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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd knew he was going to need more than a few players to step up against Detroit on Friday night.He got even more than he expected.The Bucks, playing without John Henson and Zaza Pachulia, didnt have a single starter in double figures scoring, but still managed to beat the hapless Pistons 104-88.Milwaukee had a 69-13 edge in bench scoring, including 13 of 22 3-point shooting while Detroits reserves went 1 for 10.This was just a great team effort, Kidd said. Everyone was going to get a chance to help us win this game, and all 10 guys pitched in. We were turning down good shots in order to get better shots. Thats playing at a high level.Detroits seven-game losing streak matches the longest of Stan Van Gundys career, set when Miami started 0-7 in his rookie season of 2003-04. That team was 11 games under .500 in early March — the only time hes been further under that mark than the 3-13 Pistons are now.We should be better than this, Van Gundy said in a 90-second press conference. We have to find a way to be better.Jared Dudley scored 16 points, while former Piston Khris Middleton added 12 points for Milwaukee, which got four reserves into double figures. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 26 points and 20 rebounds, but Greg Monroe only had five points on three shots.When it was our starters against their starters, we were OK, said Van Gundy. But their bench just strafed us. We didnt have an answer for anything they did. If you look at those guys coming into this game, none of them were really shooting well from the three, but they hit everything tonight.The Bucks dominated the boards in Tuesdays win, but the Pistons were able to hold them in check in the first half of the rematch. This time, Detroits problem came on defence, as Milwaukee scored 53 points on 42 field-goal attempts to take a 53-45 lead. Dudley was the biggest contributor, scoring 11 points in 10 minutes.We went with a small lineup and just shared the ball, said Ersan Illyasova, who had 22 points and eight rebounds. We spread the floor, we found opportunities and we knocked down shots.Jabari Parker kept the Bucks in front with a pair of baseline dunks, and 10 points in the quarter from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope kept the Pistons close — down 74-69 going into the fourth.Milwaukee scored the first six points of the fourth period, as the Pistons offence struggled to move the ball effectively in halfcourt sets. Detroit was reduced to bombing away from outside, a strategy that allowed the Bucks to pull away with little trouble.Everybodys trying to get on the same page, but when we get out there, it isnt working, said D.J. Augustin, who went 1 for 7 from the floor. Its rough right now, and we know how the fans are looking at us, but we dont want to lose.___TIP INSBucks: Giannis Antetokoumpo drew gasps from the crowd with a spectacular basket in the second quarter. Antetokoumpo took off from outside the 3-point line, and was still able to hit a finger roll at the hoop without travelling. He made a similar play later in the quarter, finishing the basket despite being fouled by Josh Smith. . Pachulia missed the game for personal reasons.Pistons: PG Brandon Jennings missed his third straight game — two against his former team — with a sprained left thumb. The Pistons acquired Jennings from the Bucks for Brandon Knight and Middleton before last season.UP NEXTBucks: Host the Rockets on Saturday.Pistons: Host the Warriors on Sunday. James Patrick Jersey .com) - James Harden put the Houston Rockets on his back and willed them to an overtime victory on Thursday. Mike Gartner Jersey . 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Tobias Enstrom scored a power-play goal with 3:36 remaining in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets deal a blow to San Joses chances to finish in first place by beating the Sharks 4-3 on Thursday night. "Weve let some teams that are not as good in the standings beat us and take points away, for whatever reason Im not sure," captain Joe Thornton said. The Sharks have lost six games since the Olympic break, all to teams that would not be in the playoffs if the season ended now. San Jose still holds a two-point lead over Anaheim in the Pacific Division but the Ducks have three games in hand. "We cant give away points," forward Joe Pavelski said. "Weve given away a few too many lately. They got the games in hand. If they do their job theyll be there but theres still quite a bit of hockey left." Dan Boyle, Brent Burns and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks, who have lost four of six. Antti Niemi made 27 saves for San Jose. Blake Wheeler added a goal and two assists for the Jets, who trail Phoenix by nine points in the race for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien also scored, and Al Montoya made 27 saves. "We talked about the playoff race for the first time tonight," Jets coach Paul Maurice said. "Its a long hill to climb but this is the way we need to play every night." Couture scored the tying goal in the second period for San Jose but then committed the penalty that led to the game-winner when he shot the puck over the glass while trying to kill a penalty. The Sharks managed to kill 11 seconds of the 5-on-3 but couldnt kill the second penalty when Wheeler slid a pass to a pinching Enstrom, who beat Niemi. "Were a long shot coming into the building against arguably the best team in the league," Wheeler said. "We just tried to make one more play than they did and it worked out for us." The Jets took a 3-2 lead by scoring twice in the first 10 minutes of the secondd period.dddddddddddd The equalizer came early when Wheeler skated into the offensive zone and fired a bad-angle shot at Niemi from along the goal line that somehow sneaked into the net. Winnipeg took its first lead after Thornton negated a San Jose power play with a tripping penalty. Just seconds after Paul Postma came out of the box to give the Jets a power play, Wheeler slid a perfect pass to Byfuglien, who beat Niemi with a one-timer for his 20th goal. "Our power play was kind of sloppy but we were able to pull together a couple of times and set it up," Ladd said. "I wanted to come here, have a good effort and give ourselves a chance to win, and we did that." The Sharks tied it later in the second when they capitalized on another power-play chance. James Sheppards slap shot deflected off Coutures thumb and into the net to give San Jose its fifth power-play goal in two games. Couture also got his 20th goal in his return to the lineup after missing one game with an injury from blocking a shot on Monday in Calgary. The Sharks opened the scoring less than 2 minutes into the game when Sheppard sent a pass from the point that deflected off Marty Havlats stick and right to Boyle, who beat Montoya with a backhand for his first goal in 30 games. The Jets answered just 36 seconds later when Ladd put in a rebound of Michael Froliks shot for his 22nd goal. It came in Ladds first game back after missing Mondays tilt in Dallas for the birth of his daughter. "Theres a little bit of energy in the building, and bang its gone," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "They come right back down and score and we have to start all over. That was probably a bit of a turning point, may have been an indication of things to come." San Jose went back in front late in the period on Burns power-play goal. NOTES: Thornton became the 100th player to play in 1,200 career NHL games. ... Former Sharks F Devin Setoguchi was a healthy scratch for the Jets. ... San Jose recalled F Freddie Hamilton from Worcester of the AHL to replace F Adam Burish, who had surgery on two broken fingers on his left hand. ' ' '