The Crusaders are vowing to make amends for a miserable Pacific experience when they host the injury-riddled Melbourne Rebels in Christchurch.Coach Todd Blackadder says motivation wont be a problem for Saturdays game against the 12th-placed visitors after their 23-13 loss to the Chiefs in Fiji last week - a pivotal result at the top of the New Zealand conference.Their timing was awful two rounds out from the playoffs, dropping from first overall to third, two points behind South Africas Lions and one point behind the Chiefs.Blackadder lamented a performance laden with mistakes and poor option-taking in rain-hit Suva, which could prove very costly when the final playoff makeup is confirmed.We cant afford to look back but that was a big opportunity missed. This team was down on Monday and deservedly so, Blackadder said.That was probably our most disappointing performance of the year. Weve lost other games but weve really fronted.The Rebels have been forced to name a severely-weakened team because of injuries and, coming off four losses from their last five games, face a stiff task to repeat last years 20-10 upset win in Christchurch.However, Blackadder says complacency wont be an issue as he demands an emphatic performance from his side, openly admitting a four-try bonus point is also one of their targets.Were going to come out firing regardless of where theyre at. 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Thats the player we need him to be because he is a great floor general and a good leader for us.Leuer was a plus-25 off the bench as the Pistons beat the team with the worst record in the Western Conference three nights after losing to Philadelphia, the last-place team in the East.Drummond grabbed 10 rebounds in the first 7 1/2 minutes and the Pistons had a 29-9 edge on the boards at halftime and 50-30 for the game. The 6-foot-11 center had more rebounds than Dallas by himself until the middle of the third quarter, when the Mavericks finally went ahead 15-14.Harrison Barnes led the Mavericks with 19 points.The Pistons went on a 27-5 run covering about 10 minutes in the third and fourth quarters, turning a 64-52 deficit into their first double-digit lead at 79-69 after an alley-oop layup by Aron Baynes with about 5 minutes remaining.Dallas Wesley Matthews had a season-low four points on 2-of-10 shooting, ending a three-game stretch with at least 25 points. Deron Williams scored 16 but was just 3 of 13 as one of the NBAs worst-shooting teams finished at 41 percent, just below its average.This one was frustrating tonight because we had control of the game for most of it, Matthews said. So weell learn from it and look at what went wrong.ddddddddddddKentavious Caldwell-Pope had seven of his 11 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer when the Mavericks were within four points with about 3 minutes remaining.TIP-INSPistons: Drummond had at least 15 rebounds for the 11th time in 25 games. ... Baynes had 10 rebounds and eight points. ... Jacksons previous season high was 18 points in his debut Dec. 4 against Orlando.Mavericks: Barnes was Dallas leading scorer for the 13th time in 25 games. ... Williams was 9 of 9 on free throws. ... The Mavericks had a season-high 13 steals.ANOTHER DALLAS INJURYMavericks center Salah Mejri, who led the team with eight rebounds, injured his left ankle in the fourth quarter and didnt return. He said an X-ray didnt show any damage but he planned to get an MRI on Thursday. Dallas is already missing starter Andrew Bogut with a right knee injury, and theres no timetable for his return.Star forward Dirk Nowitzki missed his 10th straight game and 18th out of 20 with a strained right Achilles tendon. Key backup guard J.J. Barea missed his 15th straight with a left calf strain.HOW WAS IT TIED?The Pistons were tied 43-all at halftime despite the huge rebounding edge and holding two Dallas starters scoreless, in part because of 13 turnovers to just three for the Mavericks. Besides the turnovers, even the ones we didnt turn the ball over, we had a lot of sloppy possessions that we didnt get good shots because we didnt handle the ball well, coach Stan Van Gundy said.UP NEXTPistons: Friday at Washington, where Detroit has lost four straight games.Mavericks: Friday at Utah, where Dallas lost 97-81 to drop to 0-4 on the way to a franchise-worst 0-5 start. ' ' '