Toronto pulled off a huge upset today, beating Detroit 114-102. "An easy game on the schedule," remarked some Detroit players a couple weeks ago. "It'll be a nice day to rest up between some tougher games." Unfortunately those words were overheard by a reporter and ended up in the Toronto bulletin board. "No question, we were fired up about this game," said star Starks afterwards. "Coach posted the newspaper clipping up, and we've been getting ready for this game ever since."

"I've never seen this team so eager to get out there and do damage before," said the winning coach, Bob, during his postgame interview. "I guess David Smith ought to be putting duct tape over his players' mouths."

Toronto was led by Starks (15 points, 3 steals), Brown (17 points, 7 assists, 2 steals), Bush (16 points, 8 boards, 0 assists, 2 blocks). Detroit was led by Riffe (15 points, 13 assists, 3 steals, a block), Reynolds (16 points, 9 boards, 0 assists, a block), Wood (10 points, 16 boards, 0 assists).

With this victory, Toronto jump to 5-10 and 4-5 at home. They stay at #5 in the Atlantic and improve to #13 overall in the Eastern Conference. Detroit snapped their winning streak at 5 games, and fall to 10-4. They remain at #1 in the Central and hold at #1 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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