The Detroit Pistons fired coach Rick Carlisle and will hire Larry Brown, a source within the league said Saturday.
Carlisle was fired late Friday and the Pistons will replace him with Brown on Monday, the source told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Carlisle led the Pistons to a 50-win season and a spot in the conference finals for the first time since 1991. Detroit's playoff run ended May 24, when the Pistons were swept by the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference finals.
Brown resigned as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday after six seasons. The 76ers released the Hall of Famer from a contractual clause that prohibited him from coaching another NBA team if he left Philadelphia prematurely.
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Carmelo Anthony said the other day that he'd rather play with the Detroit Pistons than the Denver Nuggets. His college coach is out to change his mind.
Jim Boeheim, who coached Anthony at Syracuse University, put in a call to Anthony to sell him on Denver. He plans to talk to him again soon about it.
"He'll be all right," said Boeheim, who, as a member of the USA Basketball collegiate committee, is in Colorado Springs this weekend for Pan American Games and Junior World Championships tryouts.
Boeheim saw Anthony's comments in Thursday's Rocky Mountain News in which he said he would rather be drafted No. 2 by Detroit than No. 3 by the Nuggets on June 26. Boeheim told him Denver would be a better fit.
"He likes to win and (Detroit) has a better chance to immediately win," Boeheim said. "But in Denver he's going to play more minutes. Detroit's got Richard Hamilton, Chauncey Billups and (Corliss) Williamson taking shots. They're not going to want a rookie to come in and take 15 to 18 shots.
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Fifty victories. A spot in the Eastern Conference finals. It just was not enough to earn a third season in Detroit.
Rick Carlisle has been fired as head coach of the Pistons after two seasons, he told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher late Friday.
Carlisle's Pistons went 50-32 this season, the best record in the East. Detroit advanced to the conference finals before getting swept by the Nets.
Early Saturday morning, a Pistons' official denied to ESPN Radio that Carlisle has been fired.
Carlisle's agent said Carlisle intends to meet with the media on Saturday. Carlisle said he doesn't know if he wants to pursue another coaching position or return to television.
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Pistons May 2003 Archive
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Detroit News | May 30, 2003
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Detroit News Writer Chris McCosky | May 30, 2003
Pistons players have scattered like the wind, each off to enjoy their vacations -- hard-earned after another 50-victory season, another Central Division title and the first spot in the conference finals since 1991.
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New York Post | May 29, 2003
Jason Kidd wasn't as offended at the message as much as the messenger.
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Rocky Mountain News | May 29, 2003
Carmelo Anthony's agent calls it a "lock" that his client will be drafted by the Denver Nuggets if he's available.
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Baltimore Sun Columnist Laura Vecsey | May 29, 2003
IF YOU RUN into Carmelo Anthony anywhere around Baltimore today, you know what to say.
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Detroit Free Press | May 29, 2003
It's rare for the Pistons to have a news conference for a potential first-round draft pick after a workout and a month before the NBA draft.
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Detroit News Columnist Rob Parker | May 28, 2003
The Pistons are not getting Kevin Garnett.
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Denver Post | May 26, 2003
The NBA Finals start June 4, about the time Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups expects to return to his hometown for the offseason.
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Detroit News | May 26, 2003
Joe Dumars' confident smile said a lot.
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Detroit News Columnist Bob Wojnowski | May 26, 2003
It's ridiculous this is even an issue.
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Detroit News | May 26, 2003
If you know Joe Dumars at all, if you have been paying attention to the last couple of summers, you know that he will not be content to let the Pistons rest on the laurels of another 50-victory season and subsequent trip to the Eastern Conference finals.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | May 25, 2003
Grizzlies majority owner Michael Heisley sat in his downtown Chicago office pondering what could have been.
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Detroit News | May 25, 2003
The New Jersey Nets have bitter memories of last year's NBA Finals, when they were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Detroit News | May 25, 2003
Chucky Atkins isn't about to demand a trade or anything that drastic, but he wants a bigger role next season.
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Detroit News | May 25, 2003
Even though it all came to an abrupt and discouraging end Saturday, two things are certain.
