If the victory in Milwaukee to start this trip was huge, how big was the Pistons' stunning 94-87 victory over the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center on Tuesday night?
  Consider: It was the Pistons' fifth game in seven nights. They were playing in a building in which they had never won (11 straight losses) against a fresh Jazz team, fighting for its playoff life, that led by 12 in the third quarter.
  But somehow the Pistons found the wherewithal to outscore the Jazz 19-5 to close the third quarter, and 14-4 late in the fourth to seal the victory.
  "This was a huge win because it solidifies this trip for us," Jerry Stackhouse said. "We've got three of the five and now we are getting greedy."
  How about this? Milwaukee and New Jersey lost Tuesday. The Pistons lead the Central Division by three games and are two losses behind the Eastern Conference-leading Nets.
  With 16 games left, talk of a division and conference championships doesn't sound so farfetched.
  "This is what we are supposed to do," Coach Rick Carlisle said. "We are supposed to go out, play well and give ourselves a chance to win games. Our confidence level is high and we want to keep getting better."
  You can pick your hero. Stackhouse, Chucky Atkins and Cliff Robinson all scored 20 points. Corliss Williamson (10 points) and Jon Barry (seven points), playing despite a right elbow swelled to the size of a baseball, teamed to score 11 in the fourth. And Ben Wallace had 15 rebounds.
  Karl Malone, who scored 22 points, topped 50,000 in career minutes played, moving into second place behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.