Allen Iverson and Tayshaun Prince stepped up for the short-handed Detroit Pistons. Iverson scored 19 points, and Prince added 16 to help the Pistons win their fifth straight game, 83-75 over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday. “When any team in the league loses three of their top six guys, things are going to change for them,” Pistons coach Michael Curry said. “Luckily, a lot of other guys stepped up.” Detroit played without Rip Hamilton (groin) and Antonio mcdyess (ribs), and lost Rasheed Wallace to a first-half foot injury, but still held the Nets to a season low. “No one was going to come in and be Sheed, Rip or Dice, but we have guys who will come off the bench and help us in their own way,” Iverson said. “We just had to utilize that, even when it meant playing a totally different style.” The Nets lost some of their advantage when Vince Carter was ejected after for arguing a second-quarter call with referee Derrick Stafford. Carter argued a call on an out-of-bounds play, then appeared to get extremely angry after receiving a technical. He was quickly given a second technical and had to be restrained by coach Lawrence Frank and teammate Devin Harris. “Vince thought the ball went off Allen [Iverson] and said something, and that’s when he got a technical,” Frank said. “That’s when the official said something that Vince didn’t think was appropriate and he reacted. We felt it was unjust that he got ejected.” Carter did not talk to the media after the game, and crew chief Dan …

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