a season-high 21 boards.
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Tayshaun Prince (11 points) is one seven Pistons in double figures Wednesday as Detroit improves to 17-2 against the Eastern Conference with a 106-93 victory over the Wizards at Verizon Center.
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Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves tacked on one more game to the suspension of center Michael Olowokandi, who was jailed early Thursday morning for refusing to leave an Indianapolis nightclub.
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The Pistons, unable to match the opponent&#39;s intensity level until they were facing a double-digit deficit and steadfastly refusing to make open jump shots (or layups, for
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SAN ANTONIO -- With big, bad Ben Wallace back in the lineup, the Detroit Pistons almost rallied from a big deficit for a big win. A bigger night from their big man might&#39;ve helped.
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Chauncey Billups scored 21 points in  his return to the line-up as the host Detroit Pistons also  welcomed back coach Larry Brown and Ben Wallace with a 93-85  triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday.
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This would be a good time for the Pistons to build a winning record as they try to regain their championship form. In the next eight days, they play four teams with losing or .500 records.
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AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- Ben Wallace and the Detroit Pistons displayed the type of suffocating defense that led them to the NBA title last season.