The Philadelphia 76ers added one more surprise victory in a season stuffed with them. The win wasn't the shocker -- it was the way Philadelphia completely thrashed the playoff-tested Detroit Pistons in Game 3 at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia that was the stunner.

Andre Miller was spot on with his midrange jumper and scored 21 points, and the rest of the 76ers ran all over the court in a dominating 95-75 victory last night to take a 2-1 lead in this first-round Eastern Conference series.

Samuel Dalembert had 22 points and 16 rebounds, and the 76ers led by as many as 24 points in their first home playoff game since 2005.

The 76ers proved their Game 1 victory was no fluke, doing everything Detroit usually did on the way to five consecutive trips to the Eastern Conference final: Hit clutch shots, never lost composure and kept the pressure on all game to never let the Pistons go on a serious runs.

Miller had the best all-around game, but he had plenty of help as four others scored double figures, including Dalembert's double-double.

The Pistons played nothing like a team that won 59 games in the regular season. Perhaps they took the 76ers lightly or maybe one of the most experienced postseason rosters in the league is finally starting to wear down.

Richard Hamilton scored 23 points and Tayshaun Prince had 18. Without them, the Pistons might have lost by 30. Antonio McDyess -- who left in the third quarter with a broken nose -- Rasheed Wallace and Chauncey Billups combined for 15 points.

Game 4 is tomorrow in Philadelphia.

The Pistons, who led the league with just 11 turnovers per game, committed 23, easily their season high and the 76ers jumped all over every costly mistake. They scored 29 points off the turnovers and scored 40 points in the lane.

Their fun, fastbreak style of offense was back in full force.

The 76ers busted the game open in the third quarter, ending it with a 22-9 run that put the game away. Miller did everything he does best in the open court, cutting through the lane for a layup and hitting a pull-up jumper off the break to get the spurt going.

Wallace and Philadelphia's Reggie Evans were hit with double technicals, but it was Wallace that continued to jaw with the referees while the crowd howled in delight. When Prince was called for an offensive foul only seconds later, and the 76ers converted on Andre Iguodala's layup for a 14-point lead, the crowd erupted in cheers.

Rodney Stuckey lost the ball on the next possession, giving the Pistons a season-high 19 turnovers.

They missed 16 consecutive shots spanning the third and fourth quarters until the Pistons were credited with a basket on a goaltending by Dalembert.

Detroit would take anything at that point.

Rodney Carney opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer and Dalembert's dunk on an alley-oop pass from Miller gave the 76ers an 82-61 lead, and the Pistons pulled their starters soon after.

The 76ers gave their fans "White Out" T-shirts to make them all conform for their first playoff game in three seasons. Even team chairman Ed Snider wore one as he watched from his front-row seat. Still, there were plenty of empty pockets of seats, but the crowd was into every basket.

After two slow starts in each of the first two games, including two halftime deficits, Philadelphia opened with the strong start it wanted and scored the game's first six points. Evans made up for some of the production that Iguodola failed to deliver, and helped the 76ers grab a 44-40 halftime lead.

About the only sore point for the 76ers was another subpar game from Iguodala. He scored 10 points after he had only four in Game 2.

Wallace was held to one basket and two points in the first half and the Pistons were an abysmal 2 for 8 from the free-throw line. He never got going and the Pistons are down a game for the second time this series.

• Mavericks 97, Hornets 87: Chris Paul raced down the court, beating most of the Dallas players. He put on the brakes with a jump stop in the lane and floated up a jumper that was supposed to get New Orleans within a few baskets of the lead. The ball went in all right. And then it came out. Things certainly were different now that he and the Hornets were on the road -- and the Mavericks were at home. Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks finally made the Hornets look like playoff novices, pestering Paul and David West to go a combined 6 for 30 well into the fourth quarter on the way to a victory in Game 3 that puts Dallas right back into this series. Nowitzki had 32 points, 19 rebounds and 6 assists to pull the Mavericks within 2-1. Game 4 is tomorrow night in Dallas, where the Hornets haven't won since January 1998. Paul was supposed to change that, the way he has changed everything else this series, becoming the first player to have at least 30 points and 10 assists in his first two playoff games. But he never came close to making it three in a row, finishing with 16 points on 4-of-18 shooting. He still had 10 assists.