--The Pistons are 15 games under .500 heading into the All-Star break, the same as last season. They are 21-36 and were 18-33 a year ago. Those are their worst All-Star weekend records since 1993-94, when they had a 11-37 mark entering the break.

--Tracy McGrady reached the 18,000-point mark Wednesday when he made a baseline shot early in the second half. McGrady finished with 15 points and has 18,006 for his career, 10th among active players. He is 59th on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"It's coming at a good time because we've played up and down throughout. Just because we got this win (Wednesday) doesn't mean we need to keep playing. We've won a game, then lost two or three, and we've been doing that all season." -- Forward Tayshaun Prince after the Pistons' OT win against Indiana heading into the All-Star break.

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