Pistons outlast the Raptors

Tracy McGrady scored 22 points, Rodney Stuckey had 19 and the Detroit Pistons beat the Toronto Raptors 101-95 Friday night.

Charlie Villanueva had 16 points and eight rebounds while rookie Greg Monroe(notes) scored 12 for the Pistons, who had lost five of their last six games. Chris Wilcox had 12 rebounds and four points.

Andrea Bargnani scored 31 points and DeMar DeRozan had 15 for the Raptors, who have lost eight of 10 at home and nine of 12 overall.

Linas Kleiza scored 13 points for Toronto while Jose Calderon had 11 points and 13 assists.

The Pistons came in having lost 12 of their previous 13 road games, including the past five in a row. Detroit’s last road win was a 115-93 win at Toronto on December 15.

Back-to-back jump shots by Bargnani cut it to 96-91 with 1:18 left, the closest Toronto had been in the fourth. But McGrady answered with a reverse layup, his first basket of the fourth quarter, to push Detroit’s lead back to seven points.

DeRozan made a jumper in the lane and McGrady shot’s rimmed out, but Monroe stripped Johnson under the Detroit basket. Stuckey was fouled and made one of two with 18 seconds remaining to put the Pistons up by six. Bargnani missed a layup and Gordon was fouled, hitting both free throws with 11.5 seconds to go and giving Detroit a 101-93 lead. Calderon finished with a layup, but Toronto lost for the 15th time in 20 games