Dallas — After Sunday night’s 18-point blowout to the Philadelphia 76ers at The Palace, the Pistons players called it an embarrassing loss.
On Wednesday they dodged another one that would have been just as bad.
The Pistons followed their worst performance of the season — falling to the team with the worst record in the East — with an error-filled first half but rebounded for a 95-85 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.
The win continues the Pistons’ streak of alternating wins and losses over the last seven games. They avoided adding to their resume of bad losses this season: at Brooklyn, at Phoenix, home against Orlando and home against the 76ers.