According to Vince Ellis

Bynum, game-time decision, but wouldn't expect a lot of time when he comes back. BG, CV still out.

Deron Williams scored 26 points to help the New Jersey Nets beat the Detroit Pistons99-96 Wednesday night.

Kris Humphries had 18 points, Jordan Farmar added 15 and Shawne Williams 15 for the Nets.

Greg Monroe and Tayshaun Prince scored 21 points each for the Pistons, who have lost 20 of 24 this season. Detroit rookie point guard Brandon Knight added 15 points, Jonas Jerebko had 14 and Walker Russell Jr. 12.

After trailing by 12 points midway through the third quarter, Detroit rallied to pull to 72-71 entering the fourth. The teams exchanged baskets throughout the final quarter, with Williams’ playmaking the difference.

Taking advantage of his pass-or-shoot options, Williams routinely broke down Knight. He would then drive, shoot or set up his teammates. Williams shot 12 for 21 from the field and had nine assists on the Nets’ 38 baskets.

The game between two of the Eastern Conference’s weaker teams was predictably sloppy. In the first quarter, Monroe drove baseline and elevated. He extended his arm a split-second before releasing the ball, which missed the rim by 6 inches. Deron Williams’ teammates fumbled a half-dozen of his passes in the first three quarters.

New Jersey took advantage of Detroit’s porous perimeter defense, shooting 48 percent from the field and 35 percent on 3s.

The game also marked former Nets coach Lawrence Frank’s return to New Jersey for the first time since taking over the Pistons. Frank was 225-241 record in 466 games spanning seven seasons with the Nets, including four straight playoff appearances.

“I love New Jersey. It’s home,” said Frank, who coached in New Jersey last season as an assistant on the Celtics. “There are a lot of great memories.”

NOTES: The Nets dressed only eight players due to injuries to centers Brook Lopez and Mehmet Okur, forward Damion James and guard MarShon Brooks. “(I) can’t ever remember having under 10 players,” Nets coach Avery Johnson said. . The newest Nets player, veteran swingman Keith Bogans, made his debut against Detroit. “Bogans can play the two or the three, has the respect of the officials (and) can make a three,” Johnson said. The coach estimated that Bogans would play “a minimum of 12 minutes.” Bogans scored two points in 18 minutes.

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The Los Angeles Lakers have surpassed the New York Knicks as the NBA’s most valuable team, according to Forbes’ annual report, and the Detroit Pistons rank No. 17 in the 30-team NBA.

The magazine said today that the Lakers’ value had increased 40% since last year, to $900 million, thanks to its blockbuster Time Warner TV deal. The Knicks’ value increased 19%, to $780 million, with a boost from the renovation of Madison Square Garden. The Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics round out the top five.

The Pistons are valued at $332 million, down 8%. They're just behind the Utah Jazz ($335 million) and just ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers ($329 million).

Despite a shortened season, the average team is worth $393 million, up 6.5% from last year, aided by the new collective bargaining agreement. The Milwaukee Bucks are the least valuable team, at $268 million.

Russell Westbrook and reserve James Harden each scored 24 points, Kevin Durant added 20 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Detroit Pistons 99-79 Monday night for their fourth straight blowout win at home.

The Thunder built up a 30-point lead midway through the second quarter and Detroit got no closer than 17 after the opening period.

Oklahoma City’s starters had sat out all of the fourth quarter in the previous three games at Chesapeake Energy Arena and that streak was only stopped because Serge Ibaka replaced an injured Nick Collison with the rest of the backups.

Collison sprained his left ankle and didn’t play after halftime.

Rookie Brandon Knight led Detroit with 13 points. Rodney Stuckey and Greg Monroe added 12 apiece.

The overmatched Pistons—last in the league in scoring, rebounding and turnovers committed—never stood a chance from the start.

Westbrook had a right-handed throwdown dunk and Durant got out in transition for a layup and a three-point play as the Thunder took control with a 9-0 run after Stuckey’s basket to open the game.

Oklahoma City was already up by 19 late in a first quarter in which Detroit missed 15 of 18 shots and got outrebounded 16-6, and another stretch of nine points in a row put the Thunder ahead 51-21 after Durant’s jumper from the right side with 5:31 to go before halftime.

Oklahoma City made 22 of its first 33 shots.

Even when things seemed to be going well for Detroit, they didn’t.

Brandon Knight, Jonas Jerebko and Damien Wilkins had a 3-on-1 in transition against Thabo Sefolosha that ended when Sefolosha blocked Jerebko’s shot to keep the Thunder lead at 60-33 going into halftime.

The Pistons played without Ben Gordon for the second straight game because of a sore left shoulder, and Will Bynum (foot) and Charlie Villanueva (ankle) also remained out.

NOTES: Kendrick Perkins picked up his sixth technical foul of the season in the final minute of the first half, with the Thunder up by 29. He faces a one-game suspension if he gets to 13. … Monroe was 1 for 10 in the first half. He missed shots on four of Detroit’s first five possessions. … Ibaka had 10 rebounds and blocked a season-high five shots for the second straight game.

Courtesy of AP