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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- One streak ended, and one kept right on going. The Detroit Pistons snapped an 11-game road losing streak Sunday with a 101-99 victory in Vancouver, while the Grizzlies lost for a season-high 12th straight time. Detroit's dynamic duo of Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse combined for 54 points as the Pistons won on the road for the first time since a 112-107 victory at Washington on Jan. 15. Hill had 31 points for the Pistons, and Stackhouse finished one point under his average with 23. Jerome Williams added 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Detroit's interim coach, George Irvine, won the team's first away game since he took over from Alvin Gentry. Irvine is 5-2 overall. "It helps a lot to have Grant Hill and Stackhouse in the lineup," Irvine said. "They're terrific players and they're doing it at both ends. They're really working hard defensively and obviously they can score points." "It's nice just to get a victory on the road," said Stackhouse, who scored over 20 points for the 49th time this season. "It seems like it's been awhile since we've had one. So coming in and establishing ourselves early on this road trip is huge." The Pistons finish their five-game western swing with games at Seattle, Portland, Sacramento and the L.A. Clippers. The Grizzlies, led by Michael Dickerson's 24 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim's 22, haven't won a game of any sort since Feb. 26, when they beat Sacramento at home 102-90. Vancouver (18-49) remains one victory shy of the franchise season record. The Grizzlies outshot Detroit from the field and 3-point line and outrebounded the Pistons 38-27. But the miscues hurt them. "Stats can be misleading," said Vancouver coach Lionel Hollins, who is 14-31 since taking over from Brian Hill in December. "There's one stat that stands out in my mind and that's the 28 turnovers. That was the difference in the basketball game from the offensive perspective. From the defensive perspective, there was Jerome Williams on the offensive glass. He was a one-man rebounding machine." Every Vancouver player who saw action had at least two turnovers -- Mike Bibby leading the way with seven. The Pistons committed 19 turnovers themselves. "We made some mistakes," said Hill, who had three turnovers in 41 minutes. "But I think overall when we did make mistakes, we covered it up and played well and helped each other. It was just good for our confidence to get a win on the road." The Pistons erased a 16-point second-quarter deficit in recording only their ninth road win of the season against 21 losses. Vancouver is 9-23 at home. "It looked like we started out sluggish," said Stackhouse, "but they just started off shooting the ball really well. The third quarter, we picked up our intensity, got us a little distance, but they didn't quit in the fourth." Detroit led by 10 with 2:28 remaining, but an Abdur-Rahim 3-pointer with seven seconds left cut the Piston's lead to just two. After a Detroit turnover, the Grizzlies, who had no timeouts left, could manage only Dickerson's halfcourt shot at the buzzer -- and it wasn't close. This was the second of nine straight home games for Vancouver, the longest home stand in club history. Game notesMarch Madness means something different for the Grizzlies. In its five-year history, Vancouver has a 5-69 record in March. ... Detroit leads the all-time series against Vancouver 6-2. ... Grizzlies swingman Doug West (left foot) did not dress for the game. He's listed as day-to-day. | ALSO SEE NBA Scoreboard Detroit Clubhouse Vancouver Clubhouse RECAPS LA Lakers 92 New York 85
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