NBA Game Summary - Golden State at Detroit
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(Friday, March 6th)

Final Score: Detroit 108, Golden State 91

Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) - Richard Hamilton poured in 22 points to lead the Detroit Pistons in a 108-91 rout of the Golden State Warriors at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Tayshaun Prince and Jason Maxiell scored 16 points apiece for Detroit, which has won four straight games following its longest losing streak in 14 years (eight games).

Rodney Stuckey had 14 points and eight assists while Will Bynum recorded 13 points in the win.

Jamal Crawford donated 25 points and eight helpers for the Warriors, who lost their second straight and sixth in eight tries. Marco Belinelli and Anthony Morrow ended with 13 points each.

The Pistons closed the first quarter on a 20-4 run en route to a 33-16 lead after the first 12 minutes. Stuckey sparked the surge with a pair of free throws, Prince followed with a layup before Hamilton added a three-pointer.

Detroit kept at it in the second and stretched the surge to 26-4, giving the home team a 39-16 lead on Stuckey's fadeaway bucket with nine minutes left in the frame.

The Pistons built up a 63-40 advantage at the break.

Golden State's deficit hovered around 20 during the third period and the Warriors fell behind 85-66 heading into the fourth. The Pistons' lead never dipped below 15 points over the final 12 minutes.

Game Notes

Detroit's 33 first-quarter points were a season high...Maxiell also grabbed nine rebounds and Pri3 20 1 2 1 0 106 7.5 D 71 Patrice Brisebois 52 5 11 16 -1 19 4 0 1 0 56 8.9 D 26 Josh Gorges 64 3 13 16 11 31 1 0 0 0 51 5.9 C 15 Glen Metropolit 59 4 10 14 -3 19 1 0 0 0 68 5.9 LW 67 Max Pacioretty 28 3 7 10 -1 21 1 0 0 0 46 6.5 D 51 Francis Bouillon 54 5 4 9 0 44 2.3 RW 25 Mathieu Dandenault 28 2 4 6 3 9 0 0 0 0 32 6.3 D 3 Ryan O`Byrne 30 0 3 3 -4 36 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 C 28 Kyle Chipchura 13 0 3 3 -6 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 RW 17 Georges Laraque 28 0 2 2 -5 52 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 G 31 Carey Price 40 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 D 33 Doug Janik 13 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 LW 70 Gregory Stewart 11 0 1 1 -3 14 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 C 80 Ben Maxwell 7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 G 41 Jaroslav HaBC-BXP+J10:J15* 5 1 3R 1:44

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