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Monday 18 deceMber 2017

STEEL HURTIN’

Steelers lose heartbreaker to

Sharp-shooting Patriots, Antonio Brown to injury

Pistons hold on

for 114-110 win

over Magic

By NOAH TRISTER
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit
Pistons tied a franchise re-
cord for 3-pointers — and
they needed almost all of
them to avoid a bad home
loss. Reggie Bullock scored
a career-high 20 points,
and the Pistons made 17
shots from beyond the arc
in a 114-110 victory over
the Orlando Magic on Sun-
day. Detroit nearly gave
away a 24-point lead in the
fourth quarter, and coach
Stan Van Gundy wasn’t
happy at all with his team’s
effort. “We played a very
good first half, Reggie Bull-
ock and Anthony Tolliver
played very well, and we
didn’t try at all in the sec-
ond half,” Van Gundy said.
“We didn’t bring anything
to the second half.”
The Pistons have won three
in a row after starting De-
cember with a seven- New England Patriots tight end Rob
game losing streak. Nikola Gronkowski (87) celebrates a two-point
Vucevic had 24 points, 14 conversion during the second half of an
rebounds and seven assists
for the Magic. They have NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Sunday,
dropped five straight and Dec. 17, 2017. The Patriots won 27-24.
16 of 19. Detroit started fast, Associated Press
making six of its first seven
shots to take a 15-5 lead. Page 20
At the end of the first quar-
ter, Ish Smith made a shot,
and then Langston Gal-
loway added a steal and
a floater when the Magic
botched the inbound play.
It was 36-23 after one.

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