Why does Michael Curry start? Why does he play so many minutes?
  This is why.
  With 18.8 seconds left and the Pistons clinging to an 88-86 lead Tuesday, Curry flat-out refused to let Michael Jordan touch the basketball.
  Jordan, who had scored 14 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Wizards back from a 10-point deficit, didn't get to take the last shot. Instead, Chris Whitney and Hubert Davis did -- and they both missed -- enabling the Pistons to hang on for an 89-86 victory over the Wizards at the sold-out MCI Center.
  "I was focused on trying to make him catch it far beyond the arc," said Curry, who helped limit Jordan to 18 points on 7-of-20 shooting through three quarters. "I just kept on denying. Most of his baskets were in the top-of-the-key area, so I just wanted to keep him out of there."
  It was the Pistons' fifth victory in six games and their third straight road victory.