No tears Saunders pulled out a handkerchief and began to dab his eyes. He had just been told Cleveland complained to the league about having to play 21 back-to-backs, with the second game being on the road 17 times. "We've been in 23, 24 back-to-backs the last three years," he said. "I am not going to pull out my handkerchief and start crying. Both times we've played them, we were on the back end of back-to-backs and they had rested. We played Boston three times, twice on back-to-backs." This is the first time in three years the Pistons don't play at least 20 back-to-backs. They play 19 with 15 of the second games on the road. Bench is cooking The Pistons bench produced 109 points in the previous two games. Jarvis Hayes was the main contributor, producing 47 points and hitting 10-of-13 3-point attempts. "I am not exaggerating when I say this," guard Chauncey Billups said. "But they are playing better than a lot of teams' starting fives, a lot of teams.'?" The bench is averaging 27.4 points a game, which is the most since the 2004 bench averaged 26.8. --

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