Rodney Stuckey

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Pistons don't know if Richard Hamilton will be healthy enough to play against the Celtics tonight in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. Detroit's leading scorer strained his right elbow in the final seconds of Boston's 106-102 win Wednesday night in Game 5. X-rays were negative, and Hamilton's arm was in a sling as he left TD Banknorth Garden. "If we had to play [yesterday], I don't think he'd play," said coach Flip Saunders, whose team didn't practice yesterday.

LeBron James scored 26 points, Chris Bosh finished with 22 points and nine rebounds, and the Miami Heat steadily pulled away to beat the Detroit Pistons 98-75 on Sunday night. James Jones scored 18 on 6-for-8 shooting from 3-point range for Miami, which played without Dwyane Wade for the 11th time this season. Wade sat out with right ankle soreness, which the team said was caused by an awkward landing on a missed dunk attempt against Memphis on Friday night. The Heat are now 10-1 when Wade is sidelined this season, and are 18-1 in their last 19 home games.

Austin Daye's two free throws with 3.1 seconds left gave the Detroit Pistons a 90-89 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night. Daye, who finished with 19 points, was fouled driving to the basket after the Pistons stole an inbounds pass with Cleveland holding an 89-88 lead. Luke Harangody missed a jumper for Cleveland at the buzzer. Rodney Stuckey, who re-signed with the Pistons last week, scored 15 points in his first action of the preseason. Omri Casspi had 18 points to lead the Cavaliers.

Danny Granger scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 103-98, Friday night in Indianapolis for their fourth straight win. Roy Hibbert had 21 points and 12 rebounds, David West scored 14 points, and Paul George added 8 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Pacers, who have won eight of 10. Kevin Durant scored 44 points for the Thunder. Russell Westbrook had 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 9 assists, but he shot 7 for 23 from the field as the Thunder lost their third consecutive game.

Brandon Jennings had 21 points, reserve Mike Dunleavy added a season-high 20 on 8-of-10 shooting and the Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 103-82 victory over the skidding Detroit Pistons on Monday night. Drew Gooden shot 7 of 9 and scored 16 points for Milwaukee, including seven straight early in the third quarter during a decisive 12-2 run to open the second half. Detroit, which has lost five straight and nine of 10, never led in falling to 4-18. Rodney Stuckey led the Pistons with 19 points, and Greg Monroe added 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Greg Monroe had 24 points and 16 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the New Orleans Hornets 89-87 Saturday night in a matchup of two of the NBA's worst teams. Rodney Stuckey added 17 for Detroit (6-20), which won consecutive games for the second time this season and had five scorers in double figures. New Orleans (4-20) lost its fifth straight. Trevor Ariza led the Hornets with 26. Both teams spent most of the game without their starting point guards. New Orleans' Jarrett Jack missed the game with a knee injury, while Pistons rookie Brandon Knight sustained a broken nose...

(not including last night's game) ■When, where: Tonight, 7:30, at TD Garden. ■TV, radio: CSN, WEEI (850, 93.7). ■Scoring: Greg Monroe 16.8, Ben Gordon 13.9, Rodney Stuckey 13.0. ■Rebounds: Monroe 9.9, Jonas Jerebko 5.3, Jason Maxiell 4.4. ■Assists: Stuckey 4.1, Brandon Knight 3.4, Walker Russell 3.1. ■Head to head: This is the second of three meetings. The Celtics won the first matchup, 96-85, Dec. 30. ■Miscellany: Former UConn star Charlie Villanueva will not play; he has been sidelined 23 games with a sore right ankle . . . . . . In...

Greg Monroe had 18 points and seven rebounds, Rodney Stuckey scored 15 points in his return from injury, and Ben Wallace made five key free throws down the stretch as the Detroit Pistons beat the Washington Wizards 99-94 Thursday night. Even with Monroe playing well, Pistons coach Lawrence Frank went with the 37-year-old Wallace down the stretch to help stop John Wall's penetration. The Wizards were missing Nene and Trevor Booker with foot injuries, but rallied from a 20-point deficit to pull within five late in the game.

Final: Pistons 96-81: An embarrassing loss for the Celtics that may prove that it could be time to rebuild this team. Detroit wins despite shooting 37.8 percent from the field. That's because the Celtics committed 24 turnovers and 31 personal fouls. Rajon Rondo got tossed for arguing a non-call and Kevin Garnett missed the game because of a family matter. Fourth quarter, 7:17, Pistons 81-66: The Celtics had their chances for a run but suddenly can't score while the Pistons are just running their offense and drawing fouls.

Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, his highest total in two months, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 89-80, Monday night without injured Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin to increase their lead for the final Eastern Conference playoff berth. Shortly after learning Stoudemire was lost indefinitely with a bulging disk in his back, the Knicks opened a 2 1/2-game lead over the Bucks. Baron Davis scored 13 points in his first start in place of Lin, who has a sore right knee.

