No matter which players Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff puts on the court these days, they produce and the Pistons keep winning. Detroit will be shooting for its eighth consecutive victory when it hosts the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday.

The streak was in peril on Monday against the lowly Washington Wizards. Playing without a handful of rotation players, the Pistons were down double digits with five minutes remaining. Little-used Daniss Jenkins drained a last-second, corner 3-pointer to send the game into overtime before the Pistons pulled out a 137-135 win.

"There's a grit to them. There's a toughness to them. I couldn't be more proud of their effort," Bickerstaff said. "Down as many bodies as we were, a tough game last night, a team (Washington) sitting here waiting on us fresh, down 13 in

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