Charlotte coach Larry Brown wasn't too pleased that the Bobcats' game Saturday night got close in the end, but if it was going to happen, at least they got to work on late-game situations. D.J. Augustin and Derrick Brown combined for 10 of 12 free throws in the final 1:03 to help Charlotte to its first win of the exhibition season, a 97-94 victory over the Detroit Pistons (2-4). "That's a game where you had a lot of opportunities to work on things -- getting it inbounds, having the right guy shoot a free throw," Larry Brown said. While Brown liked what the Bobcats did when they had the ball, he wasn't too pleased with their late game defense. Rodney Stuckey got three driving layups in the final 30 seconds, including a three-points play with 18.3 seconds left that cut Detroit's deficit to one at 90-89. http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=301016030
