Pistons Advance To Eastern Finals

Written on May 14, 2008 – 5:28 am | by bcourtney |

Last night the Detroit Pistons sealed the deal by beating the Orlando Magic 91-86 to advance to their sixth-consecutive Eastern Conference Finals. They won this game at home so it made it even more special. Orlando had a chance to come back within the last few minutes, but Tayshaun Prince blocked Hedo Turkoglu’s dunk with 16 seconds left. The Pistons top performers was Richard Hamilton who led the team with 31 pts and Antoino McDyess with 17 pts and 11 rebounds. Chauncey Billups is stilled sidelined with that sore hamstring. Dwight Howard had a double double with 14 pts and 17 rebounds. With this win, Detroit now must wait for the winner of the Celtic-Cavs series. They play tonight in Boston and the series is tied 2-2. Congrats to Detroit, but I still think without Billups in the lineup they may have a tough time in this next round. Only time will tell.

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