(My Sportsbook) - The New Jersey Nets may not end up with the NBA's all-time worst record after all. They'll shoot for their ninth win of the season tonight versus the Detroit Pistons in the finale of a four-game homestand.

New Jersey ended an eight-game losing streak with Wednesday's 93-79 victory over the Sacramento Kings behind a game-high 26 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks from Brook Lopez. Devin Harris had 24 points and nine assists while Courtney Lee chipped in 12 points and five boards for the Nets, who won for the fourth time at the IZOD Center this season (4-31) and put the clamps on a franchise-record 14-game home skid.

The Nets also won for interim head coach Kiki Vandeweghe, who found out his mother passed away earlier in the day.

"I talked to my dad about it, and he said she would have wanted me here," said an emotional Vandeweghe. "All I can say is, 'thanks mom.'"

The Nets have 11 games remaining on the 2009-10 schedule, which is more than enough time to avoid setting a new league mark for futility currently held by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers (9-73).

Detroit has dropped six in a row and is coming off Tuesday's 98-83 loss versus the Indiana Pacers at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Tayshaun Prince scored 14 points, DaJuan Summers added 12 and Rodney Stuckey joined Charlie Villanueva with 11 points apiece for the Pistons, who are just 2-13 in their past 15 contests.

"We couldn't get a consistent flow, just disappointing," Pistons head coach John Kuester said after the Pacers swept the season series with Detroit for the first time since joining the NBA in 1976.

Prince is averaging 14.2 points in February and March combined.

The Pistons have lost nine straight as the visitor and are 7-28 away from home this season.

The Pistons are trying to sweep the season series from New Jersey for the third time in four years tonight and have won the first two encounters between the teams in 2009-10. Detroit has also won in 12 of its last 18 visits to New Jersey.

Pistons guard Richard Hamilton is averaging 19.5 points in two games versus the Nets this season.