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Monroe, Pistons rout 76ers for season's 1st win

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Greg Monroe had 19 points, 18 rebounds and six assists to help the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 94-76 on Wednesday night for their first win of the season.

CNNSI.com

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Winless no more, the Detroit Pistons had good reason to break out the cheers in a locker room celebration.

Jay Hart, yahoo.com

Interested in hosting a party for you and 16 of your friends at a Philadelphia 76ers game? If you've got $6.80 lying around, you're in luck, because a block of 17 tickets for Wednesday night's game against the Detroit Pistons was on sale for $0.40 a tic…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Some readers and even Detroit Pistons fans will take to this news as some sort of recognition of the loss of one of the great freedoms of sporting culture — the ability to go to a game and imbibe in endless amounts of terrible food, watered-down soda th…

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

Anderson Varejao scored 35 points and grabbed 18 rebounds last night in a loss to the Nets. It feels crazy to write that, because Varejao isn't the kind of center you expect to put up such fat numbers. He's the "energy guy," the big man who ne…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Pau Gasol, we hope you surround yourself with protection tonight. You might turn up along the rocks in the Pacific Ocean tomorrow morning, courtesy of a crazed Kobe Bryant. Down two on the last possession last night against the Spurs, Gasol couldn’t fin…