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Tayshuan Prince had 16 points and Rodney Stuckey scored 14 points, not nearly enough for Detroit to avoid their fourth loss in the past five games.

Last season, Charlie Villanueva struggled with injuries and inconsistency for the Detroit Pistons.

After absorbing a 37-point, 15-rebound beating from Amar’e Stoudemire in a double-overtime loss to New York on Sunday, the struggling Pistons now face a pair of big men who pose different problems: Dwight Howard tonight in Orlando, followed by Chris Bosh on Wednesday in Miami.

Where/when: Amway Center, Orlando, 7 p.m. TV: SUN; RADIO: AM 580 WDBO; Spanish language: AM 1070 WRLZ.

If I was Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars, I would do everything in my power to convince the L.A. Clippers to trade Chris Kaman for Tayshaun Prince’s expiring contract.

WHAT HAPPENED: One of the league’s best teams at defending beyond the three-point line at 28.8%, the Pistons gave up three consecutive threes, two by Danilo Gallinari and one by Wilson Chandler, in the second overtime to seal their fate as the winners opened up a 118-109 lead.

Theya TMre coming off an impressive a ‘ at least by their standards a ‘ win over the Bucks .

Jason Maxiell’s height and length limit his defensive impact against the NBA’s best power forwards such as Dirk Nowitzki.

Auburn Hills - When Pistons rookie Greg Monroe was planted firmly on the bench the first two games, fans and observers clamored for coach John Kuester to play him.

Perhaps the most unfair thing to happen to Rodney Stuckey during his NBA career has been the tendency to want to compare him to his predecessor, Chauncey Billups.

Rodney Stuckey scored 17 points and Ben Gordon added 16 as the Pistons beat the Kings, 100-94, tonight in Sacramento, Calif.

The Detroit Pistons’ Rodney Stuckey drives to the basket past the defense of Zach Randolph of the Grizzlies at FedExForum Wednesday night.

NOVEMBER 23: DeShawn Stevenson #92 of the Dallas Mavericks drives against the Detroit Pistons during a… Team Stat Comparison Detroit Dallas Points 84 88 FG Made-Attempted 31-73 30-78 3P Made-Attempted 3-8 6-20 FT Made-Attempted 19-26 22-27 Rebounds 11-46 10-42 Assists 11 21 Turnovers 15 8 Steals 1 7 Blocks 3 7 Fast Break Points 19 13 Fouls 19 24 …

Dirk Nowitzki had a season-high 42 points with 12 rebounds, carrying the Dallas Mavericks to an 88-84 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.

Richard Hamilton scored 12 of his 27 points in overtime in the Detroit Pistons’ 115-110 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night.

A phrase Pistons coach John Kuester commonly uses is, “Our margin for error is slim.”No phrase epitomizes his team’s last two losses.

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Ben Gordon is among the five Pistons on the All-Star ballot. It is no secret the Detroit Pistons are heavy on perimeter players and light on post players.

Greg Oden will miss yet another NBA season. We just recently found out that he will undergo his second microfracture surgery and it will cost him even more time.

When Greg Monroe racked up a pair of “DNP-Coach’s Decision” to start the season, there was some grumbling.

With the Pistons under .500 and the Lakers coming to town Wednesday, we thought it would be a good time to look back on happier days.

Ben Wallace has some advice for Sacramento rookie center DeMarcus Cousins. Remain cool and calm, and the world will be yours.

Rodney Stuckey has a lot of critics. But for all the attention he gets for what he is not, you could say one thing about him Sunday: He was better than last season’s rookie of the year, Tyreke Evans.

Rodney Stuckey scored 17 points and Ben Gordon added 16 as the Pistons beat the Kings, 100-94, tonight in Sacramento, Calif.

Tracy McGrady hasn’t approached the level of play that made him a seven-time All-Star. No 360-degree dunks, no 30-point outbursts.

There has been plenty of positive press about Charlie Villanueva’s start to the season, but he took his game to the next level against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.

Jamie Samuelsen, the sports director for the morning show on WCSX-FM , blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

Matt Moore asked me to record an audio essay on “The Rise and Fall of Joe Dumars” for Voice on the Floor .

Losing is going to cause this sort of thing, but CBS Sports’ Ben Golliver quickly noticed something about the Pistons before, during and after their loss to Portland Tuesday: as Golliver put it, they play like ‘two halves of a team.’ Of course, that’s nothing new to people who have been watching the team the past two seasons as young players …

AT ROSE GARDEN, PORTLAND, ORE. WHAT HAPPENED: Pistons coach John Kuester and Tayshaun Prince both talked of how the first game of a long trip can set the tone for the entire trip.