Article: Thomas, Pistons win fifth straight

Isiah Thomas scored 27 points and sparked a decisive 9-0 fourth-quarter burst as Detroit won its fifth straight, beating Seattle 112-96 Wednesday night in Auburn Hills, Mich.

The Pistons held the SuperSonics to 36 percent shooting in the first half while making 62 percent.

Derrick McKey scored 21 points for the SuperSonics.

Lakers 127, Heat 87: Byron Scott scored all of his 16 points in the first quarter, including four baskets during a stretch when visiting Los Angeles made 12 straight shots, in sparking a rout of Miami.

The margin approached the Lakers' biggest of the season, achieved in a 138-91 victory in their other visit to Miami Nov. 23.

Miami's starters scored only 39 ...

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