Dwight Howard had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic hold off Charlie Villanueva and the Detroit Pistons 110-103 on Friday night.

Andrea Bargnani had 22 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, Chris Bosh scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Detroit

Ben Gordon scored 23 points and Rodney Stuckey added 20 as the short-handed Detroit Pistons beat Orlando 85-80 on Tuesday night, handing the Magic their first

Brandon Jennings scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half to help the Bucks win their home opener Saturday night, 96-85 over the Detroit Pistons.

Kevin Durant scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead Oklahoma City to a 91-83 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

Richard Hamilton scored 25 points, Ben Gordon added 22, and the Detroit Pistons ran away from the Memphis Grizzlies 96-74 on Wednesday night in the season

Detroit will barely resemble the team it's had for years when the season starts Wednesday at Memphis.

The team announced Monday they requested waivers on the 23-year-old Washington, who was drafted by Detroit with the 59th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.

Rodney Stuckey scored all nine of the Pistons' points over the final 4:21 and finished with 16 as Detroit held on to beat Milwaukee 95-93 on Friday night.

Oleksiy Pecherov had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 122-114 preseason victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.

Rudy Gay scored 25 points, O.J. Mayo finished with 21 and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Detroit Pistons 115-94 in a preseason game on Saturday night.

Jason Terry scored 10 of his 21 points during a decisive third-quarter run, and the Dallas Mavericks went on to a 113-88 preseason victory over the Detroit

Gilbert Arenas, who was fined $25,000 by the NBA earlier in the day for not making himself available to the media, scored 24 points to lead the Washington

The question about the Detroit Pistons this season was supposed to be defense. So far, so good.

Miami Heat center Jamaal Magloire and Detroit's Jonas Jerebko have been suspended by the NBA for their altercation in a preseason game.