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NBA players are athletic, but they're not built to do the splits. Chauncey Billups learned that the hard way four minutes into tonight's game against the Magic. He was in obvious pain the moment it happened, laying face down on the court for a few moments before collecting himself and limping to the locker room. He's not going to return tonight and is officially day-to-day with a strained ...
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Orlando Magic 111, Detroit Pistons 86
Published 5/8/2008 by Ben Q Rock at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... First, I have to encourage us to curb our enthusiasm: it's only one game. When some Pistons fans left my section late in the fourth quarter, Magic fans taunted them unmercifully, but one Piston fan held up two fingers on one hand and one on the other to symbolize the Pistons still have a 2-1 lead in the series. Further, Detroit was without its best player for all but the first 3 minutes of the game, as Chauncey Billups left with a strained hamstring and did not return. Last, this Pistons team has a poor record in Game Threes, as Orlando Sentinel writer ...
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