MILWAUKEE - O.J. Mayo made the most of his first start in a year.Mayo scored 17 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks to a 98-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night. He was 5 for 10 from the field and 4 for 4 at the line his first start since Dec. 14 at Dallas.I just go out there hoopin man, Mayo said. You think of a pick-up game, you want to be among the first 10 guys to go out there and play.Brandon Knight had 20 points and eight assists for Milwaukee (8-7), which avoided its first three-game slide of the season. Rookie Jabari Parker contributed 14 points and nine rebounds.Detroit (3-11) has lost five in a row and eight of nine.Andre Drummond had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Pistons, and Greg Monroe added 15 points and eight boards. Drummond was averaging 8.7 points coming into the night, but shot 11 of 15 from the floor.Detroit guard Brandon Jennings missed his first game of the season after he hyperextended his left thumb late in Fridays 99-89 loss at Atlanta. Jennings, who spent his first four seasons with the Bucks, is averaging 16 points and 5.8 assists per game.We gave them 19 offensive rebounds, we had 19 turnovers and we were 7 of 17 at the free-throw line, Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy said. They hit 10 3-pointers. Those were the four factors in the game. Theres really nothing else to talk about.A basket by Zaza Pachulia gave Milwaukee its biggest lead at 87-73 with 5:46 left.Detroit closed to 88-80 on a layup by Monroe with 4:17 to go, but the rally fizzled from there.Pachulia grabbed an offensive rebound and nailed a jumper, and after Drummond missed a layup, Knight followed with a 3-pointer to make it 93-80 with 3:11 left.We cant lose three in a row, Parker said. We didnt want to lose two in a row.Milwaukee put together a 12-1 run to open a 79-67 lead heading into the final period. The Bucks also closed out the first half with an 11-2 run.They scored one point, Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd said. For us as a young group, those are positive things for us to look at and learn from. Theyre showing us coaches they can do it.TIP-INSPistons: Drummonds previous season high of 14 points occurred on Nov. 1 against Brooklyn. ... D.J. Augustin started in place of Jennings and had 11 points and seven assists. He also committed five turnovers. ... Detroit handed visiting Milwaukee a 98-95 loss on Nov. 7 in the only other meeting between the teams.Bucks: In his first game since scoring a career-high 20 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo managed just two points on 1-of-13 shooting. ... John Henson sprained his left foot in the second quarter and did not return. He will not travel with the team to Minnesota. ... Milwaukees 121 wins against Detroit are its most against any team.UP NEXTPistons: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.Bucks: Visit Minnesota on Wednesday.SILVER IN TOWNNBA Commissioner Adam Silver was in Milwaukee and met with new Bucks owners Wes Edens and Marc Lasry, as well as local business leaders and elected officials, to discuss a possible new facility for the team.We accomplished a lot, Silver said. Theres a tremendous amount of positive energy in the community. There are always bumps in the road, but theres no doubt here that the people, the fans, the elected officials, they all recognize the value this team brings to the community.BEST DAY OF THE WEEKThe Bucks are 4-0 on Tuesdays and 4-7 the rest of the week. Bobby Orr Jersey . He had spent 16 days on the disabled list before being activated Thursday. He was batting just .203 when he came to bat in the 11th inning on Sunday. 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Mark Arcobello scored his first two goals in the NHL, the second in overtime, and the Oilers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers. Edmonton went on the power play after Floridas Scottie Upshall was called for tripping 32 seconds into the extra period and Arcobello rifled a slap shot from the left circle that got past Florida goalie Jacob Markstrom 1:23 later. "I just tried to hit the net," Arcobello said. "It just topped off a good night and we had a big win." Taylor Fedun scored his first career goal and Philip Larsen also scored his first goal of the season for Edmonton. Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two assists. Upshall scored two third-period goals and Marcel Goc also scored for the Panthers. Markstrom stopped 23 shots. Florida has lost six straight and nine of its past 10. Upshall tied the game with 57.6 seconds left on a slap shot from the left circle. His first goal came at 10:04 of the third when he took a pass from Jesse Winchester from the right circle to the high slot. His shot got past Dubnyk on the right side. "It was nice to come back, but some mistakes and some errors on our part tonight cost us," Upshall said. After the first period ended 1-1, the Oilers scored two goals in 33 seconds early in the second. Arcobello shot from just below the left circle and the puck went high into the net at 2:06 to make it 2-1 The Oilers had been shut out the past two games and outscored 9-0. "I thought we took some baby steps in the right direction," Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said. "I liked that we stayed in the fight." Fedun, playing in his first NHL game, tipped in a pass from NNugent-Hopkins at 2:39.dddddddddddd Fedun was recalled from AHL Oklahoma City on Monday. "I dont know if I knew what just happened. It happened so fast," Fedun said. "I dont think I processed it right away. I didnt even know what to do." Fedun seems recovered from the right femur he broke in a pre-season game at Minnesota on Sept. 30, 2011. He played the entire 2012-2013 season in Oklahoma City. "It was awesome to get out there in the first place, get my legs under me and have my first game," Fedun said. "There was some tough times, but (this) was the ultimate goal dangling in front of me." The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the first on the goal by Goc. Jonathan Huberdeau passed from the right side to Goc in the centre. His wrist shot beat Dubnyk on the glove side at 10:35. It was just the fourth time the Panthers scored first in 15 games this season. Florida has lost four of five games that went past regulation this season. "Those are points that are slipping away," Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said. The Oilers tied it during four-on-four play with just over three minutes left in the first. Nugent-Hopkins brought the puck down along the boards on the right side. He slid a pass to Larsen in the slot and his wrister beat Markstrom at 16:59. It was the first goal scored by Edmonton in 172:46. NOTES: This was the first stop on the Oilers four-game road trip. ... The Oilers have won eight of their last nine games against the Panthers, including five straight on the road. ... Oilers LW Ryan Smyth returned after missing seven games with a groin pull. ... Florida C Winchester has six points in his last nine games. ... Florida RW Kris Versteeg returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the first time in his NHL career Saturday at Washington. ' ' '