AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Hubert Davis was placed on waivers Tuesday by the Detroit Pistons.

Davis has spent most of the season on the injured list with a strained left thumb and played in just three games.

He was obtained from Washington, along with Richard Hamilton and Bobby Simmons, in exchange for Jerry Stackhouse on Sept. 11, 2002.

Davis played in 43 games in 2002-03, averaging 1.8 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 7.6 minutes. His career 3-point field goal percentage of 44.1 is second in the NBA behind Steve Kerr.

Joe Dumars was a key player on the Detroit Pistons team that won a franchise-record 13 straight games 14 seasons ago. He saw it done again from a different perspective this time.

``This has been a great run and these guys deserve it,'' said Dumars, now the Pistons' president of basketball operations. ``I'm very proud of the coaching staff and the players for giving such an incredible effort.''

Chauncey Billups scored 13 of his 18 points in the final 3:17 on Monday to lift Detroit to an 85-77 win over the reigning NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, tying the franchise record set by Dumars and the rest of ``The Bad Boys'' during their 1989-90 championship season.

And how about this juicy story line: Detroit will have a chance to break the record Tuesday on the road against the Central Division-leading Indiana Pacers, led by its former coach, Rick Carlisle.

``We tied the streak and now we want to break it,'' Chucky Atkins said. ``We are going up against our old coach for the No. 14.''

In other games, it was Phoenix 88, the Los Angeles Lakers 85; Washington 93, Chicago 83; New York 90, Toronto 79; Indiana 100, Atlanta 97; Seattle 90, Philadelphia 81; Orlando 106, Milwaukee 99; Sacramento 125, the Los Angeles Clippers 100; Minnesota 97, New Orleans 90; Memphis 88, Houston 83; and Golden State 101, Utah 85.

Pistons coach Larry Brown hadn't won 13 straight in his Hall of Fame career until Monday. The Pistons haven't lost since New Jersey beat them at home on Dec. 26.

Billups tied it at 72 with a 3-pointer with 3:17 left, and made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining. His three-point play put the Pistons up 81-77 with 48.6 seconds to go. Billups then made all four of his free throw attempts to seal the win during Detroit's game-ending 12-0 run.

``If I get a look late in the game, I just feel like I'm going to make it,'' said Billups, who didn't miss a shot as he scored the game's final 10 points. ``I don't know what it is in me.''

Tim Duncan had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs, but the two-time league MVP didn't come through when they needed him most.

Duncan missed two free throws when San Antonio was ahead 77-75 with 1:47 left, and his shot was blocked by Ben Wallace on its next possession.

Suns 88, Lakers 85

At Los Angeles, Joe Johnson scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, and Jake Voskuhl made two key follow shots down the stretch as Phoenix beat the injury-depleted Lakers.

Voskuhl had season-high totals of 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Suns.

Kareem Rush led the Lakers with 18 points, and Bryon Russell added a season-high 17. Los Angeles played without Shaquille O'Neal (strained right calf), Kobe Bryant (sprained right shoulder) and Karl Malone (sprained knee ligament). The Suns went without Amare Stoudemire (ankle).

Wizards 93, Bulls 83

At Washington, the Wizards won consecutive games for the first time in two months. Since beating Atlanta on Nov. 17 and Cleveland two days later, Washington had gone 5-22 before Saturday's 99-84 win over Seattle.

Larry Hughes had 25 points to lead the Wizards. Jamal Crawford had 19 for the Bulls.

Knicks 90, Raptors 79

At New York, Stephon Marbury had 28 points and 14 assists to keep coach Lenny Wilkens undefeated in his new job.

The Knicks improved to 3-0 under Wilkens by defeating the team he coached the past three seasons. Marbury scored 13 in the third quarter, when the Knicks took the lead for good, then added 11 more in the fourth.

Pacers 100, Hawks 97

At Atlanta, Reggie Miller hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and added two free throws in the final minute to lead the Pacers to their fourth straight win.

Jermaine O'Neal had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Indiana. Shareef Abdur-Rahim scored 32 points for the Hawks.

SuperSonics 90, 76ers 81

At Philadelphia, Ray Allen scored 28 points to help the SuperSonics end a four-game losing streak.

Glenn Robinson scored 27 points for Philadelphia, which lost its third straight.

Magic 106, Bucks 99

At Orlando, Tracy McGrady scored 34 points to pace the Magic. Joe Smith led Milwaukee with 19 points and eight rebounds.

Kings 125, Clippers 100

At Los Angeles, Peja Stojakovic scored 31 points to help the Kings win their fifth straight and ninth in 10 games.

Elton Brand had 24 points and six rebounds for the Clippers.

Timberwolves 97, Hornets 90

At Minneapolis, Sam Cassell had 22 points to help the Timberwolves win their ninth straight at home.

Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 29 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists. Baron Davis had 25 points for the Hornets before mildly spraining his left ankle midway through the fourth quarter.

Grizzlies 88, Rockets 83

At Memphis, Tenn., Pau Gasol had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and James Posey scored 13 of his 17 points to lead the Grizzlies to their fifth straight win.

Steve Francis had 23 points for Houston.

