Austin Daye scored 10 of his game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Detroit Pistons to an 89-84 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
"I have a lot of experience, and experience definitely helps out there," said Daye. "We're gelling, and we're making the right plays, and I think if we keep doing what we're doing, we'll continue to be successful."
The Lakers had the game all but locked up, leading by as many as nine (84-75) late in the fourth, before the Pistons went on a 13-0 run to finish the game.
D.J. Strawberry tallied six points in the first quarter and Devin Ebanks added five as the Lakers built a 25-19 lead.
Derrick Caracter stepped up for the Lakers in the second, scoring nine of his 11 first-half points to give L.A. a 10-point halftime lead.
The Lakers increased their lead to 13 early in the second half and were up 65-58 at the end of the third.
Both teams will be back in action on Saturday; the Lakers (0-1) play host to the Denver Nuggets (1-0) at 3:00 p.m. while the Pistons (1-0) take on the Golden State Warriors (0-0) at 5:00 p.m.
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| Total Rebounds | 15 | 11 | |
| Offensive Rebounds | 11 | 7 | |
| Turnovers | 20 | 23 | |
| Fast Break Pts: | 5 | 7 | |
| Biggest Lead: | 5 | 13 | |
| Points in the Paint: | 20 | 46 | |


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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| J. Jerebko | F | 34:22 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 8-9 | +6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| A. Daye | F | 29:21 | 7-12 | 2-3 | 6-9 | +1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| G. Monroe | F/C | 32:42 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0-3 | +7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| D. Summers | F | 29:01 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 9-11 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| T. White | G | 28:10 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 4-6 | +13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| M. Haynes | 17:41 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| A. Slaughter | 05:32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| P. Christopher | 10:15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M. Koshwal | 12:56 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| J. Eglseder | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| E. Millsap | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| J. Reiner | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| E. Sosa | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 27-59 | 6-14 | 29-40 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 30 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 89 | |||
| 45.8% | 42.9% | 72.5% | team rebs: 15 | total to: 22 | |||||||||||||
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| D. Ebanks | F | 33:13 | 9-16 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| D. Caracter | F/C | 35:37 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | |
| C. Sims | C | 20:09 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| D. Strawberry | G | 21:00 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 5-7 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| I. Jaaber | G | 35:18 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| F. Robinson | 06:31 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| R. Kurz | 24:00 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | -4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| G. Green | 16:42 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| C. Brown | 07:31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| B. McCauley | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| T. Sanborn | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 32-61 | 3-9 | 17-23 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 84 | |||
| 52.5% | 33.3% | 73.9% | team rebs: 11 | total to: 24 | |||||||||||||
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