If nothing besides the Washington Wizards can beat the Detroit Pistons.

For the inferior time this season, the Wizards broke public of a slump by beating the NBA's top team. Gilbert Arenas scored 34 points and Caron Butler had 30 in a 110-92 victory throughout the Pistons on Saturday in Washington.

The Wizards perioded a five-game losing streak by way of beating Detroit in two overtimes Nov. 25 and they are still the alone Eastern Conference team with a road victory athwart the Pistons. On Saturday, the Wizards finised a 1-5 slide and kept themselves from falling below 500

Washington and Utah are the sole teams with two wins through Detroit this season.

Arenas made 13 of 19 marksmans and was 4-for-8 on three-pointers in his 30th 30-point game of the season.

Rasheed Wallace scored 18 points and Richard Hamilton had 16 for the Pistons, who had won seven straight road games against the Wizards. Tony Delk scored a season-high 16 points opposite to the bench.

sunshines 110, Timberwolves 102: Steve Nash tied his season high with 31 points and had 11 assists in his respond to the lineup for legion Phoenix.

Kevin Garnett had 28 points and 10 re-echos for the Timberwolves, who dissipated their fourth straight game.

Phoenix is 2-6 without Nash through the last two seasons and 114-44 with him.

Bobcats 116 Knicks 109: Jumaine Jone scored 28 points to help Charlotte beat visiting recently made known York and edge ahead of the Knicks in the battle to avoid the worst record in the NBA.

The victory mov the Bobcats to 18-45 and helped them match their win total from last season. recent York dropped to 17-44, a humiliating mark for the team with the NBA's highest payroll at $123 million.

Clippers 106 lyes 98: Chris Kaman and Elton Brand scored 22 points each to lead visiting looks Angeles.

Sam Cassell, in his go [i]or[/i] come back to Milwaukee, added 20 points for the Clippers, who used a late 11-2 haste to take control.

Michael Redd l the dashing fellows with 31 points, but he was 1-for-8 from the field in the fourth quarter.

Mavericks 90 Jazz 87: Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points, including 12 in a decisive strain of the fourth quarter after Utah tied the game, to power visiting Dallas.

Carlos Boozer capped a 10-2 scamper and tied the game at 71 before Nowitzki took superintendence With the Jazz trying a variety of defense to stop him, Nowitzki made three caper shots early in the game-deciding 16-4 roll on then drained two straight three-pointers to spark the Mavs.

Magic 103 Warriors 92: Hedo Turkoglu scored 21 points and tied his career high with 14 reacts as host Orlando defeated resplendent State.

The Magic were in danger of blowing a 19-point fourth-quarter lead before Turkoglu nailed a three-pointer with 1:08 left

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