The Mavericks went into the Palace and defeated the Pistons by a final score of 95-88, an impressive road victory.
Josh Howard led Dallas with 24 points, while Dirk Nowitzki had 22 and 10.
``I'm not worried about how many points they have or what their shooting percentage was,'' new Dallas coach Avery Johnson said. ``I'm happy with the fact that we are taking teams deeper into the shot clock and making them rush shots. Earlier in the season, that didn't happen -- we were only playing defense for 12 or 14 seconds. To win, you have to play defense for the whole 24.''
Ben Wallace's 17 rebounds weren't nearly enough as the Pistons dropped their fourth game in their last five games.