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Jazz make it eight straight vs. Pistons (AP)

Mehmet Okur scored 20 of his 22 points in the first half against his former team and the Utah Jazz beat the Detroit Pistons for the eighth straight time, 99-82 on Saturday night. Andrei Kirilenko had 11 points and seven rebounds, and Matt Harpring also scored 11 points to help the Jazz sweep the Pistons for the fourth straight season.

Punished Iverson has 17 off bench in win (AP)

Allen Iverson scored 17 points in his first game as a reserve this season, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 107-97 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Iverson was benched by Pistons coach Michael Curry to begin the game, punishment for missing a mandatory team practice on Thanksgiving. He apologized Friday morning, then sat on the bench for almost 10 minutes as Rodney Stuckey started...

Pistons' Herrmann, with concussion, out of hospital
Detroit Pistons forward Walter Herrmann was released from a Boston hospital Friday after suffering a mild concussion in a game against the Boston Celtics.

Pistons' Herrmann day-to-day after concussion
Detroit Pistons forward Walter Herrmann was released from a Boston hospital on Friday after suffering a mild concussion in an NBA game against the Boston Celtics. Herrmann, who spent Thursday night at the hospital, is listed as day-to-day. The Celtics won 98-80. The Argentine is averaging 4.5 points and 2 rebounds in 10 games this season.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Foxsports/rss/NBA/~4/461129570" height="1" width="1"/

Pistons high on Herrmann, re-sign forward to deal
The Detroit Pistons re-signed forward Walter Herrmann on Monday.

Pistons bringing back F Herrmann (AP)
The Detroit Pistons re-signed forward Walter Herrmann on Monday. "He is a player with tremendous work ethic and showed last year that he is a player that can contribute," Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said in a statement. The 6-foot-9, 229-pound Herrmann was acquired by the Pistons in 2007 along with Primoz Brezec in a trade that sent Nazr Mohammed to the Charlotte Bobcats.

Pistons bounce back, rip Bucks 127-100 (AP)

The Milwaukee Bucks got a bad break from the NBA schedule. Just two days after they upset the Pistons at home, the Bucks had to travel to Auburn Hills and take on that same, angry Detroit team on Friday night. It didn't go well. The Pistons had their best scoring night for nearly eight years in a 127-100 rout.

Bobcats acquire C Mohammed from Pistons (AP)
The Charlotte Bobcats' search for a big man ended Friday when they acquired center Nazr Mohammed from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for center Primoz Brezec and forward Walter Herrmann. Mohammed, averaging 3.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in 21 games for the Pistons, will provide the Bobcats depth they've been missing since Sean May underwent season-ending knee surgery during training camp.

Walter Herrmann, F - CHA
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