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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Pistons finally clamped down on defense, in plenty of time to secure their third straight win.Tobias Harris scored 25 points and Marcus Morris added 22 to lift the Pistons to a 102-89 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Detroit closed the game with eight straight points, and the Knicks didnt score after Derrick Roses bank shot with 5:40 remaining.I thought our offense in the first half was excellent, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. Defensively, I thought we finished the game real well.The Pistons have won three in a row -- all by double digits -- since dropping their season opener. They held New York to 10 points in the fourth quarter.Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points for the Knicks, and Rose added 19.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 19 points for Detroit, and Andre Drummond had nine points and 13 rebounds.Its been an encouraging start for Detroit, which has been playing without injured point guard Reggie Jackson. The Pistons shot 55 percent from the field in a smoothly played first half, and Detroit was up 64-55 after two quarters.I have been very amazed about how we move the ball, Caldwell-Pope said. Everybody is getting equal shots. Nobody is being selfish. We are being a little too unselfish, but thats good.The offenses bogged down in the second half, and the Knicks had chances to close the gap in the fourth quarter. Down 94-89, New Yorks Lance Thomas missed from the perimeter. Morris made two free throws at the other end with 3:22 remaining.A 3-pointer by Caldwell-Pope put the Pistons up by 10, and Harris added a three-point play with 1:11 left.It just didnt go down tonight, Rose said. When the shots arent falling, we have to depend on our defense even more. We have to play the type of game where if were having a hard time scoring, youre definitely going to have a hard time scoring. Thats the mentality and culture were trying to build.TIP-INSKnicks: Joakim Noah had only two points, but he contributed eight assists and 11 rebounds. ... Former Detroit G Brandon Jennings scored 12 points for the Knicks.Pistons: Detroit outscored the Knicks 50-32 in the paint. ... Harris had 10 rebounds. ... Ish Smith, starting in place of Jackson (knee), had 10 points and eight assists. ... The Pistons went 8 of 13 from 3-point range.WEARING DOWN?Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said his teams stamina may have played a role in the offensive struggles late.Were not in the kind of condition that we need to be to play offense and defense for 48 minutes, Hornacek said. It looked like we did get a little tired and thats going to affect the shooting.STICKY FINGERSThe Knicks had only three turnovers in the first half, and the Pistons had only two. That was a big reason the game was so high-scoring early. New York finished with 12 turnovers and Detroit had 11.REPLACEMENTSVan Gundy wasnt totally buying the idea that the Pistons have had no problems without Jackson. Smith and Beno Udrih were a combined 8 of 23.I think anybody in the league would tell you that were playing well, but Reggies just a really difficult guy to guard in the pick-and-roll. So we miss him, and thats taking nothing away from Ish and Beno.UP NEXTKnicks: Host Houston on Wednesday night.Pistons: Detroit heads to New York as well. The Pistons face Brooklyn on Wednesday night.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Wholesale Panthers Jerseys . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. Stitched Panthers Jerseys .Y. -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that J. https://www.panthersjerseycheap.com/ . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. Florida Panthers Store . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Custom Florida Panthers Jerseys . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout.Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka will be looking to keep their semi-final hopes alive when they meet at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday. Cilic was beaten in straight sets by Andy Murray in his John McEnroe Group opener while Stan Wawrinka lost 6-2 6-3 to Kei Nishikori, meaning whoever loses their second match will almost certainly be heading home. John McEnroe Group W-L Sets Games Andy Murray 1-0 2-0 12-5 Kei Nishikori 1-0 2-0 12-5 Stan Wawrinka 0-1 0-2 5-12 Marin Cilic 0-1 0-2 5-12 US Open champion Wawrinka leads the head-to-head 10-2, and has won the last six successive matches against Cilic, but admits he needs to improve after his loss to Nishikori. It was not a great match compared to what I can do, thats for sure, he said. It wasnt a great day for myself. In general, I think he played well, put a lot of pressure from the beginning. Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals November 16, 2016, 6:00pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Watch highlights of Cilics opening match against Murray I dont think I found anything on the court.dddddddddddd I was a little bit slow on everything. I was hesitating a lot with my game, my movement.Wawrinka said he has been hampered by a knee injury recently, but is determined to finish his season on a high.Im sure I still have something inside me to play some great tennis before the end of the year, so Im going to try everything for that in the next match, he said. Wawrinka was beaten by Nishikori in his opener Following his loss to Murray, Cilic is now 0-4 at the ATP World Tour Finals.Obviously, I need to get into the rhythm on the serve, he said. I have to prepare definitely a little bit better. Hopefully I can start a little bit better.The evening doubles match sees world No 1 duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut take on Feliciano and Marc Lopez.Herbert and Mahut are not only battling to make the semi-finals after their opening defeat to Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, but also to finish the year as the best in the world.The duo are being pursued by Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, who have won both of their matches in London and are within 175 points of Herbert and Mahut at the top of the rankings.All the action from the World Tour Finals between November 13-20 will be live on Sky Sports across the week and if you are out and about you can follow on our Sky Sports apps and the website via our live blogs. Full schedule here. Also See: Wawrinka: Injury not to blame Murrays service syndrome over? Thiem beats injured Monfils WATCH: Murray guesses shot? ' ' '