WASHINGTON (AP) – If nothing else, the Washington Wizards can beat the Detroit Pistons.

For the second time this season, the Wizards broke out of a slump by beating the NBA’s top team. Gilbert Arenas scored 34 points and Caron Butler had 30 in Saturday night’s 110-92 victory over Pistons.

The Wizards ended a five-game losing streak by beating Detroit in two overtimes on Nov. 25, and they are still the only Eastern Conference team with a road win over the Pistons. On Saturday, the Wizards ended a 1-5 slide and kept themselves from moving below .500.

Washington and Utah are the only teams with two victories over Detroit this season.

The Wizards won by shooting 55 percent, including 59 percent through the first three quarters. They led by six at halftime and then pulled away, scoring the first eight points of the second half to build a 14-point lead. Back-to-back 3-pointers from Antonio Daniels and Antawn Jamison then put Washington in full control.

Arenas made 13 of 19 shots and was 4-of-8 on 3-pointers in his 30th 30-point game of the season. Butler was 10-for-14 from the field. Daniels, starting for the injured Jared Jeffries, added 16 points. The Wizards made a season-high 12 3-pointers.

Rasheed Wallace scored 18, and Richard Hamilton had 16 for the Pistons, who had won seven straight road against the Wizards. Tony Delk scored a season-high 16 points off the bench.

The Wizards built a 13-point lead in the second quarter, but both teams shot well in a fast-paced first half. The Pistons shot 57.9 percent, just ahead of the Wizards’ 57.5. Washington led 59-53 at the break thanks to better 3-point shooting, going 7-of-11.

Butler and Arenas hit 3-pointers, and Brendan Haywood followed with a 4-foot hook shot to start the second half, giving the Wizards a 67-53 lead. Pistons coach Flip Saunders grew frustrated as the half progressed, and he was called for a technical for arguing a call late in the third quarter.

Notes: Washington’s 59 first-half points equaled the most allowed by the Pistons this season. … Jeffries missed his third straight game with a strained left calf. … The Wizards’ last home win against Detroit came on March 14, 2001. … Several free agents being courted by the Washington Redskins sat in the so-called “dream seats” next to the Detroit bench in the second half. Redskins owner Dan Snyder paid $10,000 for the seats.

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