Nets outlast Pistons thanks to James Harden, defense
After the Nets came out of their last meeting with the Pistons as the NBA’s most maddening team, they escaped this rematch as the league’s hottest. And they showed the tough lessons they took from their season-turning epiphany. The shorthanded Nets gutted out a workmanlike 100-95 win over Detroit in front of 1,364 at Barclays...