Tayshaun Prince scored all of his 17 points in the second half to lead six double-digit scorers for the Detroit Pistons in a 98-73 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Detroit (62-15) is a victory away from matching its franchise record for wins and barring a late slide, will likely finish with the NBA's best record. The Pistons already have home-court advantage throughout the conference playoffs and are 35-3 at The Palace.
Indiana has lost seven of eight to fall a season-worst four-games under .500 and is in danger of not making the playoffs after starting the season as a title contender.
Detroit's Lindsey Hunter (14), Tony Delk (11) and Antonio McDyess (10) provided a scoring boost off the bench. Richard Hamilton scored 12 and Chauncey Billups had 11 points and five assists scoring. Ben Wallace had a season-high 22 rebounds.
Stephen Jackson led the Pacers with 15 points on 4-of-12 shooting, Jermaine O'Neal had 12 and Peja Stojakovic added 11.
NETS 95, BUCKS 83: At Milwaukee, Vince Carter scored 25 points and Jason Kidd had a triple-double to lead New Jersey in a potential first-round playoff preview. It was the Nets' third straight victory over the Bucks, who haven't beaten New Jersey since November. New Jersey got back on track after its 14-game winning streak was snapped Saturday by Cleveland. Milwaukee lost its fourth straight and fell three games below .500, its low mark this season.
TIMBERWOLVES 84, HAWKS 83: At Minneapolis, Trenton Hassell made a short jumper with 1.9 seconds to play for Minnesota, which was playing without Kevin Garnett and Ricky Davis. Rashad McCants scored a career-high 28 points for Minnesota and Mark Blount added 17. Garnett sat out with tendinitis in his right knee, snapping his NBA-leading streak of 351 games started, and Davis was out with a sore groin.
BOBCATS 94, RAPTORS 88: At Toronto, Brevin Knight had 19 points and 10 assists, and Charlotte snapped a seven-game road losing streak.
KNICKS 101, CELTICS 86: At Boston, Jamal Crawford scored 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead New York over Boston. The victory was the Knicks' third straight, just their second three game-winning streak this season.
MAGIC 93, HEAT 84: At Miami, Jameer Nelson scored 26 points and the Orlando Magic won for the eighth time in nine games, beating the slumping Miami Heat.
SONICS 116, SUNS 114: At Seattle, Ray Allen scored 23 of his 30 points in the second half, and his 3-pointer with 24 seconds left lifted the Seattle SuperSonics to a victory over the Phoenix Suns.
KINGS 86, ROCKETS 77: At Sacramento, Brad Miller had 30 points and 11 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings never trailed in a victory over the Houston Rockets that moved them closer to a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
LAKERS 100, CLIPPERS 83: At Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant poured in 38 points and Lamar Odom added 23 points and 15 rebounds as the Lakers rolled by the Clippers.