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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Brett Myers Jersey . -- Stan Van Gundy has been waiting all season for his Detroit Pistons to show the kind of determination that got them into the playoffs.Friday night, he got a glimpse.The Pistons blew an 18-point lead in the third quarter, but rallied down the stretch to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-97.Detroit had lost 11 straight to the Clippers, including a 114-82 rout at the Staples Center on Nov. 7.We got embarrassed the last time we played that team, and I knew these guys didnt want that to happen again, Van Gundy said. But beating that team is going to take 48 minutes of effort and we havent been able to do that many times this season.Detroit won its second straight and improved to 7-2 at home, as opposed to 1-7 on the road.Im very happy with the way we played tonight, but we have to be able to take this level of effort on the road, Van Gundy said. Weve got four road games in the next seven days against really good teams. We cant keep giving those games away.The Clippers lost for just the second time in 13 games, falling to 7-1 on the road.Give the Pistons credit; Stan really had them ready to play, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. They came out with so much more energy that we did in the first 10 minutes, and it is tough to dig yourselves out of a big hole on the road.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 16 points and a career-high 10 assists for Detroit and Andre Drummond had 16 points and 10 rebounds. The Pistons got at least 15 points from all five starters and Jon Leuer added 11 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.We are really starting to come together, Drummond said. We are more in sync defensively, and the offensive is starting to come around.J.J. Redick and Blake Griffith each had 24 points for the Clippers, while Chris Paul had eight points to go with 15 assists.This wasnt a lack of effort, Paul said. We were energized, but they made shots.The Pistons trailed by as many as 43 earlier this month in Los Angeles, but jumped out to a 31-14 lead in Fridays first quarter. However, with Drummond limited to 8:19 in the first half by foul trouble and Morris playing just 3:42, the Clippers were able to pull within 57-48 at halftime.The Pistons built the margin to as many as 18 early in the third, with Caldwell-Pope finding Drummond for several alley-oops. However, Redick took over the game, scoring 10 points in the final 1:27 of the quarter. His back-to-back 3-pointers pulled the Clippers within 82-80 at periods end.We cut into their lead at the end of the third quarter, but we were still making mistakes, Rivers said. When you are that far behind, you have to play perfect basketball or you use up everything getting it close.Redick finished with 18 in the quarter.He did all that against a really good defender in KCP, Van Gundy said. I was sitting on the bench wondering how I didnt win 65 games a year when I was coaching him in Orlando.Los Angeles scored the first four points of the fourth to take the lead, but stopped hitting shots. That let the Pistons respond with a 15-2 run, capped off by Caldwell-Popes 3-pointer to make it 97-86 with 5:14 to play.We didnt panic, Caldwell-Pope said. We just kept doing what we had been doing all game, and kept trying to make J.J. work.TIP-INSClippers: Paul didnt score in the second half, but put up 10 assists. ... With the Pistons moving to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017-18 season, this was the Clippers final regular-season visit to the Palace of Auburn Hills.Pistons: Guard Stanley Johnson was suspended for one game after an unspecified violation of team rules. That left the Pistons without three rotation guards, as both Reggie Jackson and Reggie Bullock missed the game with left knee injuries.PLAY MAKERWith Jackson not expected to play his first game until next week, Caldwell-Pope was the first Detroit player to reach double figures in assists in a game.VISITING CELEBRITYDuring a timeout, the Palace scoreboard showed Darius Slays interception of Sam Bradfords pass that helped the Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings 16-13 on Thanksgiving. Slay, one of several Lions in attendance, then autographed a football and tossed it to the crowd.UP