Short-handed Pistons snap 11-game losing streak with 124-103 victory over 76ers

Pistons end 11-game slide, beat Sixers 124-103

PHILADELPHIA — Charlie Villanueva scored 25 points, Rodney Stuckey added 24 and the short-handed Detroit Pistons snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 124-103 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night.

Ben Wallace added a season-high 18 points, Tayshaun Prince had 14 and Ben Gordon 13 for the Pistons (24-53), who won for only the eighth time on the road this season. Jonas Jerebko added 11 points and Will Bynum had 10.

Detroit halted a double-digit losing skid for the second time in 2009-10. The Pistons dropped 13 in a row from Dec. 15 to Jan. 11.

Marreese Speights scored 21 points and Jodie Meeks 19 for the struggling Sixers, who have lost four straight. Andre Iguodala and Lou Williams had 12 apiece, while Jrue Holiday added 11.

Sixers coach Eddie Jordan limited the minutes for several of his starters, including Elton Brand and Samuel Dalembert. Brand had a subpar game again with two rebounds in 12 minutes. In last Saturday’s 128-123 overtime loss to Toronto, Brand went without a rebound for the first time in 713 career games.

Detroit built an 18-point advantage in the fourth quarter when Jerebko’s layup pushed it to 104-86.

The Sixers never got the deficit under 10 the rest of the way.

The Pistons were already depleted with injuries to guard Richard Hamilton along with forwards Jason Maxiell and Chris Wilcox. Then Stuckey limped off the court with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter after crashing to the court following a driving layup.

Stuckey — who was elbowed in the left rib — hit the free throw, left for the locker room and was replaced by Gordon. Stuckey returned at the start of the fourth.

In addition, Villanueva and forward Austin Daye missed Detroit’s charter flight to Philadelphia. They took commercial flights and arrived at the game in time. Both players initially came off the bench in the first half.

The Sixers shot 60 percent from the field in the first half while Detroit was close behind at 56 percent. The teams went into halftime tied at 61.

NOTES: Sixers guard Rodney Carney (right big toe) and forward Thaddeus Young (broken right thumb) were inactive. … The Pistons shot 68 percent from the field in the first quarter. … Detroit committed only 10 turnovers.