NBA Game Summary - Detroit at Seattle

03.5.2005

Seattle, WA (Basketball News) - Jerome James had a season-high 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting, to lead the Seattle SuperSonics past the Detroit Pistons, 95-87.

James added seven rebounds and three blocked shots while Rashard Lewis led all scorers with 18 points for Seattle, which has won three in a row.

"We are very confident coming into every game," said Seattle guard Antonio Daniels. "We’re playing very well now. There’s not a team we feel we can’t compete against; better still, beat. (The Pistons) are a very good team from top to bottom, but we came to play."

Richard Hamilton had 15 points for the Pistons, who coughed up a fourth- quarter lead for the second straight night. The Pistons fell to 3-2 on their current six-game road trip.

Ronald Dupree hit a shot with 10 1/2 minutes left in regulation to put the Pistons ahead 73-71. But the Sonics ran off 11 straight points to grab an 82-73 cushion with 4 1/2 minutes remaining. Detroit missed nine straight shots during the dry spell.

Hamilton momentarily stopped the bleeding for the Pistons as he drove the lane and converted a three-point play to pull Detroit within 82-76.

But Ray Allen hit a free throw, and James added a running shot, and blocked a shot on the other end of the court that led to a Lewis jumper. Lewis’ basket gave the Sonics their largest lead of the evening, at 87-76.

Detroit would make just one of 15 shots during one stretch in the fourth,

The Sonics used an 11-4 run to grab an 18-11 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter. Seattle would lead 20-13 with 3 1/2 minutes left, before Detroit ended the frame on a 10-2 run to take a 23-22 advantage into the second quarter.

It was a see-saw affair in the second quarter. James gave Seattle a 39-38 lead with just less than three minutes left in the first half, but Detroit ended the first half with a 7-3 run to carry a 45-42 lead into the intermission.

Allen had 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists, but made just 3-of-17 attempts from the field.

The Sonics have won four of the last six meetings in this series...Detroit lost despite committing just seven turnovers...Both teams were anemic from long range. Seattle made just 4-of-18, while Detroit made just one of its 11 attempts...The Sonics outrebounded the Pistons 49-33.

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