DENVER (Ticker) -- The Denver Nuggets return to the one place where they actually have a chance of winning, the Pepsi Center, tonight when they host the Detroit Pistons.

	SEASON SERIES
	Dec. 1 Mar. 8	Detroit at Denver, 9:00pm ET Denver at Detroit, 7:30pm ET

Denver slipped to a ridiculous 5-82 away from home since February 1997, squandering a nine-point halftime lead in a 109-92 setback at Minnesota on Tuesday.

Ron Mercer and Antonio McDyess scored 16 points each for Denver, which remained winless in five road games this season and eight straight dating to the lockout-shortened campaign.

Denver is 6-2 at home this season and will shoot for its fifth straight triumph here.

The Pistons suddenly are looking like the team that opened the season with four losses.

Grant Hill scored 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting and was the only player in double figures for Detroit, which suffered a 106-87 loss at San Antonio on Tuesday. The Pistons have lost two in a row since a season-high five-game winning streak.

Detroit is 2-5 on the road this season, but has won its last five meetings with Denver since an 85-82 loss here on December 4, 1995.

DETROIT 10-game log	DENVER 10-game log
Nov. 19 Nov. 21 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 28 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Cleveland Milwaukee @ Indiana Atlanta Orlando @ San Antonio @ Denver San Antonio @ Atlanta @ Milwaukee W 101-90 W 113-94 W 107-99 W 93-91 L 99-108 L 87-106	Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 24 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 6 LA Lakers Chicago Toronto Minnesota @ San Antonio @ Minnesota Detroit Orlando @ New York @ Philadelphia W 93-82 W 95-86 W 109-84 W 114-105 L 87-106 L 92-109