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AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- Bonzi Wells provided the offense and Ruben Patterson the defense for the Portland Trail Blazers. Wells scored 30 points and Patterson came up with a pair of key late stops against Jerry Stackhouse as the Trail Blazers posted their first road victory of the season with a 100-98 victory over the Detroit Pistons. A follow shot by Stackhouse gave the Pistons a 94-89 lead with just under three minutes remaining before Portland evened the game with five straight points from Wells, a former first-round pick of Detroit. "We made our buckets, executed down the stretch and got some defensive stops," Wells said. "If we keep playing great like a team, we should be able to run anybody." Former Blazer Clifford Robinson gave the Pistons their final lead at 96-94 with 1:32 to go, but Wells responded with a 3-pointer 15 seconds later as Portland took its first lead of the second half. Patterson came up with a block on Stackhouse and Scottie Pippen made two free throws for a 99-96 edge with 17 seconds left. "We knew Stackhouse is their best player and they were going to go to him down the stretch," Patterson said. "When he went up for the shot, I blocked him and saved the ball for us. That was a big block." Detroit's Jon Barry scored and another free throw by Pippen put Portland in front by two with seven seconds to play. Barry missed a runner on the Pistons' final possession and Stackhouse airballed from beyond the arc with Patterson in his face. "He played really good defense against me," Stackhouse said. "Give him credit, he made some really nice plays, especially the first block. The second one was a foul but they are never going to call that in that situation." Wells made 11-of-16 shots overall and scored 17 points in the second half in his third 30-point game of the season. He repeatedly exploited his matchup with the 6-5 Barry by burying jumpers over him. "He's a small guard to me," the 6-5 Wells said. "I shot over him whenever I wanted to. He's a good defender but if you aren't 6-8, you won't be able to affect my shot." Pistons coach Rick Carlisle was not happy with Barry's defense or that of his team, which allowed Portland to make 6-of-13 shots from beyond the arc. "We made a nice run to get ahead in the second half but our defensive mistakes cost us," Carlisle said. "Jon made some of those mistakes against Wells but he wasn't the only one. He did make some huge defensive mistakes, though. That really hurt us." Rasheed Wallace collected 27 points and 10 rebounds as the Blazers improved to 1-3 away from home. Anderson was the only other Portland player in double figures with 13 points. Dale Davis grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds as the Blazers held a commanding 49-28 advantage on the boards. "We had another great start, we got back in the game with Bonzi and Rasheed getting hot and we rebounded the ball," Portland coach Maurice Cheeks said. "We had 49-28 rebounds, that's a huge difference. Usually when you rebound the ball, you usually can win those ballgames." Stackhouse scored 29 points on 12-of-25 shooting for Detroit, which saw its four-game winning streak come to an end. Robinson and Corliss Williamson each scored 14 points while Barry chipped in 13. The Pistons' bench outscored Portland's, 43-14, including 11 from Chucky Atkins. However, it did not prevent Detroit from losing its fourth straight home meeting with Portland. "It would have been a really nice win against one of the best teams in the league, expecially since we outplayed them for most of the night," Stackhouse said. "We should have never have been in the position to need a 'Hail Mary' three to win it." Detroit made 13-of-25 from beyond the arc, including three each by Stackhouse, Barry and Atkins.
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