Los Angeles - Hot-head Rasheed Wallace lost his cool, and the struggling Detroit Pistons lost another game.
David West scored 30 points, including a pair of free throws with 6.7 seconds left, and the New Orleans Hornets handed the Pistons their eighth straight defeat, 90-87 on Wednesday night.
"I knew it was going to be a tight game all the way," Hornets coach Byron Scott said. "I'm glad we made some big plays in the end and got the stops when we needed."