Smith may have had to flex his vocal cords as much as he did his feet, but no one can argue with the results. The Spurs contained both Clifford Robinson and Jerry Stackhouse ? and just about everyone else not named Zelijko Rebraca ? in a 97-85 win over Detroit on Wednesday night in front of 16,689 at the Alamodome.

Stackhouse entered the night as the Pistons' leading scorer, averaging 22.0 points per game. Clifford Robinson, Detroit's No. 2 scorer, was averaging 15.0 points.