Pistons 92, Hornets 68

Thursday, January 4th 2007, 1:26 pm

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Richard Hamilton scored 27 points and the Detroit Pistons hardly missed Chauncey Billups, rolling to a 92-68 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Thursday night.

The Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak as the Hornets were unable to climb out of a 26-point halftime hole without starters Chris Paul (sprained right ankle), Peja Stojakovic (back surgery) and David West (right elbow surgery).

New Orleans got within 75-63 after Cedric Simmons' two-handed, alley-oop jam early in the fourth quarter. The Hornets then missed three shots that would have cut the deficit to 10 points or less.

Jason Maxiell came back with a hook shot and then set up Tayshaun Prince for an alley-oop jam of his own as Detroit put away the game with a 13-0 run.

Prince finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Carlos Delfino scored 13 points and Maxiell added 12. Antonio McDyess scored 10 and Rasheed Wallace pulled down 10 rebounds for the Pistons.

Jannero Pargo led the Hornets with 16 points, Desmond Mason added 15 and reserve Devin Brown scored 14. Tyson Chandler grabbed 16 rebounds for New Orleans, which lost for the 10th time in its last 12 games.

The Hornets, who rank last in the NBA in scoring, had their lowest output of the season.