(SportsNetwork.com) - The Detroit Pistons will try to get back on track Wednesday night when they host the Orlando Magic at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Pistons are 11-3 since releasing Josh Smith, but they had a two-game winning streak snapped last time out in a 93-82 road loss to the sizzling Atlanta Hawks. Greg Monroe had a big game in defeat, scoring 16 points and tying a career high with 20 rebounds. Fellow big man Andre Drummond totaled 13 points and 18 rebounds for Detroit. I thought our defense was reasonably good, said Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy. Our offense was terrible. It was as much my fault as our players fault. Jodie Meeks chipped in 11 off the bench and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 10 points, but shot 4-for-15 from the field. The Pistons went 29-for-82 from the floor which translated to 35.4 percent. Detroit dominated the boards to the tune of 61-42, but committed 19 turnovers for 20 Atlanta points. The Pistons face a tough little road trip, starting Saturday in Milwaukee. They will visit the Toronto Raptors on Sunday as both teams are currently in the Eastern Conference playoff mix. Detroit is 1 1/2 games behind the Brooklyn Nets for the eighth seed. The Magic have lost two in a row on the heels of a two-game winning streak. Orlando is just 2-8 over its previous 10 games, including a 1-3 mark as the visitor. On Sunday, the Magic fell at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 127-99. Victor Oladipo tallied 23 points and five helpers and Elfrid Payton supplied 19 points and eight assists for Orlando. Nikola Vucevic finished with 16 points and seven rebounds. The Thunder raced off to a 13-0 start and never looked back. Serge Ibaka knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the early going and an Andre Roberson triple staked OKC to its early cushion. They threw a pretty good first punch and it was tough for us to recover, Payton said. The Thunder grabbed a 17-point lead after the first quarter and doubled the margin before the half. Orlando shot 39.8 percent from the field, but allowed the Thunder to shoot a whopping 57.8 percent. The Magic are still without starting small forward Tobias Harris, who is hobbled by a sprained left ankle. According to the team, there is no timetable for Harris return to the lineup. These teams have split a pair of matchups this season with the visitor prevailing each time. The Pistons and Magic have split their last eight meetings in Motown. Bo Jackson Jersey . The defeat leaves the 41-year-old Nestor to concentrate on the mixed-doubles event after winning 12 straight matches and winning Australian titles in Brisbane and Sydney with two different partners. "This was a little bit of a let down, but all credit to them," said Nestor. Charles Woodson Jersey . 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"I thought we played a little bit as expected as it is our first playoff game," Toronto coach Dwane Casey said.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Chicago Bulls dont mess around when theyre playing on the road. Their NBA-best 6-0 record is proof. The Bulls will get back to work in another time zone Thursday against the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena. Chicago kicked off its annual circus road trip with Mondays 105-89 victory over the high-scoring Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center, where Jimmy Butler continued his recent hot play with 22 points and eight assists. He is averaging 25.0 points in his last three games. I think my teammates find me in positions to score, Butler told the Bulls website. I wouldnt say Im a go-to guy; I would say Im really good at the role Im supposed to play. Butler said head coach Tom Thibodeau always tells him to look to score more and be more aggressive. Butler is averaging a career-best and team-high 21.3 points this season, so hes obviously listening. Taj Gibson scored 20 points against Los Angeles, Mike Dunleavy added 19 and Joakim Noah powered his way to 11 points and 16 rebounds. Noah has recorded three double-doubles in his last five games for the Bulls, who made 48.8 percent of their shots and only had nine turnovers. The Bulls outscored the Clippers, 31-14, in the third quarter to get this lengthy journey off to a good start. This is a big win to start a long road trip, said Butler, who took over with Pau Gasol (calf) and Derrick Rose (hamstring) sidelined. Both Gasol and Rose are questionable Thursday for a Bulls team that has scored 100 or more points eight times through the first 11 games. Chicago, which is 8-3 overall, will also make western stops in Portland, Utah, and Denver, then will return east for road bouts against Boston and Brooklyn. The Bulls lastt started 6-0 on the road in 1996-97, when they finished 30-11 away from the United Center.dddddddddddd The Kings look to get back to their winning ways Thursday in the finale of a three-game homestand and have dropped four of five following a five-game win streak. Sacramento fell victim to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday in a 106-100 defeat, as DeMarcus Cousins shook off a hip issue to record 24 points and 17 rebounds for his eighth double-double. Cousins battled with Pelicans star Anthony Davis, who led all scorers with 28 points and grabbed nine boards. The Kings were the only team in the NBA to not allow an opposing player to score 25 or more points in a game until Davis came to town. Rudy Gay and Jason Thompson scored 15 points apiece in the loss and Darren Collison tallied 13 with a game-high 11 assists. The Kings had a nine-point halftime lead (54-45), but the Pelicans outscored them, 31-15, in the third quarter. Its just the same old story, Kings head coach Michael Malone said. Tonight we didnt defend. New Orleans only had six turnovers, but the Kings posted a 52-32 rebounding advantage. Sacramentos 15 turnovers led to 22 points for New Orleans. Gay was questionable for the contest with a sore Achilles and his status for Thursday is the same. Cousins and Thompson are probable versus Chicago. The Kings will start a four-game road trip Saturday against Minnesota, New Orleans, Houston and San Antonio. Sacramento and Chicago are both averaging 102.5 points and split a pair of meetings last season with each squad prevailing at home. The Bulls, though, are 10-4 in the past 14 matchups with Sacramento, winners in 11 of the last 15 encounters in Californias capital. ' ' '