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Detroit Free Press | May 25, 2003
Memories of a second Central Division title and overcoming a 3-1 deficit to Orlando in the first round were swept away Saturday night as the New Jersey Nets won their 10th straight playoff game, a 102-82 verdict at Continental Airlines Arena to advance to the NBA Finals for the second straight year.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
Jason Kidd was in so much agony, he needed to put a towel in his mouth as he lay on the court, writhing on the court, his right ankle burning in pain.
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New York Post | May 25, 2003
Before the Pistons sang their swan song, Chucky Atkins took some parting shots at the Nets.
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New York Times | May 25, 2003
As Jason Kidd walked off the court with three minutes, and no doubt, remaining tonight in the Nets' 102-82 victory, which capped a four-game sweep of the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals, Kenyon Martin clasped Kidd in a bearhug.
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Toronto Star | May 24, 2003
The search for a new Toronto Raptor coach may be slowing down but it's also widening.
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New York Post | May 24, 2003
Darko Milicic arrived here Monday and will spend the next month in an apartment in midtown Manhattan, where his agent Marc Cornstein is based.
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Detroit Free Press | May 24, 2003
What a win-win situation for the Pistons.
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Detroit Free Press | May 24, 2003
There's nothing left for the Pistons to try in their quest to beat New Jersey and advance to the NBA Finals.
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New York Times | May 24, 2003
The Nets were in a playful mood today.
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Denver Post | May 23, 2003
Denver had its normal rotten luck in the NBA lottery Thursday, but no one in the Nuggets' organization was crying over the consolation prize, likely to be Syracuse freshman sensation Carmelo Anthony.
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Detroit Free Press | May 23, 2003
Cliff Robinson was a bit miffed about the negative coverage he has received during the Eastern Conference finals.
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The Detroit News | May 23, 2003
New Jersey Nets Coach Byron Scott used to play with a pretty good point guard during his playing days with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Detroit News | May 23, 2003
Pistons guard Chauncey Billups forced a little smile late Thursday night when asked if he thought the series with the New Jersey Nets would be different if he was 100 percent?
"I think so, but that's water under the dam," Billups said after the Pistons lost to the Nets, 97-85, to fall behind 3-0 in their Eastern Conference final best-of-seven series.
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The Detroit News | May 23, 2003
On a night when the Pistons' present looked so bleak, the future was as bright as ever.
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New York Times | May 23, 2003
Kenyon Martin took off from the opening tip and in the flash of four seconds he laid the ball in the basket, announcing the Nets' bold plans for tonight and beyond.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 22, 2003
Good seats are, altogether now, still available for the Nets' Eastern Conference finals game against the Pistons tonight.
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ESPN | May 22, 2003
The Cleveland Cavaliers hit the LeBron James jackpot.
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New York Post | May 22, 2003
Byron Scott admits it.
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Detroit News | May 22, 2003
The Pistons might want to think about putting some new wrinkles in their offense in a hurry, like for Game 3 tonight, because the Nets believe they know almost everything the Pistons are running.
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Detroit Free Press | May 22, 2003
Forget, despondent Pistons fans, the what-ifs of the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals.
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Detroit Free Press Columnist Michael Rosenberg | May 22, 2003
Two years ago, New Jersey coach Byron Scott called Richard Jefferson.
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Detroit Free Press | May 22, 2003
The Pistons already have made history this month, becoming the seventh team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the NBA playoffs.
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Detroit Free Press Columnist Mitch Albom | May 22, 2003
He moves like a water bug, so fast that sometimes all you see is the streak of where he was.
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Detroit News | May 22, 2003
Any other time, George David, the Pistons' director of scouting, would be busy tending to any number of tasks and errands.
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New York Times | May 22, 2003
The hard hats have been put away.
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New York Times | May 22, 2003
They flipped on the floodlights a month ago and have been trailing plumes of smoke since.
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Newark Star-Ledger | May 21, 2003
You would think Richard Jefferson would have enjoyed this one.
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New York Daily News | May 21, 2003
For the second straight game, the Nets and Pistons were going down to the wire.
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New York Post | May 21, 2003
Jason Kidd and the rest of the Nets skipped off the court in jubilation as an angry Palace mob chanted "Bull-bleep" to protest a last-second non-call.
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Detroit News | May 21, 2003
Call it the power of positive thinking, if you want.
