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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Pistons finally clamped down on defense, in plenty of time to secure their third straight win.Tobias Harris scored 25 points and Marcus Morris added 22 to lift the Pistons to a 102-89 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Detroit closed the game with eight straight points, and the Knicks didnt score after Derrick Roses bank shot with 5:40 remaining.I thought our offense in the first half was excellent, Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. Defensively, I thought we finished the game real well.The Pistons have won three in a row -- all by double digits -- since dropping their season opener. They held New York to 10 points in the fourth quarter.Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points for the Knicks, and Rose added 19.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 19 points for Detroit, and Andre Drummond had nine points and 13 rebounds.Its been an encouraging start for Detroit, which has been playing without injured point guard Reggie Jackson. The Pistons shot 55 percent from the field in a smoothly played first half, and Detroit was up 64-55 after two quarters.I have been very amazed about how we move the ball, Caldwell-Pope said. Everybody is getting equal shots. Nobody is being selfish. We are being a little too unselfish, but thats good.The offenses bogged down in the second half, and the Knicks had chances to close the gap in the fourth quarter. Down 94-89, New Yorks Lance Thomas missed from the perimeter. Morris made two free throws at the other end with 3:22 remaining.A 3-pointer by Caldwell-Pope put the Pistons up by 10, and Harris added a three-point play with 1:11 left.It just didnt go down tonight, Rose said. When the shots arent falling, we have to depend on our defense even more. We have to play the type of game where if were having a hard time scoring, youre definitely going to have a hard time scoring. Thats the mentality and culture were trying to build.TIP-INSKnicks: Joakim Noah had only two points, but he contributed eight assists and 11 rebounds. ... Former Detroit G Brandon Jennings scored 12 points for the Knicks.Pistons: Detroit outscored the Knicks 50-32 in the paint. ... Harris had 10 rebounds. ... Ish Smith, starting in place of Jackson (knee), had 10 points and eight assists. ... The Pistons went 8 of 13 from 3-point range.WEARING DOWN?Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said his teams stamina may have played a role in the offensive struggles late.Were not in the kind of condition that we need to be to play offense and defense for 48 minutes, Hornacek said. It looked like we did get a little tired and thats going to affect the shooting.STICKY FINGERSThe Knicks had only three turnovers in the first half, and the Pistons had only two. That was a big reason the game was so high-scoring early. 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Eric ONeal says most of the arrests at Monday nights game were for public drunkenness, though one person was taken into custody on suspicion of trying to steal a seat from the stadium.Run Mama Run is a film series created for the espnW Film Fellowship, presented by Walmart. The five-episode digital series, introduced in Summer 2016,?follows elite runner Sarah Brown, who was training to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic track team while pregnant.Director Daniele Anastasion caught up with Sarah Brown and her husband/coach Darren Brown to learn about life and training after the Olympic trials.Daniele Anastasion: What did you learn from this entire year?Sarah Brown: I learned that you can always handle more than you think you can. You always rise to the occasion when youre faced with the fire.Knowing what you know now, would you go through it all over again?SB: Everything that I could control and every decision I made, I would not take back. Every time we faced a roadblock, we never gave up and we made the decision to keep moving forward. In life in general, thats all you can ask of yourself. To face the difficult moments, the adversity, and keep moving forward.If you look at it at face value, in black and white terms, I failed. I didnt make the Olympic team. Its not even one of those things like, oh, you learn from your failures and try harder next time. No, I did everything I could, and I still failed. But I grew as a person from that failure. And so on a whole other level, it was a major gain.Darren Brown: I hope what comes out of it for people who watch the series is that this transcends athletics. We just did everything we could, with what was in our control. You have to be happy with what life gives you back. That transcends sports. All you can do is the best that you can, and at the end of the day, youre not going to have any what ifs.Did you watch the Olympic running events?SB: You cheer really hard for the Americans, and I was rooting especially hard for my New Balance teammates.DB: This Olympic Games, both Emma [Coburn] and Jenny [Simpson] won bronze medals and they were the first Olympic medals for the U.S. in those events. Abbey DAgostino fell, severely injured her knee, yet still helped another woman up who had also fallen, and finished the race despite the injury and adversity. She embodied the Olympic spirit. Im not officially a part of Team New Balance, but I felt pride knowing that those women represented the New Balance team Sarah competes for.After not making the team, how did you channel all of that energy? Are you training again?SB: After everything that happened, I just needed a moment to breathe.dddddddddddd It was a whirlwind, and it was physically and emotionally draining. Afterward, it was kind of a moment where Darren and I could let our breath out. With the Achilles injury being the last blow, I think we both just needed a moment to gather our breath and relax.I did have to take a good amount of time off from running, but returned to cross-training after a short break. My Achilles was really banged up after the Trials and Im trying to rehab back from that. I recently added running back into my routine. While Im still battling some of those issues, Im making progress. I was able to get my long run back up to 10 miles this weekend and, while being cautious, we are taking steps forward every day.Whats a typical day like for the family now?SB: I get to stay home with my daughter and raise her, but I still have a daily rehab and workout routine. Darren has a full-time job, so we still have to get creative in terms of finding ways for me to do workouts in the morning. Im doing stuff on the ElliptiGO inside while Abigail naps in the pack and play next to me -- she loves the sound of the ElliptiGO! When I do have really long sessions -- over 2 hours -- I have a little iPad situation set up so she can watch cartoons to keep her engaged when shes not napping.DB: At nine months we can start using Abigails bugaboo running stroller, and were looking forward to being able to go out for a run together as a family.Whats next? Is there another goal on the horizon?SB: Darren is a big believer in making me vocalize and write down my goals each year. That said, we are both aligned that the highest priority goal right now is to get back to 100 percent health and 100 percent training load. Given some of the complications postpartum, weve known that this would take time, so we are staying focused on that.Once Im able to check that box, the next two goals are to get back to competitive racing and, hopefully, make the World Team this summer for London 2017. We are taking it one step at a time, but without losing focus on the big picture. ' ' '