Detroit overpowered Utah today, showing who is the better team. Most around the league expected this kind of result, but Utah head coach Coach Young was defiant until game time. "Underdogs, my ----. We've got enough talent and enough heart to play with anybody in the league." Afterwards, his tune had changed significantly. "We've got some work ahead of us before we can play at their level."

The only bright point for Utah was the great play by Dixson, and Coach Young was quick to praise his star. "If the whole team had played with his energy, we'd have been able to play with Detroit. The bright side is that we know what he can do against them, and we'll try to build on that for our next meeting."

Detroit was led by Wood (16 points, 16 boards, 0 assists, a steal, a block), Reynolds (21 points, 5 boards, 2 assists, a steal, 2 blocks), Day (15 points, 13 boards, 2 assists). Utah was led by Dixson (29 points, 3 blocks), Fripp (13 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 4 blocks), Fraser (12 points).

Detroit improve to 18-7 and 10-1 at home with this win. They stay at #1 in the Central and stay at #1 overall in the Eastern Conference. Utah are now 14-11 after this defeat. They stay at #2 in the Northwest and remain at #5 overall in the Western Conference.

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