With the loss to Memphis on Saturday the Pistons are now looking at a .500 record at 10-10.  Not exactly where the defending champions expected themselves to be, especially with their main Eastern rivals, the Indiana Pacers, minus several key players.

Coach Larry Brown is now asking for leadership from three key players:  Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince.  "Our perimeter guys have to give us something," Brown said after the Pistons lost to Memphis.

Billups is going through his worst stretch of the season. In the last three games he has averaged 9.6 points, four assists and shot 6 for 32. He has missed 22 of his last 27 three-point tries.

Prince is also averaging 9.6 points the last three games (13 for 35 shooting), with seven rebounds and 3.3 assists.

Richard Hamilton?s offense is there at 20.3 points a game over the last three, however he has done it on 22 of 55 shooting.