Pistons make 27 straight FTs, beat Nets

January 31, 2007

New Jersey Nets' Vince Carter, left, is fouled by Detroit Pistons' Rasheed Wallace during first quarter NBA basketball Wednesday night, Jan. 31, 2007 in East Rutherford, N.J.

Attacking the basket instead of settling for jump shots against the New Jersey Nets paid dividends for the Detroit Pistons. Not only did the Pistons set a team record for consecutive free throws in a game, they also enjoyed the added benefit of disrupting the Nets’ uptempo offense. Richard Hamilton scored 24 points and the Pistons rewrote their record book by hitting 27 consecutive free throws in a…


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