Pistons end 13-game slide with win over Wizards

Charlie Villanueva and the Detroit Pistons went exactly a month between victories.

"Oh, man," Villanueva said. "It felt like forever."

His 23 points and 9 rebounds helped visiting Detroit end a 13-game losing streak by beating the downtrodden and distracted Washington Wizards 99-90 Tuesday night.

To the Pistons, it did not matter one bit that their first win since beating Golden State on Dec. 12 came against the Wizards, a club whose best player, three-time all-star Gilbert Arenas, was suspended indefinitely by the NBA amid a guns investigation.

And a club whose coach, Flip Saunders, and several players have had to speak to authorities in recent days about that case. A club missing forward Andray Blatche, suspended for Tuesday's game for what Saunders indicated was complaining about getting enough plays drawn up for him.

"Somebody had to win tonight - and we just wanted it to be us," said Richard Hamilton, who scored 19 points for Detroit. "We knew when we came in tonight, we could only worry about us."

Rodney Stuckey also scored 19 and added a career high-tying 11 assists for Detroit, which lost by 33 points at Chicago on Monday night. A defeat against Washington would have tied the longest single-season losing streak in franchise history.

Antawn Jamison led the Wizards with 31 points and 10 rebounds.

Spurs 105, Lakers 85: Tim Duncan had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs showed they can still hang with their Western Conference rivals in a victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers.

Tony Parker scored 22 as the Spurs got their biggest victory this season. The Lakers are just the fourth winning team San Antonio has beaten, but none the caliber of the defending NBA champions.

Kobe Bryant had another off game, scoring 16 points. He again wore a thick splint over his broken right index finger.