Greg Monroe had 18 points and seven rebounds, Rodney Stuckey scored 15 points in his return from injury, and Ben Wallace made five key free throws down the stretch as the Detroit Pistons beat the Washington Wizards 99-94 Thursday night. Even with Monroe playing well, Pistons coach Lawrence Frank went with the 37-year-old Wallace down the stretch to help stop John Wall's penetration. The Wizards were missing Nene and Trevor Booker with foot injuries, but rallied from a 20-point deficit to pull within five late in the game.

Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points, Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and the New York Knicks defeated the Magic, 96-80, Thursday night in Orlando. J.R. Smith and Toney Douglas each added 15 points for the Knicks, who won for just the third time in their last 13 visits to Orlando. New York also hit 13 3-pointers. Jason Richardson scored 16 points and Glen Davis 15 to lead Orlando. The Magic's loss came on the heels of coach Stan Van Gundy's comments earlier in the day that included him saying he'd heard from top team officials that Dwight Howard has asked that he be...

Will Bynum's 3-pointer with 15.7 seconds left in regulation sent the game into overtime, and the Detroit Pistons went on to edge the Charlotte Bobcats 110-107 on Saturday night. The Bobcats led 93-85 with under 2:00 remaining before Detroit's Brandon Knight made a pair of 3-pointers and Bynum sank his tying shot from the left wing. Gerald Henderson had a great chance to win it for Charlotte, but his driving bank shot missed in the final seconds. Jonas Jerebko put the Pistons ahead 105-103 on a tip-in with 50.5 seconds left in overtime, and Detroit led 108-104 before Reggie Williams...

Tayshaun Prince matched a season high with 29 points and rookie Brandon Knight added 16 to help the Detroit Pistons beat Cleveland 87-75 on Wednesday night, handing the Cavaliers their fifth straight loss. Prince made all four 3-pointers and added eight rebounds for the Pistons, who closed with an 11-4 outburst after the Cavs closed within five. Rookie Kyrie Irving had 20 points with nine rebounds and six assists for Cleveland, which has dropped eight of nine and fallen completely out of the playoff race.

Rodney Stuckey scored half of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, including the winning 20-foot jumper with 0.2 seconds left, and the offensively-challenged Detroit Pistons ended a five-game losing streak by erasing a 13-point deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 79-77 Monday night. Detroit managed to win despite being held below 80 points for the third game in a row; that last happened to the Pistons in December 2003. Greg Monroe, who played home games on the Wizards' court while at Georgetown, had 10 points and 10 rebounds, including a putback...

Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, his highest total in two months, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 89-80, Monday night without injured Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin to increase their lead for the final Eastern Conference playoff berth. Shortly after learning Stoudemire was lost indefinitely with a bulging disk in his back, the Knicks opened a 2 1/2-game lead over the Bucks. Baron Davis scored 13 points in his first start in place of Lin, who has a sore right knee.

Deron Williams scored 21 of his 32 points in the second half and had 15 assists and eight rebounds, leading the Utah Jazz to a 120-111 victory last night in Salt Lake City that snapped Orlando’s six-game winning streak. Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and C.J. Miles added a season-high 22 points for the Jazz, coming off an embarrassing loss in Los Angeles the night before when they scored just 6 points in the fourth quarter against the Lakers. The Jazz survived a dreadful first half from the foul line and took control in the third quarter, outscoring the Magic, 38-21.

Rodney Stuckey scored a season-high 36 points and rookie Brandon Knight added 23 points and 10 assists as the Detroit Pistons rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 114-108 on Friday night. Tayshaun Prince finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, while Stuckey was 12 for 20 from the floor and 11 for 12 from the free-throw line. Detroit has now won six of its last eight games after a 4-20 start. DeMarcus Cousins led the Kings with 26 points and 15 rebounds, while Marcus Thornton added 24. The Kings threatened to pull away several times in the first three...

Tyson Chandler had 15 points and tied a season high with 17 rebounds, and the New York Knicks rebounded from their first loss under Mike Woodson by routing the Detroit Pistons for the third time this season, 101-79 on Saturday night. Amare Stoudemire scored 17 points for the Knicks, who are 6-1 since Mike D'Antoni resigned. They lost 96-79 on Friday night in Toronto, but had no trouble with the Pistons for the third time in three meetings this season. Carmelo Anthony finally got his shot to fall in the third quarter and finished with 15 points, while Jeremy Lin had 13. The bench...

LeBron James had 17 points and 10 assists to lead the Miami Heat to their fourth straight victory, 88-73 over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Dwyane Wade added 24 points for the Heat, who posed for a photo earlier in the day wearing team-logo hoodies. Players were speaking out following the death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt who was shot by a neighborhood crime-watch volunteer last month in a suburb of Orlando, Fla. Several Heat players, including Wade and James, took the floor with messages such...