NUMBERS GAME: When the Jazz and Pistons combined for just 126 points in Detroit's 64-62 win, it became the NBA's sixth-lowest scoring game. The lowest ever: 119, when Boston beat Milwaukee 62-57 in 1955.

The Pistons, who went without a field goal in 15 fourth-quarter tries Sunday, and the Jazz combined for just 18 final-quarter points — one less than Miami and Toronto's previous fourth-quarter record low from last season.

NO MAGIC: Ex-Jazz guard DeShawn Stevenson was seen Sunday kicking a game ball 30 rows into the stands of his own home arena at the conclusion of Orlando's 26-point loss to New Jersey.

Stevenson, who played only 96 seconds Sunday, supposedly spent part of the night jawing with unhappy Magic fans.

"I have no idea why he reacted that way," Magic coach Johnny Davis told the Orlando Sentinel. "Maybe just frustration, but you can't allow yourself to do that."

The bizarre evening also featured Magic point guard Steve Francis' ejection and a last-second tussle between Orlando's Hedo Turkoglu and New Jersey's Zoran Planinic.

Afterward, Magic vet Stacey Augmon, who typically refuses to talk with media members, reportedly took exception to a question posed to Francis, sprayed several reporters with lotion and had to be restrained by the Magic's public relations director.

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