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				<title><![CDATA[Prince, Billups lead Pistons over Bucks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By JR Radcliffe
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The ice storm in Milwaukee on Saturday night 
was causing most of its havoc outside the walls of the Bradley 
Center, but inside the Milwaukee Bucks could not stop the skidding, 
either.

Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and the Detroit Pistons sent
the Bucks to their fourth straight loss in blowout fashion,
117-91.

Chauncey Billups finished with 18 points and Rasheed Wallace
added 15 for the Pistons, who seized a lead at the three-minute
mark in the first quarter and never rescinded their advantage.

"Right now, we're operating on all cylinders," Pistons coach
Flip Saunders said. "We're pretty efficient as far as
offensively.  To score as many points as we did and how
effective we were, considering we started out kind like the
weather the first six minutes - a little bit sloppy, lethargic
and a little ineffective - we played our way into it and really
started executing."

Milwaukee, which won five games in a row from November 14-24,
has lost all four of its chances since, including setbacks
against Philadelphia, Atlanta and New York.

"We disrespected three teams (during the losing streak), and the
fourth team we played tonight was a great team and they bit us
in the butt," Bucks center Andrew Bogut said. "It's not crisis
mode, we're not in panic mode, but we definitely didn't come out
and show those three teams respect and that really hurt us.
The passion we had against the Lakers (on November 21) when the
Bradley Center was sold out, we didn't carry that over."

Prince, who scored 12 points in the first half, hit a 3-pointer
in the final seconds of the second quarter to give the Pistons a
56-42 edge into the locker room.  Prince hit another long-range
shot to open the scoring in the third quarter as Detroit
cruised in the second half.

"You could see they were a little bit tired," Saunders said.
"Especially after coming off a tough loss like they did last
night (against the New York Knicks) ... to our credit, we jumped
on it.  We didn't let them hang around."

The Pistons hit all 14 of their free throws in the first 24
minutes, while the Bucks made just 4-of-9.

Milwaukee did have 12 assists in the first half after recording
just 12 for the entire game in a loss one night earlier against
the New York Knicks, but Detroit manhandled Milwaukee in
rebounding for the half, 25-14.

"Our defense was great from the start of the game, as far as
helping each other, rotating," Prince said. "Whenever you play
aggressive defense to where all five guys are helping each
other, it creates better things on offense.  In the past, we've
had trouble in Milwaukee games as far as offensive rebounds and
being so aggressive defensively."

Billups converted on a three-point play with under 30 seconds to
play in the third quarter, then picked up the assist on a
3-pointer from Prince, who gave Detroit its biggest lead of the
night at 84-65 after three quarters.  Billups had eight points
and five assists in the third, and the Pistons did not turn the
ball over once during the frame.

"That was a big quarter for our team," Billups said. "We were up
14 at half and we knew if we jumped on the first five minutes,
we should be alright.  We just had it going, man."

With the Pistons emptying their bench in the fourth quarter,
reserve guard Ronald Murray took it upon himself to increase the
lead, scoring all 16 of his points in the quarter, including a
layup with 2:16 left in the game that gave Detroit a 111-82
advantage for its biggest lead of the game.

The Bucks were led by Bobby Simmons and Charlie Villanueva with
13 points each.

"In order to win and be successful and be a championship team,
you've got to be consistent in your play," Bucks guard Michael
Redd said. "We have not done that and I don't want this
spiraling down to where it was last year - the atmosphere of
losing in the Milwaukee Bucks organization.  We want to breed
winning.  You lose four games in a row, you have to soul-search
yourself."

Milwaukee's Dan Gadzuric left the game in the first quarter with
a bloody nose and did not return after being taken to the
locker room.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:30:13 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pistons visit slumping Bucks]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Detroit (9-5) at Milwaukee (7-7)                   8:30 pm EST

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) - The Detroit Pistons attempt to extend the
struggles of the Milwaukee Bucks when the teams meet Saturday.

Richard Hamilton scored 19 points to lead a balanced attack as
Detroit registered its third win in four tries with an easy
109-74 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.

Pistons veteran Rasheed Wallace returned to the court after
missing the last two games with an injured knee, collecting nine
points and eight rebounds in 25 minutes.

The Bucks continued their recent struggles on Friday, dropping a
91-88 decision to the lackluster New York Knicks at Madison
Square Garden.  Michael Redd led the way with 27 points for the
Bucks, who have lost a season-high three straight games.

"I'm speechless," said Redd, who passed Terry Cummings for ninth
place on the franchise's all-time scoring list. "I'm more
speechless about us losing three in a row, not that we lost to
the Knicks."

Milwaukee first-round pick Yi Jianlian has only reached double
figures twice since doing so four straight games from November 3
to 11.  He's averaging 9.0 points during this three-game slide.

The Pistons have won three of the last four trips to the Bradley
Center, but are just 30-66 all-time on the road in the series.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:25:23 GMT</pubDate>
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