NEXTClippers: Visit the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.Pistons: Visit the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday. Garry Maddox Jersey . From filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes), The Price of Gold revisits the saga that rocked the figure skating world ahead of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games: the assault on Nancy Kerrigan, and the plot that led its way back to her rival Tonya Harding. Jim Eisenreich Jersey . On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators. https://www.cheapphilliesjerseys.us/2097...y-phillies.html . Walcott is available for Saturdays home match against Southampton as Arsenal looks to extend its two-point lead at the top of the Premier League. The Gunners are currently the second highest scorers in the league but Wenger insists Walcott will add something extra to his team. (STATS) -- A disrupted game week didnt disrupt The Citadels focus Thursday night as the ninth-ranked Bulldogs defeated North Greenville 38-14 in Tigerville, South Carolina.The Citadel (5-0) carried the ball 80 times for 559 yards while remaining one of eight unbeaten teams in the FCS. Cam Jackson collected 107 yards and a touchdown and was one of six Bulldogs with at least 73 rushing yards. Quarterback Dominique Allen and running back Reggie Williams accounted for two touchdowns each.The impending arrival of Hurricane Matthew moved the game from Saturday on The Citadels campus in Charleston to Division II North Greenville, located upstate about 240 miles to the northwest, near the Tennessee border.North Greenville quarterback Will Hunter and wide receiver Javon Smith connected on 99- and 90-yard touchdown passes in the first half before Jacksons 52-yard run with 5:29 left in the second quarter sparked The Citadel to 24 unanswered points. North Greenville fell to 3-3.Brent Thompson became the first Citadel coach to win his first five career games. Up next is a home game against Chattanooga on Oct. 15 -- a matchup of Southern Conference leaders and the 2015 co-champions. Fifth-ranked Chattanooga (5-0) is hosting Mercer on Saturday.---=No. 18 North Carolina A&T (4-1, 2-0 MEAC) 35, Norfolk State (1-5, 0-3) 0Tarik Cohen rushed for 200 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown, and set the MEAC all-time rushing record. The senior surpassed South Carolina States William Ford (4,660 yards from 2006-09) while raising his career total to 4,702. N.C. A&T posted its second shutout of the season, limiting Norfolk State to 137 yards.Quarterback Lamar Raynard had a touchdown run and pass to sttake A&T to a 14-0 halftime lead. Pete Mackanin Jersey. --=STATS FCS TOP 25 SCHEDULE=Saturday, Oct. 8=All Times EDTRhode Island (1-4, 0-2 CAA) at No. 14 Villanova (4-1, 2-0), noonCornell (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) at No. 22 Harvard (3-0, 1-0), 1 p.m.Tennessee Tech (2-3, 2-1 OVC) at No. 3 Jacksonville State (3-1, 0-0), 2 p.m.No. 15 Youngstown State (3-1, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at No. 23 Illinois State (2-3, 0-2), 3 p.m.No. 1 North Dakota State (4-0, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at Missouri State (3-1, 1-0), 3 p.m.No. 11 Northern Iowa (2-2, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at South Dakota (1-3, 0-1), 3 p.m.No. 6 Richmond (4-1, 1-1 CAA) at No. 16 Albany (4-0, 1-0), 3:30 p.m.William & Mary (2-3, 0-2 CAA) at No. 7 James Madison (4-1, 2-0), 3:30 p.m.Mercer (2-2, 1-1 Southern) at No. 5 Chattanooga (5-0, 3-0), 4 p.m.Indiana State (3-2, 1-1 Missouri Valley) at No. 13 Western Illinois (3-1, 0-1), 4 p.m.Northern Colorado (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky) at No. 4 Eastern Washington (4-1, 2-0), 4:05 p.m.Mississippi Valley State (0-5) at No. 10 Montana (3-1), 4:30 p.m.Tennessee State (4-0, 1-0 OVC) at No. 19 Eastern Illinois (3-2, 1-1), 7 p.m.No. 2 Sam Houston State (4-0, 3-0 Southland) at Incarnate Word (1-4, 1-2), 7 p.m.No. 20 McNeese (3-2, 2-1 Southland) at Southeastern Louisiana (1-3, 1-1), 7 p.m.No. 12 South Dakota State (2-2, 1-0 Missouri Valley) at Southern Illinois (2-2, 0-1), 7 p.m.No. 24 North Dakota (3-2, 2-0 Big Sky) at Sacramento State (1-4, 1-1), 9 p.m.Idle: No. 8 Charleston Southern (3-2), No. 17 Coastal Carolina (3-2), No. 21 Cal Poly (3-2, 1-1 Big Sky) and No. 25 Central Arkansas (4-1, 3-0 Southland) ' ' '