Eastern Conference Semifinals: Pistons vs. Magic, Game Two

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Eastern Conference Semifinals @ Pistons Lead Series, 1-0 The Palace of Auburn Hills 7:00 PM TNT Probable starters: Jameer Nelson PG Chauncey Billups Maurice Evans SG Richard Hamilton Hedo Turkoglu SF Tayshaun Prince Rashard Lewis PF Jason Maxiell Dwight Howard C Rasheed Wallace ... [link]

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Round 2 / Game 2
Published 5/5/2008 by pistonsnation at PistonsNationBlog.com
... Philly knew they were good, but not as good as us and we in turn respected them because they played so hard. Now, you’ve got a team in Orlando that feels they’re ready to take what the Pistons have. For the Pistons tonight the recipe has to be the same. Crowd their 3-point shooters and stay tight on Howard down low. Speaking of Howard I’ve not heard anything else about his bruised thumb so I assume he’s ok. For an Orlando slant check out Third Quarter Collapse

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Detroit Bad Boys found this 5/5/2008 on sports.aol.com

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ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 5/5/2008 on www.detnews.com

Chris McCosky / The Detroit News AUBURN HILLS -- It's on now, at least verbally. Whether the Magic can make any significant adjustments on the court to reverse their fortunes in Game 2 tonight remains to be seen, but they certainly have amped up their ...

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Detroit Bad Boys found this 5/5/2008 on www.mlive.com

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FanHouse found this 5/5/2008 on news.aol.com

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Maury posted 5/6/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

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