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| Pistons' Billups ready for conference finals |
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05/15/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Chauncey Billups is taking advantage of the Detroit Pistons' break, pushing himself through scrimmages to get his right hamstring into game shape. ``I haven't done anything in like a week, so that takes a toll on you'' the All-Star point guard said Thursday. ``Being able to get up and down is a plus for me.'' Detroit earned at least a few days off to rest and give Billups a chance to recover by eliminating the Orlando Magic in five games in the second round. If the top-seeded |
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| Billups ready for Game 1 of Eastern Conference finals |
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05/15/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups has practiced with the Detroit Pistons and is expected to be ready to play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Detroit coach Flip Saunders says Billups looked good enough in practice Thursday that he could have played if there was a game. Billups missed the last two games against the Orlando Magic in the second round with a strained right hamstring. The Pistons will open the conference finals Sunday if the Boston Celtics eliminate t |
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| Current Pistons join Showtime Lakers in NBA lore |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -The Detroit Pistons have defied NBA convention, achieving remarkable consistency with six straight trips to the conference finals without a player widely regarded as a future Hall of Famer. Detroit coach Flip Saunders credited Joe Dumars, the team's president of basketball operations, for assembling the unique model of success. ``So many times people talk about certain teams have players carry them, but Joe built this team on the idea of a team,'' Saunders said Tuesday night af |
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| Magic glum after season-ending loss to Pistons |
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05/14/2008 |
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| o the second round for the first time since Shaquille O'Neal was here, and landed a player on the All-NBA first team for just the third time in franchise history. But for the second consecutive season, the Magic were run out of the playoffs by the Detroit Pistons. They weren't swept this time, but the players said this 4-1 series exit hurt more. ``We believe in ourselves a lot more than we did last year,'' Jameer Nelson said. Coach Stan Van Gundy thought that was a good sign. ``We've gotten to the poin |
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| Celtics, Cavaliers resume best-of-seven series in Beantown |
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05/14/2008 |
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| ast finals, and in four contests, 3-1, in the first round of the 1985 playoffs. Cleveland knocked out the Celtics in seven games in the 1992 East semis. The Cavaliers have won a best-of-seven series after losing Games 1 and 2. Cleveland defeated the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 East finals after dropping the first two games of the set at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Celtics have lost a playoff series after winning the first two games of the set. In the 1990 first round, the New York Knicks knocked out Boston |
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| Billups out for the Pistons in Game 5 vs. Magic |
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05/13/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Chauncey Billups doesn't do interviews before he plays, so when he spoke to reporters, that provided the update of the night. The All-Star point guard said his right hamstring was not healthy enough to help the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of their second-round series with the Orlando Magic. ``My improvement from yesterday to today was amazing, but I still haven't been able to sprint full court and that's a concern,'' Billups said Tuesday night. ``I'm getting better, but I'm not q |
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| Pistons' Billups not expected to play in Game 5 |
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05/13/2008 |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Chauncey Billups is not expected to play for the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 against the Orlando Magic because of a strained right hamstring. Billups was hurt early in Game 3 and did not play the following game, which the Pistons won to take a 3-1 lead in the second-round series. The All-Star point guard went through a strenuous workout confined to a 15-foot area on Monday, the day before Game 5. Billups was replaced by rookie Rodney Stuckey and veteran Lindsey Hunter on Saturday |
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| Pistons try to eliminate Orlando |
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05/13/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Pistons attempt to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth straight year, as they host the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of their semifinal series. Detroit leads this best-of-seven series 3-1. If necessary, Game 6 is scheduled for Thursday in Orlando. On Saturday, Tayshaun Prince's left-handed hook shot in the lane with 6.9 seconds remaining in the contest proved to be the game-winner, as No. 2 Detroit escaped Amway Arena with a 90-89 win over the third-seeded Magic. Af |
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| Bryant, Garnett lead All-Defensive Team |
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05/12/2008 |
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| e 11th time, and Bowen, making the team for the eighth time, play for the San Antonio Spurs. The second team is Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets, Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, Tayshaun Prince of the Detroit Pistons and Raja Bell of the Phoenix Suns.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The |
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| LeBron, Cavs host Garnett, Celtics in Game 4 of East semis |
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05/12/2008 |
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| ds for Boston, which came out slow and couldn't recover. Paul Pierce contributed 14 points, while Kendrick Perkins collected 12 points and seven boards. The Cavaliers have won a best-of-seven series after losing Games 1 and 2. Cleveland defeated the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 East finals after dropping the first two games of the set at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Cleveland has won five of its last six Game 4s in the postseason. The Cavaliers are 3-1 at home in this year's playoffs. The Celtics are 0-4 on the |
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