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Saturday, Mar. 25 10:30pm ET
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jerry Stackhouse scored 31 points and the Detroit Pistons breezed to a 126-107 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. Lindsey Hunter had 20 points and Grant Hill added 19 for the Pistons, who beat the Clippers for the eighth straight time and improved to 8-3 since George Irvine replaced Alvin Gentry as coach. Detroit remains a game behind Charlotte for sixth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The victory increased the lead over Orlando to 3½ games for seventh place. Tyrone Nesby scored 22 points and Michael Olowokandi and Eric Piatkowski had 21 each for the Clippers, who have lost seven straight. The Clippers were down to nine healthy players. Their top two scorers, Maurice Taylor (ankle) and rookie Lamar Odom (leg) sat out and backup center Keith Closs was a late scratch after experiencing an asthma attack during warmups. Trailing by as many as 24 points with less than four minutes left in the second quarter, the Clippers got as close as 77-66 with a 14-7 run capped by Piatkowski's two free throws with 7:22 left in the third. Hunter, who made eight of his first nine shots, responded with a 3-pointer 18 seconds later and the Pistons increased the margin to 98-83 on a dunk at the buzzer by Stackhouse. Los Angeles got no closer than 15 points in the fourth quarter. Game notesDetroit forward Loy Vaught, who led the Clippers in scoring for three consecutive seasons and in rebounding for four straight years, has played in only 74 of 119 games since joining the Pistons in January 1999 as a free agent. Vaught, who has played at least 73 games in each of his seven NBA seasons, was scoreless in six minutes. ... The Clippers are the only team in the league this season that has not played an overtime game. ... The Pistons have only five road victories this season against Western Conference teams, four during this five-game trip. ... The Clippers are 2-43 when they've trailed at halftime, 0-16 at home. | ALSO SEE NBA Scoreboard Detroit Clubhouse LA Clippers Clubhouse RECAPS Charlotte 86 Atlanta 70
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