Ben Wallace News

The reeling Phoenix Suns hope to put the brakes on a four- game skid tonight when they entertain the Detroit Pistons at US Airways Center.

Tracy McGrady started in place of an ill Rodney Stuckey and the Pistons took advantage of an early injury to Kevin Garnett to beat Boston, 104-92, and send the Celtics to just their second loss in their last 17 games.

When, where: Tonight, 7:30, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. TV, radio: CSN, WEEI .

The Detroit Pistons’ all-time leading rebounders include two player with multiple Defensive Player of the Year Awards.

Things were going so well for Paul Silas in the first half that coaches around the NBA may have been considering going on their own five-year hiatuses.

WHAT HAPPENED: Carlos Boozer and Derrick Rose gave Chicago a hard-earned victory in overtime against the Pistons in a spirited game that was knotted at 85 in regulation and was not settled until the last, unsuccessful shot by Charlie Villanueva with 2 seconds left on the clock.

The Chicago Bulls hope to put a Christmas Day loss in New York behind them when they close out a three-game road trip tonight against the Central Division-rival Detroit Pistons from The Palace of Auburn Hills.

A career high six 3-pointers by Richard Hamilton Wednesday helped lift Detroit to a 115-93 win over Toronto.

Pistons coach John Kuester has an interesting challenge for the rest of the season.

As mentors go, Raptors rookie Ed Davis could do a lot worse than Ben Wallace. Wallace, of course, is a spectacular success story, having gone undrafted into the NBA via community college and then Virginia Union, the lone NCAA school interested in him.

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The Pistonsa TM 111-108 overtime victory against the Hornets on Sunday might not have been so dramatic if Detroit made more than 13-of-23 free throws.

Shaquille O’Neal will go down as one of the greatest pure “showmen” ever to play in professional sports.

The last time the Toronto Raptors faced the Detroit Pistons, they clawed out of a monstrous 25-point pit, which they had dug by halftime.

I flipped on Fox Sports Net the evening of Sept. 11, 2002, and the broadcast opened with news of the Pistons trading Jerry Stackhouse for Richard Hamilton .

The Pistons are going through a roster shakeup, they have one of the league’s worst records and they haven’t won back-to-back games in more than a month.

Published: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 9:26 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 9:26 a.m. The Toronto Raptors continue to be plagued by injuries and have struggled through most of December.

Pistons coach John Kuester was visibly drained after Detroit’s heart-pounding, 111-108 overtime victory over the New Orleans Hornets at the Palace on Sunday night.

Will Bynum’s driving layup with 7.4 seconds left in overtime helped the Detroit Pistons to a 111-108 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night.

I know people are freaking out that we took the Marcus banner down, but we are keeping it in a vault for the playoffs and have preserved its Mojo.

Jerryd Bayless hit a go-ahead three- pointer with 1:21 left in the game, as the Toronto Raptors overcame a 25-point deficit and beat Detroit, 120-116, at the Palace.

Decertification was the word on the labor front this week. Earlier in the week, the New York Times said a vote to authorize decertification of the NBA players union is under way, and the Sports Business Journal added that two teams have unanimously voted to authorize the move.

Detroit’s Richard Hamilton knew in the preseason he’d have a problem with the NBA’s new technical foul enforcement.

In case you’re wondering, yes, the Pistons are familiar with the work of Clippers rookie Blake Griffin, who has set the NBA on fire with his explosive plays.

Center Ben Wallace is the only Detroit Pistons player among the top 10 at his position in All-Star voting.

Although it’s not the only thing we do around here, Dan Feldman and I generally try and use both traditional and advanced statistics when we do any type of analysis.

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.

David Aldridge of NBA.com had this interesting note in his most recent column : But one mame that is eminently available is Memphis’s Hasheem Thabeet, who isn’t one of the ‘10 free agent signees but is getting shopped hard by the Grizzlies, who have their center of the future in Marc Gasol.

Most fans remember how Rockets forward Luis Scola tortured the Pistons for 35 points and 12 rebounds last week.

The Atlanta Hawks will begin a short road trip tonight against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills.