Washington, DC--

So the old saying home is where the comfort is certianly did not apply to the Wizards tonight, who prior to tonight had secured all of their victories early in the 2006-07 season on the court at Verizon Center.

Tonight looked a lot like last night when they faced the Grizzlies on the road and again suffered their eighth loss of the season on the road. They certainly did not have have a lack of offense as Gilbert Arenas scored 28 points to lead the way for the Wizards.

"I still consider this game as a road game. Even though we were playing at home, we played four games in five nights and we had to travel and got in late last night," said Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan, whose team lost in Memphis on Friday night. "I thought we still brought it. Gil got his groove back a little bit -- a lot. I think the slump is over. Especially offensively."

Forward Caron Butler rounded out the leading scorers for the Wizards with 25 points and Antawn Jamison scored 22 points as Washington shot pretty close to 50 percent (42 for 85). You don't lose many games in the NBA shooting with that kind of percentage, but against the Pistons, anything can happen.

Detroit made 11 of 24 shots from long range, and its players did a good job of getting inside the paint and then passing to an open shooter on the perimeter. Tayshaun Prince (21 points) and Chauncey Billups (29 points) were a combined 6 for 9 on three-pointers.

“We knew Gilbert would come out aggressive – which he did. We knew them as a team – they’ve always been a very aggressive first quarter team at home and they play well at home. We fell behind early, called a timeout, then we made some shots – we had some guys who made some threes," said Pistons Head Coach Flip Saunders.

Detroit also set season bests for points in a half (62 in the first), points in a game, 3-pointers made (11) and free throws made (36-for-40).

The Wizards had several chances to stay in this game but failed. Jamison gave them thier best shot when he made a three-pointer from the right side to cut Detroit's advantage to one, 59-58, with 3.8 seconds left in the first half, but Richard Hamilton weaved his way through the Washington defense and launched a three-pointer just before the buzzer that banked in. This was just the kind of night the Wizards were having.

Butler and Stevenson gave the Wizards one more push in the final minute, but in order to stop the clock they had to foul Detroit's best free throw shooter in Billups, who drove the final nail in the Wizards coffin tonight.