New York ? Antonio McDyess was so overcome with emotion, he retreated to the locker room during the national anthem. His first shot barely grazed the net, his first alley-oop turned into an alley-oops, his first free throw bounced around and out.

McDyess eventually put his first point on the board as a member of the New York Knicks, grinning in embarrassment and blowing a kiss to the crowd after making a third-quarter free throw in a 79-78 overtime loss to Detroit.

That shot accounted for half of McDyess’ offensive production Monday night as he finally made his regular-season debut for New York nearly 14 months after fracturing his kneecap in a preseason game.

“Playing, scoring, rebounding — that was bad,” McDyess said after finishing 0-for-5 with two turnovers. “But physically I give myself an ‘A.’ I was doing things I felt I would never be able to do again: jumping, holding people, trying to go for dunks, trying to block shots, running up and down the court, sprinting.”

Chauncey Billups scored seven of his 24 points in overtime for the Pistons, who walked off with the win after Mehmet Okur blocked Michael Doleac’s jumper just before the final buzzer.

McDyess sat out the final 9:13 of regulation and all of overtime as coach Don Chaney stuck with his plan of bringing the former All-Star back slowly.

“There was not one time when I thought about the injury,” said McDyess, whose left knee has undergone three operations in the past 19 months.

Grizzlies 96, Celtics 89

Boston — Pau Gasol scored 19 points, and Lorenzen Wright added 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead Memphis to its first victory against Boston in more than three years. Paul Pierce, from Kansas University, finished with 26 points to lead Boston. Mike Miller had 10 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for Memphis.

Bulls 97, Bucks 87

Chicago — Playing just a few hours after the trade that brought them from Toronto was finalized, Jerome Williams and Antonio Davis gave the Bulls the energy and enthusiasm they’ve lacked, and the team made coach Scott Skiles a winner in his Chicago debut.

Pacers 89, Suns 82

Phoenix — Jermaine O’Neal had 32 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocked shots and Indiana pulled away from Phoenix in the fourth quarter.

Jazz 91, Nets 84

Salt Lake City — Andrei Kirilenko and DeShawn Stevenson scored 18 points apiece, and Utah won its fourth straight game by holding off New Jersey.

Clippers 91, Spurs 83

Los Angeles — Corey Maggette scored 24 points, and the Clippers took advantage of Tim Duncan’s absence by scoring 50 points in the paint. First-round draft pick Chris Kaman came off the bench to score 15 points.