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Detroit News | May 21, 2003
Pistons guard Jon Barry isn't proud of it, but he knows he has said some things out of emotion on the basketball court.
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Detroit News | May 21, 2003
Michael Curry, after having the afternoon to digest the news, nodded his approval.
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New York Times | May 21, 2003
With his jaw fixed and his feet planted, Jason Kidd had no intention of going for Chauncey Billups's head fake.
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New York Daily News | May 20, 2003
Aaron Williams left the team and the Detroit area yesterday due to a family emergency and may not be available for tonight's Game 2.
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New York Post | May 20, 2003
Center Dikembe Mutombo may get another chance with the Nets tonight.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups is sick of talking about how his sprained left ankle is healing.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
Kenyon Martin has eight tattoos.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
He said it.
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Detroit News | May 20, 2003
You wonder whether the Pistons understand the magnitude of their situation.
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Detroit Free Press | May 20, 2003
Why settle for one game when two are within reach?
If that sentiment -- coming from Nets coach Byron Scott Monday as well as half a dozen of his players -- sounds familiar, there's a reason.
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Detroit Free Press | May 20, 2003
Tayshaun Prince's No.
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Detroit Free Press | May 20, 2003
The New Jersey Nets were in an upbeat mood Monday.
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New York Times | May 20, 2003
It was standing room only today as nearly a thousand people packed St.
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New York Times | May 20, 2003
In the darkness of the video room, on the chalkboards of the offices of some of the best defensive minds in the coaching profession, the problem has been pored over.
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New York Times | May 19, 2003
Jason Kidd could not see the end of the rainbow he had spun off his fingertips.
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Detroit Free Press | May 19, 2003
The Pistons were already well versed in Tayshaun Prince's versatility before last summer's NBA draft.
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Detroit Free Press | May 19, 2003
Part of Joe Dumars' blueprint for this season came from New Jersey.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
There were a mere 1.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
New Jersey's Richard Jefferson went from being a happy member of a winning team to aggressively defending his word about a half hour after the Nets' 76-74 victory over the Pistons in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday at The Palace.
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Detroit News Columnist Bob Wojnowski | May 19, 2003
It ended with a miss.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
The Pistons have once again put themselves behind the eight ball.
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Detroit News | May 19, 2003
Praise Jason Kidd's rainbow, fall-away, 20-foot, winning shot.
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New York Post | May 19, 2003
Jason Kidd knocked the ball away from Richard Hamilton at midcourt, dove on the floor and tipped it to Richard Jefferson, who raced in for a right-handed windmill jam right out of a Slam-Dunk competition.
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New York Post | May 19, 2003
For three quarters, Jason Collins was outrebounding Ben Wallace, the very best boarder on the planet for the past two years.
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New York Post | May 19, 2003
Could someone please explain once again how Kenyon Martin was not on the NBA's All-Defense team?
The Pistons yesterday would give no argument for Martin's inclusion.
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Washington Post Columnist Tony Kornheiser | May 19, 2003
Go ahead, keep telling yourself that the NBA playoffs are in great shape because now you'll get to see the "new stars" of the NBA.
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New York Times | May 19, 2003
When Tayshaun Prince spun into the lane midway through the second quarter against the Nets today, floating the ball toward the basket, there was no reason for him to believe his shot wouldn't drop into the basket.
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New York Times | May 19, 2003
Jason Kidd could not see the end of the rainbow he had spun off his fingertips.
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Chicago Sun-Times | May 18, 2003
The failed partnership between Michael Jordan and Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin came as no surprise to former Jordan running mate Scottie Pippen.
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Miami Herald | May 18, 2003
We know about Jason Kidd.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | May 18, 2003
He was the first person hired by the Grizzlies when they began operation in 1994.
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New York Daily News | May 18, 2003
The Raptors are set to replace Lenny Wilkens with Kevin O'Neill, who spent one year with the Knicks as an assistant and is currently Rick Carlisle's top aide in Detroit.
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New York Daily News | May 18, 2003
There were Detroit Pistons banners, "Bad Boys" posters and pictures all over his room.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
The New Jersey Nets thrive on transition basketball, and Jason Kidd is the reason they're so dangerous.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
Pistons veteran Cliff Robinson knew the question was coming Saturday, but that still didn't stop him for scowling for a second.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
The ball hasn't even been tossed up yet and already things are getting testy between the Pistons and New Jersey Nets.