Warriors 101, Jazz 85

At Oakland, Calif., Erick Dampier had his 20th double-double with 18 points and a career-high 24 rebounds, and Golden State beat short-handed Utah.

Calbert Cheaney scored 20 points off the bench for the Warriors.

Raja Bell had a career-high 25 points, six rebounds and five assists for Utah, which was missing its entire front line.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Chucky Atkins held his hand in the air, Richard Hamilton ran through a maze of screens and Ben Wallace flashed across the lane.

Wallace _ no longer just a defender and rebounder _ caught a pass, pump faked, dribbled and scored on a finger roll.

After an uneven start that saw the Detroit Pistons standing around on offense often looking confused, they have won 10 straight games because their record-breaking defense is complemented by an offense suddenly in sync.

``Because I was new to them, and they were new to me, I didn't know what they were comfortable doing before, clearly,'' Detroit's first-year coach Larry Brown said Thursday. ``They gave me a lot of input about what they liked to do, and I listened. Now, things feel a lot more comfortable.''

Other teams are far from comfortable when they have the ball against Detroit.

With quick feet, active arms and bruising bodies, the Pistons rank among league leaders by giving up just 85.3 points a game.

They broke an NBA record _ set by New York in 2000-01 _ by holding 38 straight opponents, including two last season, to fewer than 100 points.

``That's a point of pride for us,'' Chauncey Billups said. ``We try to hold teams under 90 points, so we're going to hold most of them under 100.''

The high-powered Dallas Mavericks broke the streak on Jan. 11 by scoring 102 points, but lost by 13.

Since the shot clock was implemented in 1954-55, Miami holds the NBA single-season record for limiting opponents to under 100 points. In the 2000-01 season, the Heat did it 74 times, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Detroit could break that mark, too.

Because Brown uses as many as five reserves, he is able to keep fresh players in the game to harass teams defensively and run his intricate offensive sets at the other end of the court.

Detroit's 95-91 win over Toronto on Wednesday extended its best winning streak since ``The Bad Boys'' won 11 in a row during 1990-91. The franchise's longest winning streak is 13 games set in 1989-90, the season the Pistons won their second straight NBA title.

Detroit is not just beating up on teams in the Eastern Conference.

The Pistons are 9-5 against the West, including a 10-point win over the Los Angeles Lakers two months ago.

``I don't look at winning streaks,'' said Brown, a Hall of Fame coach who spent the past six seasons in Philadelphia. ``I just think we're getting better. Guys are falling into their roles a little bit better. I really think some areas have definitely improved. We have rebounded better and we've defended better. I think offensively we got a little better feel for what we're trying to do, so that's nice.''

Developing a better chemistry on offense is a big reason Detroit has not lost since Dec. 26. Keeping opponents under 100 is not a foolproof formula for success in the scoring-challenged NBA.

Even though the Pistons have kept all but one opponent under 100 this season, they lost seven of nine games in December to fall to 16-13.

Just when some were wondering if the Pistons should've kept Rick Carlisle, instead of hiring Brown, and drafted Carmelo Anthony, instead of 7-foot project Darko Milicic, they started winning because their offense caught up to their defense.

``Larry Brown has done a fabulous job because he has changed their offensive style without messing up their defense or their results,'' said Toronto coach Kevin O'Neill, an assistant in Detroit the previous two years.

Billups said it simply took time for the Pistons to adjust to Brown, after winning 100 games, two division titles and three playoff series the past two seasons under Carlisle.

``Last year, we ran just basic NBA sets,'' Billups said. ``Now, we're doing a lot more complex things on offense. Defensively, last year, we just guarded our man and played help defense. Now, we play a little zone, we double, we rotate, we do all kinds of stuff we didn't do before.

``People don't understand that because the changes may not seem drastic when you're watching us. But trust me, it's different _ and it's working.''

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Detroit Pistons forward Ben Wallace was ejected late in the first half of Wednesday night's game against the Toronto Raptors.

Wallace was tossed for arguing with an official about a call, then lightly kicking the basketball down the court. He became upset when he was called for a charge.

In 21 minutes, Wallace had five rebounds, five points and two blocks.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown was mistakenly ejected from Saturday's game against the Golden State Warriors, refusing to return after the referees realized their mistake.

Moments after Richard Hamilton was given a technical foul for arguing a foul call with 4:31 left in the third quarter, Brown was also given a technical.

The officials mistakenly thought two technical fouls had been called on Brown and had him escorted from the court.

After a discussion, it was announced that Brown could come back, but he stayed in the Pistons locker room. Brown later left the arena while the game was still in progress.

The Pistons did go on to win the game 99-93. It was Brown's 900th career coaching victory.

The Pistons are looking to make a deal.

Seeking to shore up their bench scoring, they are talking to several teams, and guard Bobby Sura could be bait. The Pistons acquired him during the summer in the trade that sent forward Cliff Robinson to Golden State.

The Pistons have some flexibility in the backcourt and a logjam at point guard: Chauncey Billups, Chucky Atkins and Lindsey Hunter. And forward Tayshaun Prince is capable of running the offense.

Sura has played both point guard and shooting guard, but the team is looking to add consistent scoring in a reserve role. Sura is averaging 3.0 points, 1.6 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 12 minutes a game. He has played in 30 of the Pistons' 32 games.