Wizards injury concerns mount as Porter leaves with ankle sprain
With no Griffin, the Pistons put the ball in the hands of Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond more often and each picked up four assists in the first half and combined for 12 as Jackson added four more in the second half.
They did it without Blake Griffin, a late scratch due to a right ankle contusion.
The Detroit Pistons experienced three terrible third quarters in their three previous meetings with the Washington Wizards this season, resulting in three losses. Upshaw appeared in 41 games with the Drive this season, averaging 8.5 points and 2.3 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game.
Bradley Beal led Washington, which has lost four of five, with 15 points but also committed six turnovers.
Marcin Gortat chipped in a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Washington Wizards suffered a huge injury earlier this year when John Wall needed surgery on his knee. He missed his 27th consecutive game. It was a 33-16 advantage in the season's second game to wipe out a 65-58 Pistons halftime lead in a game Washington won by four points.
The Pistons outscored the Wizards 32-17 in the third quarter to take an 81-66 lead heading into the fourth.
Going into halftime the game was knotted at 49, but the Wizards didn't turned up the energy until the fourth quarter.
Ellenson, seeing rare minutes in the first half, contributed seven points and three rebounds in just eight minutes. Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy made it a point of emphasis coming into the game, and this time his team was ready.
Layups by Bullock and Jackson, sandwiching a Washington turnover, gave Detroit a 95-87 lead. Ellenson hit a 3-pointer in the first half at a time the Pistons were struggling for points.
Intelligence forces helped select which Russian diplomat to expel
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PNB fraud: ED arrests Nirav Modi's close associate Shyam Sundar Wadhwa
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Serbia loss a 'reality check' for Nigeria
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