OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Richard Hamilton scored 27 points and the Detroit Pistons hardly missed Chauncey Billups, rolling to a 92-68 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Thursday night.

The Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak as the Hornets were unable to climb out of a 26-point halftime hole without starters Chris Paul (sprained right ankle), Peja Stojakovic (back surgery) and David West (right elbow surgery).

New Orleans got within 75-63 after Cedric Simmons' two-handed, alley-oop jam early in the fourth quarter. The Hornets then missed three shots that would have cut the deficit to 10 points or less.

Jason Maxiell came back with a hook shot and then set up Tayshaun Prince for an alley-oop jam of his own as Detroit put away the game with a 13-0 run.

Prince finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Carlos Delfino scored 13 points and Maxiell added 12. Antonio McDyess scored 10 and Rasheed Wallace pulled down 10 rebounds for the Pistons.

Jannero Pargo led the Hornets with 16 points, Desmond Mason added 15 and reserve Devin Brown scored 14. Tyson Chandler grabbed 16 rebounds for New Orleans, which lost for the 10th time in its last 12 games.

The Hornets, who rank last in the NBA in scoring, had their lowest output of the season.

New Orleans briefly got sixth man Bobby Jackson back, but he left in the second quarter after scoring seven points in 10 minutes. Jackson had missed the previous 16 games with a cracked left rib.

That left the Hornets far more short-handed than Detroit, which was without Lindsey Hunter (right Achilles) and Billups, who missed his second game with a strained right calf.

The Hornets made it a game as Detroit missed 11 of its first 13 second-half shots. By then, the Pistons were well ahead - thanks in part to a streaky run by Hamilton.

Hamilton outscored the Hornets 15-6 during one first-quarter stretch, turning a one-point deficit into a 22-14 lead.

The Pistons' advantage reached 44-23 after back-to-back dunks by Maxiell - the first a right-handed jam on a runout after his own steal and the second a two-handed throwdown off a Hamilton alley-oop.

Detroit was up 58-32 at halftime.

Notes: Rookie C Hilton Armstrong, who hit the game-winning free throw and had career-bests with 17 points and nine rebounds in a 100-99 win at Detroit on Nov. 15, didn't play until the beginning of the fourth quarter. ... The Pistons avoided their first four-game losing streak since Jan. 18-24, 2005 ... Mason, one of the Hornets' two remaining starters, went to the locker room with an apparent injury with 5:27 left in the third quarter but returned to the scorer's table before the 3-minute mark.