Halftime inspiration: Joe, Flip or McDyess?
detroitbadboys.com 4/28/2008 — I didn’t see Chris Webber’s comments on TNT at halftime, but I certainly heard about them. Fortunately, The Starting Five has the transcript (via PistonsNation ) : Webber on the lack of intensity by the Detroit Pistons: “(The Pistons) ...

Detroit’s Saunders Unable to Flip the Switch
emptythebench.com 4/29/2008 — Reports of the Detroit Pistons demise may have been greatly exaggerated after Friday, but even with Sunday’s win Pistons backers need to be deeply concerned. This should have been a cakewalk, and it’s turning into an evenly-matched series.

John Smallwood: Young Sixers getting on-the-job training | Philadelphia Daily News | 04/29/2008
philly.com 4/29/2008 — PERHAPS the youngest 76er of them all has the best approach for tonight's pivotal Game 5 of the team's Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Detroit Pistons. If you don't know what you don't know, don't worry about it and just go play."I'm ...

Torch Bearer
thestartingfive.net 4/29/2008 — TSF writer Anthony Gilbert speaks on his Philly roots. There's also a video of him interviewing Melo before the season in Baltimore.

Demolish and Demoralize
wickedgoodsports.com 4/29/2008 — What kind of road do the Celts have ahead of them? Is it going to be the joy that overcomes a runner when they see a freshly paved flat street in their line of vision? Or, is it going to be like the nauseating feeling that comes over a person when ...

McDyess has surgery on broken nose — FOXSports.com News for NBA 4/26/2008
Pistons forward Antonio McDyess returned to Detroit on Saturday and had surgery to repair the broken nose he suffered in Game 3 of their playoff series with Philadelphia. Pistons coach Flip Saunders said McDyess' availability for Sunday's Game 4 ...

Bobcats Fire Vincent After One Season as Coach — Wash Post NBA 4/27/2008
The Bobcats fire Sam Vincent Saturday after one turmoil-filled season as coach.

With series even, hard to predict Pistons mind-set vs. 76ers — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 4/28/2008
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons see it and feel it.When the Pistons are down in ...

Trio of Pistons pester Sixers to take 3-2 series lead — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 4/30/2008
The Motor City's Big Three outscored Philadelphia's entire team when it mattered. Chauncey Billups scored 21 points, Richard ...

Pistons' Billups, Hamilton, Wallace Nearly Beat 76ers Alone — Wash Post NBA 4/30/2008
Chauncey Billups scored 21 points, Richard Hamilton had 20 and Rasheed Wallace added 19 to lift the Pistons to a 98-81 victory over the 76ers on Tuesday night and a 3-2 lead in the first-round series.