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Detroit News | May 18, 2003
It's the hare vs.
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New York Post | May 18, 2003
The Nets just want Jason Collins to limit Ben Wallace's rebounding.
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New York Post | May 18, 2003
The Pistons want to stop the Nets' transition game.
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New York Times | May 18, 2003
They are hard-nosed and blue collar.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 17, 2003
It Took an entire series, but the Detroit Pistons finally revealed themselves.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 17, 2003
Allen Iverson arrived at the First Union Center two minutes before 7 o'clock last night, his tardiness blamed on bad highway traffic.
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Philadelphia Inquirer Columnist Bill Lyon | May 17, 2003
And so the 76ers expire, and do so abruptly and ingloriously, on their own court, with a familiar controversy swirling 'round their heads like wreaths of smoke.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 17, 2003
It is over.
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New York Post | May 17, 2003
Byron Scott wanted his Nets back on the court "as soon as possible.
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New York Post | May 17, 2003
Knick legend Dave DeBusschere will be buried in a private ceremony Monday at St.
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Detroit Free Press | May 17, 2003
The facial expression and body posture didn't change through much of the dramatic climax.
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Detroit Free Press | May 17, 2003
Ticking, ticking, the clock was ticking, and Chauncey Billups, sweat dripping from his forehead, had finally found something else to think about besides his injured left ankle: winning the series.
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Detroit Free Press | May 17, 2003
Corliss Williamson finally made an impact.
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Detroit Free Press | May 17, 2003
It's on to the Eastern Conference finals.
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New York Times | May 17, 2003
The Nets came to practice this morning knowing that they would not have to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs this year.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 16, 2003
After answering questions about defensive matchups, and about Tayshaun Prince, and that final Detroit scoring play, all of which played a part in the Pistons' 78-77 Game 5 victory Wednesday night, 76ers coach Larry Brown cut to the chase.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 16, 2003
Kerry Kittles and his New Jersey Nets teammates returned to practice yesterday for the first time since completing a sweep of the Boston Celtics on Monday in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Detroit News | May 16, 2003
Chauncey Billups' sprained left ankle is taking more time to heal than early indications showed.
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Detroit News | May 16, 2003
It's all come down to a simple solution for the Sixers and Pistons.
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Detroit Free Press | May 16, 2003
Kenny Thomas has had enough of Tayshaun Prince.
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Detroit Free Press | May 16, 2003
It happens at the start of every Pistons home game, and usually a few more times that night.
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Detroit Free Press | May 16, 2003
Sometimes it's braided.
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Detroit Free Press | May 16, 2003
Question: Who's the backup point guard for Tony Parker at San Antonio?
Or for Jason Kidd at New Jersey?
For that matter, who is Eric Snow's backup at Philadelphia, where the Pistons play tonight in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals?
Most subs remain anonymous, especially in the playoffs, but not the Pistons' Chucky Atkins.
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New York Times | May 16, 2003
It was 10 years ago this month when Derrick Coleman was a young star carrying his team.
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New York Times | May 16, 2003
The Nets returned to practice today after two days off and at least three days away from playing Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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Los Angeles Times | May 15, 2003
On Wednesday afternoon, in the same room where two days earlier he had rejoiced over what life had given him back, Phil Jackson frowned and would not hide his sadness over the passing of his friend, Dave DeBusschere.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 15, 2003
The 76ers' medical staff has told Tyrone Hill to stay off his feet, to give the torn calf muscle in his right leg a chance to heal.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 15, 2003
This, for the vast majority of a frantic evening, was the land of the lost.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 15, 2003
In a series with varying degrees of consistency, one constant for the Detroit Pistons has been the play of guard Richard "Rip" Hamilton.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 15, 2003
Allen Iverson thought Game 2 hurt.
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Detroit News | May 15, 2003
Pistons Coach Rick Carlisle, criticized in some circles for not playing young players, had both his rookies -- Tayshaun Prince and Mehmet Okur -- on the court for the entire fourth quarter of a 78-77 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
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Detroit News | May 15, 2003
Looking around the practice facility Wednesday morning, the fruits of Pistons President Joe Dumars' labor and vision were scattered about.
