Submit a Story!
Get the BallHype iPhone App
Billups and some teammates 'hate' the comeback role they put themselves in | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Flip Saunders brought it up Sunday without prompting. He said his players love tough situations, so they must have really enjoyed trailing the Boston Celtics, 2-1, in the Eastern Conference finals. He said it tongue-in-cheek. And perhaps that's the sentiment these days because Chauncey Billups said that's no longer a comfortable role for his team. He's not sure why it keeps trying to play it. ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

Where Was KG??
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — ... roles with Billups  |  KG: man on a mission  |  Globe:  All tied up  |  Pistons keep churning  |  Big disappointment for Big 3  |  McDyess got ball rolling  |  Pistons put it on the line  |  Billups has come a long way  |  Motown’s been Hunter’s town  |  Veterans can deal with kid stuff  |  T&G:  Cassell struggling as a sub  |  Detroit Free Press:  Billups must play better  |  Pistons hate ‘comeback’ role  |  CBS:  Celtics lack killer instinct  |  ...

Daily Links 5/27
CelticsBlog — ... struggling as a sub Mowed down CBS Sports Celtics still lack killer instinct USA Today No hat trick for Celtics Big 3 Fan House Doc Rivers is not distracted by fashion Grok Your World Ray Allen has got to sit for the Celtics to win Enterprise Pistons take fight to Celtics, teams head to Boston even Dime Pistons beat up Celtics to take game 4 in Detroit SI.com Pistons find sparkplug in McDyess Detroit Free Press Billups, teammates hate the comeback role they put themselves in In a tough spot, Pistons tie ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 5/27
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog — ... for Celtics Big 3 Fan House Doc Rivers is not distracted by fashion Grok Your World Ray Allen has got to sit for the Celtics to win Enterprise Pistons take fight to Celtics, teams head to Boston even Dime Pistons beat up Celtics to take game 4 in Detroit SI.com Pistons find sparkplug in McDyess Detroit Free Press Billups, teammates hate the comeback role they put themselves in In a tough spot, ...

Related Content
Where Was KG??
redsarmy.wordpress.com 5/27/2008 — Kevin Garnett has been awesome all year for us… and he’s been great all series too. But when he’s got no energy out on the floor… then the Celtics don’t have any energy. He’s that important. One play typifies what KG gave us last night. 8:18 in the 2nd quarter… Sam Cassell shoots a 3 from the right wing. KG is on the opposite side… and ...
Daily Dime: Pistons even the score - NBA
sports.espn.go.com 5/27/2008 — AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- They don't call him Mr. Big Shot for nothing, although you'd be excused for wondering how he ever got that nickname if all you were judging him on was his body of work over the first three games of this series and the first ...
Pistons' Mr. Big Shot delivers - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
mlive.com 5/27/2008 — AUBURN HILLS -- It was not one of Chauncey Billups' better shooting nights. But the guy known as Mr. Big Shot delivered arguably the biggest shot of the night Monday, which seemed to turn a nail-biter into something that resembled a blowout as Detroit ...
FreeDarko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game: Bethlehem Shoals, Dr. Lawyer IndianChief, Silverbird 5000, Big Baby Belafonte, Billups: Books
amazon.com 5/27/2008 — The indispensible, amazingly illustrated companion to today's NBA—a roundball Rosetta Stone that hilariously decodes the trends and tendencies of pro basketball. The NBA of the moment is a league of hugely charismatic celebrities, crackling aesthetic ...
Pistons may be running on fumes
nationalpost.com 5/27/2008 — It's not so much a poster as a billboard, because most posters aren't 50 feet tall. But it is what visitors to The Palace of Auburn Hills see as they pull into the vast parking lots to see their Detroit Pistons play. "50 Seasons, One Reason," it ...
Pistons face must-win situation in Game 4FOXSports.com News for NBA 5/26/2008
Chauncey Billups may not be at full strength, but the Pistons, down 2-1 to the Celtics, are in dire need of a win. Follow Game 4 LIVE.
NBA Playoffs | Pistons get even with CelticsThe Seattle Times: Sports 5/27/2008
The Detroit Pistons provide plenty of fodder for those who want to criticize them for only playing their best when down or doubted. Antonio McDyess doesn't. He...
Antonio McDyess switches roles with Chauncey BillupsCeltics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 5/27/2008
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - They have had the same conversation, in some form or another, for four years. Antonio McDyess says he is worried about the Detroit Pistons. It could...
Locked-In Pistons Flourish, Tie SeriesWash Post NBA 5/27/2008
Coming off a blowout loss at home and facing a daunting playoff deficit, the Pistons play like a desperate recent champion to beat the Celtics, 94-75, to even the series.