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| Sixers Return to First Union Center With Season on the Line |
NBA Basketball |
05/16/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers try to remain alive in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinals series when they welcome the Detroit Pistons to First Union Center tonight. The Sixers suffered a heartbreaking loss in Game 5 to put them in their current predicament. Detroit's Chucky Atkins hit a runner in the lane with less than one second remaining to lift the Pistons to a 78-77 victory. Allen Iverson was held to 14 points, which was just one higher than his all-time playoff lo |
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| Billups misses Game 5, Atkins provides heroics |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit guard Chauncey Billups missed Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a sprained ankle. The Pistons won the game 78-77 and now lead the series, 3-2. Chucky Atkins started in place of the injured Billups and filled in tremendously as he scored 17 points, including the go-ahead basket with only 9/10ths of a second remaining. Billups first injured his ankle in Game 1 when he came down on the foot of Sixers guard Eric Snow af |
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| Billups expected to miss Game 5 |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit guard Chauncey Billups is expected to miss Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a sprained ankle. The series is currently tied at two games apiece. Billups first injured his ankle in Game 1 when he came down on the foot of Sixers guard Eric Snow after hitting a jump shot that gave Detroit a 77-70 lead early in the fourth quarter. The point guard missed Games 2 and 3 with the injury and played limited minutes in Game 4. |
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| Pistons try to protect home court in Game 5 against Sixers |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia 76ers try to break through on the road when they take on the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Game 5 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinals series. The Sixers returned home for Game 3 of their best-of-seven series down 0-2 after a pair of setbacks at The Palace of Auburn Hills. With back-to-back games on the schedule for Saturday and Sunday, Philly knew it had to be even in its best-of-seven series with the by the time Monday morn |
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| Tyrone Hill out with calf injury |
NBA Basketball |
05/12/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia 76ers reserve forward Tyrone Hill is expected to miss three to four weeks with a muscle tear in his right calf. The 35-year-old Hill, who is averaging 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in 10 playoff games for the Sixers, was injured late in the third quarter of Philadelphia's 95-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 4 of its Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Sixers evened the best-of-seven series at 2-2 with wins over Detroit in Game 3 on Saturday and Game |
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| Iverson and Sixers even series with Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
05/12/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Allen Iverson poured in 36 points and handed out 11 assists, as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Detroit Pistons, 95-82, in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series at the First Union Center. The best-of-seven series is now tied at two wins apiece, with Game 5 scheduled for Wednesday at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Detroit won the first two games of the matchup at home, while Philadelphia rebounded to take Games 3 and 4 on its home court. Iverson, who scored 15 po |
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| Iverson nets 25 as 76ers take Game 3 |
NBA Basketball |
05/11/2003 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Allen Iverson scored a game-high 25 points and handed out 11 assists, as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Detroit Pistons, 93-83, in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series at the First Union Center. Keith Van Horn added 17 points as all five Sixers' starters scored in double figures. The 76ers now trail the best-of-seven series by a 2-1 margin with Game 4 scheduled for Sunday night in Philadelphia. "I think it does something for our psyche as far as the mental |
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| Prince of the Palace: Pistons take 2-0 lead |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Tayshaun Prince hit the game-tying basket in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter and scored seven of his 20 points in overtime to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 104-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Prince also ripped down nine rebounds, while Richard Hamilton and Chucky Atkins each netted a team-high 23 points for the Pistons, who lead the best- of-seven series 2-0. "The confidence |
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| Billups misses Game 2 with ankle injury |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Detroit guard Chauncey Billups missed Game 2 of the Detroit Pistons Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers with a sprained ankle. The Pistons won the game 104-97 in overtime and now lead the best-of-seven series 2-0. Billups came down on the foot of Sixers guard Eric Snow after hitting a jump shot that gave Detroit a 77-70 lead early in the fourth quarter of Game 1. The point guard finished with 24 points in the series opener. Chucky Atkins filled i |
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| Backcourt Wounds a Factor at The Palace |
NBA Basketball |
05/08/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals series between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Detroit Pistons will tip off on Thursday night, with or without healthy backcourts on each team. Philadelphia's Eric Snow is a game-time decision due to a soft-tissue injury to his right foot. The team's initial fear was that a fracture was present, but x-rays were negative. Snow is still bothered by a significant amount of swelling and acute tendinitis in the foot. "I have all intentions |
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