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| Pistons push Sixers to brink of elimination |
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04/29/2008 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (Best E Casino) - Chauncey Billups recorded 21 points and 12 assists to lead the Detroit Pistons to a convincing, 98-81 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, taking a 3-2 series lead in their first-round playoff series. Detroit can advance to the second round with a win in Game 6 on Thursday at the Wachovia Center. Billups struggled from the field in the first four games of the series, sinking just 35.7 percent from the floor, but recovered to hit 7-of-14 in a blowout victory for the Pistons, |
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| Brown tabbed to coach Bobcats, his 9th NBA team |
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04/29/2008 |
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| 0, making him the fifth winningest coach in league history. "I guess I've coached almost everybody in the league, I've been around so much," he quipped about his well-known journeyman habits. Brown finally achieved the pinnacle of the sport with the Detroit Pistons, when he led the team to the 2004 title, and the 2005 NBA Finals. But, like it often does at each of his stops, things went bad between Brown and management in Detroit, and the Hall of Famer then took over as coach of the New York Knicks for the 200 |
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| Pistons, Sixers battle in pivotal Game 5 at The Palace |
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04/29/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76ers play the pivotal Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series tonight at The Palace of Auburn Hills. This best-of-seven series is tied 2-2. Game 6 is scheduled for Thursday at the Wachovia Center. On Sunday, Tayshaun Prince was nearly perfect from the field and finished with 23 points, as the second-seeded Pistons used a big third quarter to pick up a 93-84 win over No. 7 Philadelphia in Game 4 at the Wachovia Center. The foursome of Prin |
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| Brown reportedly to guide Bobcats |
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04/29/2008 |
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| guided the franchise to a 255-205 record, including five playoff appearances and the 2001 NBA Finals, when they fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. After Brown resigned as Philadelphia's coach and vice president in May 2003, he joined the Detroit Pistons and led the team to the 2004 title, and the 2005 NBA Finals. The Hall of Famer then took over as coach of the New York Knicks for the 2006 campaign, but was fired after going 23-59. Brown also spent time coaching in the college ranks, winning the 19 |
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| Pioneer basketball coach Robinson passes away at 96 |
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04/28/2008 |
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| son was an icon, not only on our campus, but at the national level. We will always remember his courage, vision and strength, and forever be thankful for all that he did for Redbird Athletics." Robinson left ISU after the 1975-76 season and became a Detroit Pistons scout before retiring in 2003. He received many accolades for his accomplishments, including induction into the Michigan High School Basketball Hall of Fame and Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame. In 1992, Robinson received the John W. Bunn award, wh |
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| Prince nearly perfect as Pistons even series |
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04/27/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Tayshaun Prince was nearly perfect from the field and finished with 23 points, as the Detroit Pistons used a big third quarter to pick up a 93-84 win over Philadelphia to even their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series after four games. The foursome of Prince, Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton took control for Detroit, which overcame a 14-point deficit in the second quarter by using separate 11-0 and 10-0 runs in the third. Wallace had 20 points and 1 |
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| Surprising Sixers try to take 3-1 lead over Pistons |
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04/27/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The surprising Philadelphia 76ers attempt to take a commanding 3-1 advantage over the Detroit Pistons tonight at the Wachovia Center in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. After the teams split a pair in Detroit, the Sixers gave their home fans a thrill by crushing the Pistons in Game 3. On Friday, Samuel Dalembert recorded a playoff career high with 22 points to go along with 16 rebounds, and Philadelphia's stifling defense helped the Sixers to a 95-75 drubbing of t |
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| Pistons forward McDyess has surgery |
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04/26/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - Detroit Pistons starting forward Antonio McDyess had surgery to repair a broken nose on Saturday. McDyess broke his nose early in the third quarter in Game 3 of Detroit's first round playoff series with the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. McDyess, who had two points and three rebounds at the time of being injured, grabbed a rebound and was inadvertently hit in the face by Sixers forward Andre Iguodala. The forward did not return to the game as the Pistons lost, 95-75, to fall behi |
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| Sixers take 2-1 series lead after pummeling Pistons |
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04/25/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - Samuel Dalembert recorded a playoff career high with 22 points to go with 16 rebounds, and Philadelphia's stifling defense helped the Sixers to a 95-75 drubbing of the heavily favored Detroit Pistons in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Philadelphia now holds a 2-1 series lead and remains home for Game 4 on Sunday at the Wachovia Center. Andre Miller deposited 21 points, while Thaddeus Young added 10 for the Sixers, who forced 25 Pistons turnovers. Reg |
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| Suns' Hill wins sportsmanship award |
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04/25/2008 |
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| ayer to win the award more than once. Hill, who also won the 2004-05 Sportsmanship Award, was one of six divisional winners which included Detroit's Antonio McDyess, Houston's Shane Battier, Portland's Brandon Roy, Toronto's Chris Bosh and Washington's Antawn Jamison. The annual award reflects the ideals of sportsmanship -- ethical behavior, fair play and integrity -- in amateur and professional basketball and is named for former Detroit Pistons guard and Hall of Famer Joe Dumars, the award's first recipient. |
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