Hamilton's 39 leads Pistons over Raptors

Richard Hamilton scored a season-high 39 points as the Detroit Pistons rebounded from an embarrassing loss for a 103-89 victory over the Toronto Raptors Tuesday night.

Hamilton hit 16 of 22 shots in Detroit's first game since losing 89-65 to the last-place New York Knicks on Sunday.

Chauncey Billups added 20 points for Detroit and Antonio McDyess had nine points, 12 rebounds and a career-high seven steals.

Chris Bosh, who averaged 39 points in Toronto's last two games, was held to 16 by the team that passed on him for Darko Milicic in the 2003 draft.

The Pistons led by as many as 13 in the second quarter, but former Pistons guard Carlos Delfino scored 14 points, including a buzzer-beating layup, to cut the margin to 51-50 at the half.

Toronto didn't have anything left for the third, though. While the Raptors were missing 10 of their first 12 shots, Detroit was slicing up their defense on their way to a 75-57 lead late in the quarter.

The Raptors rallied again, finishing the quarter with a 8-2 run to get within 12.

Wallace, though, started the fourth with a three-point play that included a dunk over Rasho Nestorovic, and the Raptors were never able to seriously threaten.

Notes:@ Toronto added two points at the end of the third quarter when Tayshaun Prince was called for a foul as Jamario Moon threw up a desperation shot at the buzzer. Replays showed that Moon appeared to be behind the 3-point line, but the officials gave him two shots after looking at the replay. ... Hamilton was the first Pistons player to score 30 points since he scored 32 on Nov. 11 at Seattle, a span of 32 games. ... Delfino didn't score in the second half. ... Toronto coach Sam Mitchell picked up a technical for arguing a fourth-quarter call, but Hamilton missed the free throw.