It was extremely physical. It was a bruising, grinding half-court game and the score was in the 80s.
  It was, in short, Pistons basketball.
  "It was a fun game to play," Michael Curry said. "We did exactly what we wanted to do."
  Except come away with a victory.
  After their 89-82 loss to the Central Division-leading Bucks on Sunday, the Pistons were kicking themselves for their simple inability to make shots.
  "We will live with the shots we were getting all day," Curry said. "We got the ball into the paint 28 times in the first half and more than 55 times for the game. Any time we get it in there 50 times a game and establish our inside-outside game, the majority of the time we will win.
  "We just missed a lot of shots we normally make."
  Jerry Stackhouse missed 19 of 27 shots. Cliff Robinson missed 7 of 11. The Pistons' bench -- Zeljko Rebraca (0-for-4), Corliss Williamson (4-for-10), Jon Barry (2-for-9) and Damon Jones (1-for-2) -- was an uncharacteristic 7-for-25.