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WATFORD, England -- A scrappy own goal settled a bad-tempered game as Stoke won 1-0 at Watford in the Premier League on Sunday.A header from Charlie Adam came back off the post and cannoned off Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes legs into the net in the 29th minute.Referee Bobby Madley gave 38 fouls -- the most in any Premier League match this season -- but missed a key one when Adam shoved Valon Behrami before the header.I think it was a foul actually, I pushed him, Adam said.Watford manager Walter Mazzarri refused a handshake from counterpart Mark Hughes at the final whistle of a game in which his side collected five bookings. Two of them resulted in Miguel Britos being sent off in the 90th minute after the defender received a second yellow card for tugging back Xherdan Shaqiri.I was very angry at that moment with the referee and the time he gave at the end, Mazzarri said. I went into the dressing room and gave Mark my hand. I forget in that moment.But I was angry with the referee for not giving a lot of time and the decisions he gave. You have to look at the whole game; the fouls, the goal they scored and the yellow cards. Anyone can have a bad day. And this time he had a bad day.Hughes was unimpressed after Mazzarri left him hanging on the touchline.Im a little disappointed, Hughes said. It is something maybe the foreign managers dont always do and they need reminding it is something we do over here.Mind you, British managers are in a minority these days so maybe we shouldnt expect it. It was an emotional game and I think he was a bit emotional afterwards. He needed to be reminded, and Ive shaken hands with him since.Despite Stoke being depleted by injuries to Ryan Shawcross and Glenn Whelan as well as a suspension for Joe Allen, the patched-up side was still too much for lethargic Watford.Stoke climbed up to 10th place, two places and two points behind Watford. Kentavius Street Super Bowl Jersey . 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Detroit Pistons big man Andre Drummond now has a big contract, too.Drummond agreed to terms on a five-year maximum contract worth $130 million on Friday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.The two sides started negotiating the contract after the market opened at midnight EDT on Friday and quickly found common ground before coming to full agreement in the afternoon, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal cannot be signed until July 7.Drummond was a restricted free agent, but few in the league believed he was interested in entertaining other offers. The Pistons would have had the right to match any offer made by another team, and coach and team president Stan Van Gundy made it clear from the start that the burly center wasnt going anywhere.Detroit could offer Drummond more money and more years than any other team in the league, and Van Gundy put the maximum contract offer in front of him right from the start to take any guess work out of the process.Drummond averaged 16.2 points and an NBA-leading 14.8 rebounds for the Pistons last season, giving Van Gundy a powerful force in the paint to slug it out in the rugged Eastern Conference. His strength, size and throwback game certainly give the Pistons a different dimension in todays small-ball NBA.He has fast become a cornerstone of what Van Gundy is trying to do in his Detroit rebuilding project.Drummonds scoring and rebounding averages have risen annually, and he was an All-Star for the first time this past season.dddddddddddd The numbers he put up last season were the most robust by a Pistons big man since Bob Lanier in 1972-73. And it was almost a certainty that Drummond would be rewarded with a massive contract, especially with the salary cap soaring from $70 million this past season to somewhere around $95 million for next season.The only thing slowing Drummond down is a 35.5 percent free throw rate that causes Van Gundy to bench him late in games when opponents foul him on purpose to put him on the line. Van Gundy has said he is confident Drummond can make drastic improvements in that area of his game to make him and even bigger force for Detroit.Van Gundys rebuilding project has formed a new identity for the franchise around a group of young players including Drummond, Tobias Harris and Reggie Jackson.But it all starts with Drummond, who draws immediate double teams in the post to open things up for his teammates on the perimeter. Van Gundy followed a similar model in building the Orlando Magic into an Eastern Conference power by surrounding powerful center Dwight Howard with shooters and defensive stoppers on the wing.The deal has a player option for the final season.---AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds contributed to this report. ' ' '