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Detroit News | May 15, 2003
All season, Chucky Atkins attempted floating runners in practice and was teased by his teammates.
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Detroit News | May 15, 2003
The Pistons have beaten so many odds this season.
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Detroit News | May 15, 2003
The call came shortly before tip-off.
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Detroit Free Press | May 15, 2003
Forget Ben Wallace and Cliff Robinson.
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Detroit Free Press | May 15, 2003
While Chucky Atkins' difficult floater in the waning seconds allowed Detroit to win Game 5 against Philadelphia, it was the Pistons' defense that perhaps earned them the victory.
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Detroit Free Press | May 15, 2003
Just how good is the organiztion under Joe Dumars, the Pistons president of basketball operations and the NBA's executive of the year?
Well, after back-to-back 50-victory seasons and fielding a new backcourt in Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups, the Pistons could get younger and better next year.
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Detroit Free Press | May 15, 2003
Although he wanted to play Wednesday night, Chauncey Billups decided against it.
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Detroit Free Press | May 15, 2003
In tennis, the phrase is holding serve.
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New York Post | May 15, 2003
George Kalinsky, the famous Garden photographer, had dinner with Dave DeBusschere two weeks ago.
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New York Times | May 15, 2003
What one remembers about Dave DeBusschere, the basketball player, the one player who was perhaps most responsible for the emergence of the champion Knicks in the early 1970's - the Camelot years of the Knicks - is that he could be a Hummer or a BMW, depending on the situation in a particular night.
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Detroit News | May 14, 2003
Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups practiced on Tuesday and is expected to start tonight in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Sixers.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 14, 2003
Tonight, as it is so clearly and definitively stated in the Larry Brown handbook of basic basketball, comes down to defense, rebounding and sharing the basketball.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 14, 2003
Eric Snow didn't just miss two free throws in the final seconds of a road game during his sophomore season at Michigan State.
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New York Post | May 14, 2003
If the Nets are thinking anything like Dr.
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Detroit Free Press | May 14, 2003
Ben Wallace says he isn't hurt.
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Detroit News | May 14, 2003
The Pistons know a thing or two about do-or-die situations, and this isn't one.
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Detroit News | May 14, 2003
Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups practiced on Tuesday and is expected to start tonight in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Sixers.
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Detroit News | May 14, 2003
Mark Sullivan knows nothing of Linc Hayes and "The Mod Squad" or the A-Train, Artis Gilmore, or even flared pants and wide-lapelled suits.
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Detroit Free Press | May 14, 2003
Tonight, before an adoring crowd at the Palace, Joe Dumars will accept the NBA's executive of the year award.
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Washington Post | May 14, 2003
There are people who show less emotion than Joe Dumars, but you have to look pretty hard to find them.
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New York Times | May 14, 2003
Joe Dumars had everyone fooled.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 13, 2003
Yesterday morning, 76ers coach Larry Brown said that if Tyrone Hill's injury was serious, Brian Skinner might have to be "part of the equation.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 13, 2003
In their 13th seasons in the NBA, it is almost over for Derrick Coleman and Tyrone Hill.
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Detroit News | May 13, 2003
Pistons Coach Rick Carlisle said Monday that he had no regrets about starting the ailing Chauncey Billups on Sunday in Game 4.
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Detroit News | May 13, 2003
There is a time to gut out an injury and there is a time to sit down.
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Detroit News | May 13, 2003
It is quite possible that the tonic the Pistons need most to cure whatever it was that ailed them over the weekend in Philadelphia has already been provided.
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Associated Press | May 12, 2003
Forward Tyrone Hill will miss the rest of Philadelphia's second-round series against Detroit because of a torn right calf muscle.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 12, 2003
He did his usual pregame routine, flicking the opposing team's net, then jogging toward midcourt for the tip-off.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 12, 2003
In his eighth season as the radio voice of the 76ers, Tom McGinnis has broadcast more than 700 games, including the preseason, regular season and playoffs.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 12, 2003
There was a time when Derrick Coleman would tell anyone who would listen that he was one of the top three or four basketball players in the world.
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Philadelphia Inquirer writer Stephen A. Smith | May 12, 2003
By all accounts, the left ankle had not swelled.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 12, 2003
The innocence reflected from his shiny eyes, which watched with amazement the 76ers' 95-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons last night.
