November 30th, 2010 
Matt Loede 
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While it wasn’t easy, it never seems that the Magic get anything but trouble from the pesky Detroit Pistons. Tuesday night at home, the Pistons hung in with the Magic till finally Orlando pulled away, winning 90-79.
Rashard Lewis scored 20 points while Vince Carter and Mickael Pietrus provided 13 each for Orlando as they won their fourth straight game. Dwight Howard added nine points and 14 rebounds.
Tayshaun Prince scored 16 points and Rodney Stuckey chipped in with 14 for the Pistons, who have dropped six of their last eight contests.
Ben Wallace grabbed nine caroms in defeat to join Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan as the only active players with 10,000-plus rebounds (10,003) and 2,000-plus blocked shots (2,050).
Redick drilled a triple to give the Magic the lead for good at 75-72 with 6 1/2 minutes to go, and another three-pointer from the Duke product pushed the lead to 80-73 two minutes later.
The Pistons drew to within 83-79 with 3:13 to go before Lewis hit a layup and a three to extend the margin to 88-79 with 1:19 to play.
Trailing 58-51, the Magic closed the third quarter with an 13-3 spurt to take a 64-61 lead into the fourth quarter. Carter hit two jumpers and then added a put-back dunk and three-pointer to move the hosts in front with just over a minute remaining in the period.
Prince scored all nine of his first quarter points in a 14-0 spurt that put the Pistons ahead 18-6 with just under seven minutes to play in the stanza. The visitors held a 23-18 advantage after the first 12 minutes.
A Lewis three gave Orlando a brief 36-34 edge, but the Pistons scored the next six points to move ahead and took a 45-43 at the break.
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