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Detroit Free Press | May 12, 2003
Chauncey Billups started Game 4 but obviously wasn't himself after missing two games with a left ankle sprain.
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Detroit News | May 12, 2003
Sorry.
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Detroit News | May 12, 2003
You don't have to show Cliff Robinson the numbers.
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Detroit News | May 12, 2003
What a waste.
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Detroit News | May 11, 2003
Pistons President Joe Dumars has won The Sporting News' NBA Executive of the Year.
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Detroit News | May 11, 2003
The 76ers put a guy in front on Ben Wallace and another behind him.
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Detroit News | May 11, 2003
Richard Hamilton went up to Chauncey Billups at the Pistons' shoot-around Saturday morning and urged him to give his injured left ankle a good, hard try.
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Detroit News | May 11, 2003
The spectator in the pricey seats under the basket where Tayshaun Prince was rescuing the Pistons was adorned in a black T-shirt with the legend: "BAD IS BACK.
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Detroit News | May 11, 2003
Pistons President Joe Dumars has won The Sporting News' NBA Executive of the Year.
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Detroit News | May 11, 2003
Welcome to the series, Sixers.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 10, 2003
Eric Snow, always a bottom-line guy, put it plainly and simply: His injured right foot really hurts when he runs and pains him just as much when he makes sudden stops.
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Detroit Free Press | May 10, 2003
Holding a 2-0 series lead and headed to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4 tonight and Sunday, coach Rick Carlisle wanted the Pistons to forget recent events at the Palace and focus on the future.
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Detroit Free Press | May 10, 2003
Like a kid on Christmas Eve, Allen Iverson wishes he could just compact hours into minutes and get to open Game 3 right away.
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Detroit Free Press | May 10, 2003
Jon Barry knew he had to make something happen in a hurry Thursday night.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 9, 2003
Eric Snow laughed with Allen Iverson, flashing a wide smile that hid any apprehension, any doubt in the minute before the 76ers and Detroit Pistons tipped off last night.
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Detroit News | May 9, 2003
The Pistons could make a coaching change this summer.
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Detroit News | May 9, 2003
Allen Iverson took the blame for Philadelphia's overtime loss to the Pistons on Thursday night.
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Detroit News | May 9, 2003
If he hadn't already done so, he has now.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 8, 2003
Detroit is known as a defensive-oriented team, but even the Pistons can't win without scoring.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 8, 2003
He is as important to the 76ers as Chauncey Billups is to the Detroit Pistons, and like Billups, Eric Snow might miss Game 2 of this heated Eastern Conference semifinal matchup tonight.
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Detroit Free Press | May 8, 2003
He is either an old man in a young man's body or a young man in an old man's face.
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Detroit News | May 8, 2003
In the final minute of Tuesday's game, with the outcome already determined, Philadelphia point guard Eric Snow ran into teammate Allen Iverson.
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Detroit News | May 8, 2003
See Richard "Rip" Hamilton run after Allen Iverson.
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Detroit News | May 8, 2003
Chauncey Billups' status for tonight's game against the Philadelphia 76ers is still questionable, but he's getting around-the-clock treatment on his sprained left ankle.
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Detroit News | May 8, 2003
Even Chucky Atkins couldn't escape the huge irony Wednesday.
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Associated Press | May 7, 2003
Despite an injured right foot, Eric Snow plans to be in the starting lineup for the Philadelphia 76ers when they play the Detroit Pistons in Game 2 of their second-round series Thursday.
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Detroit News | May 7, 2003
One of the most crucial matchups in this Eastern Conference semifinal series was expected to be at the point between Philadelphia's Eric Snow and the Pistons' Chauncey Billups.
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Detroit News | May 7, 2003
The new and improved version of Philadelphia's Keith Van Horn wasn't on display in the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Detroit Free Press | May 7, 2003
Only Chauncey Billups hurt more than Pistons fans Tuesday night.
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Detroit News | May 7, 2003
Chauncey Billups limped off the court in obvious pain Tuesday night, and his status for Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers is questionable.
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Detroit Free Press | May 7, 2003
Moving up one notch, Ben Wallace was named to the All-NBA second team Tuesday.
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Detroit Free Press | May 7, 2003
The Pistons were up, 8-4; they had the ball; the arena was pumping; all of a sudden .
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Detroit Free Press | May 7, 2003
The Pistons' other unusually mature rookie, Mehmet Okur, came to the rescue Tuesday night.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | May 6, 2003
The rookie drew the task.
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Detroit Free Press | May 6, 2003
"Really?" said the voice over the cell phone when asked for an interview Monday.
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Detroit News | May 6, 2003
The Pistons were amused but they didn't really take the bait.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 5, 2003
Two sayings, both appropriate as the 76ers prepare to open the second round of the NBA playoffs:
As old friend Charles Barkley likes to say, "Anything you do once, you can do again.
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Daytona Beach News-Journal writer Ken Hornack | May 5, 2003
Tee time? Or tea time? Whatever you want to call it, Sunday certainly wasn't T-Mac time.
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Detroit Free Press | May 5, 2003
Will the Pistons have an Answer for The Answer?
Next for the top seed in the Eastern Conference are Philadelphia and Allen Iverson, who's averaging 34.
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Detroit Free Press | May 5, 2003
Tracy McGrady was surrounded by doom.
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Detroit News | May 5, 2003
Tayshaun Prince's confidence never wavered, even though he sat on the Pistons' bench most of the regular season, playing in just 42 of 82 games.
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Detroit News | May 5, 2003
The ol' buzz was back and the crowd was wild.
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Detroit News | May 5, 2003
The roars from The Palace gave you goose bumps.
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Orlando Sentinel | May 5, 2003
You knew somebody who wore No.
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Orlando Sentinel | May 5, 2003
coach told them they should hurt, and so they hurt.
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New York Times | May 5, 2003
When a team like the Detroit Pistons overcomes a three-games-to-one deficit and wins an N.
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Detroit Free Press writer Drew Sharp | May 5, 2003
The Pistons honored a rookie with the game ball for stepping up big on a stage that's customarily the domain of the experienced.
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Detroit News | May 4, 2003
For the better part of a week, the Pistons were the team that had to answer the tough questions.
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Orlando Sentinel | May 3, 2003
The postseason is no time to go away from a team's normal ways.
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Philadelphia Daily News | May 3, 2003
There was much more than sleep in Eric Snow's eyes.
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Florida Today | May 3, 2003
These playoffs haven't exactly gone the way Orlando Magic head coach Doc Rivers might have wanted, but he is sure of this much: This kind of pressure-packed experience has been invaluable to his young team.
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Daytona Beach News-Journal | May 3, 2003
The cocksure attitude that the Orlando Magic had when they walked off the floor after Game 4 of their series against the Detroit Pistons is gone.
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Daytona Beach News-Journal | May 3, 2003
At Detroit's shoot-around Friday morning, the conversation turned to Chauncey Billups' 3-point shooting.
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Detroit News | May 2, 2003
Some Orlando Magic players bickered as they walked off the court at The Palace on Wednesday.
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Detroit Free-Press | May 2, 2003
Maybe the Pistons' season will be saved -- or ended -- by a rookie.
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Detroit Free-Press | May 2, 2003
Overcoming history is a major obstacle for the Pistons heading into Game 5 tonight at Orlando.
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Detroit Free-Press | May 2, 2003
The driving dunks and the three-pointer were not insulting.
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Orlando Sentinel | May 2, 2003
A sign at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Wednesday night said it all: COME BACK PISTONS, PLEASE! DON'T LEAVE US ALONE WITH THE TIGERS!
To hear Detroit sports fans tell it, it's up to the Pistons to keep their basketball season alive, just to spare the city from having to watch the Tigers (3-23), the worst team in baseball.
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Detroit News | May 1, 2003
It's been a strange playoff series for Pistons rookie Tayshaun Prince.
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Detroit Free-Press | May 1, 2003
As he sloped off the court at the Palace Wednesday night, Tracy McGrady eyed the delighted crowd and made a simple, repetitive gesture.
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Detroit Free-Press | May 1, 2003
Before Game 5, Ben Wallace challenged his Pistons teammates to play more inspired.
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St. Petersburg Times | May 1, 2003
Maybe the Magic forgot that it is a seven-game series.
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