blogs.orlandosentinel.com - 5/8/2008
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The Magic know what it's like to be hamstrung. Now the Pistons do. After marking time and then falling off the face of the NBA during Grant Hill's residency, the Magic aren't about to play violins for the Pistons. They finally whipped Detroit to join the series in progress Wednesday night, this time benefitting from a Pistons injury. Chauncey Billups strained his right hamstring in the first ...
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Orlando media almost giddy at the chance of an injured Chauncey Billups
Full-Court Press —
Some in the Orlando media seem like they may be pleased at the chance that Chauncey Billups will not be able to play because of an injured hamstring. May 8, Orlando Sentinel: The Magic know what it's like to be hamstrung. Now the Pistons do. After marking time and then falling off the face of the NBA during Grant Hill's residency, the Magic aren't about to play violins for the Pistons. They finally whipped Detroit to join the series in progress Wednesday night, this time benefitting from a Pistons injury... And the possibilities are dreamy for their long-suffering fans if Big ...
The Orlando Magic’s Inferiority Complex
Empty the Bench —
... the Orlando-area media. More on the Orlando Magic and the Orlando-area media after the jump… When it comes to inexperienced playoff teams, there’s nothing like a win to get them, their fans, and their beat writers and radio personalities pounding their chests like King Kong on the top of the Empire State Building. After Chauncey Billups left Game 3 with a strained hamstring (he’s questionable for today’s game), a game the Magic went on to win big, Orlando-Sentinel writer/blogger Brian Schmitz subtly implied that Billups and the Pistons deserved the injury: The Magic know ...
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Lewis' 33 help Magic pull within 2-1 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/8/2008
The Orlando Magic won't be swept by the Detroit Pistons again. Rashard Lewis made sure of it Wednesday night. Lewis scored a career playoff-high 33 points and the Magic broke down the Pistons' stout defense in a 111-86 victory. Detroit leads the ...
Billups sore, unsure he can go in Game 4 —
FOXSports.com News for NBA 5/8/2008
Chauncey Billups said Thursday he was still sore, a night after he was forced to leave the Pistons' loss to Orlando in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals because of a strained right hamstring.
The All-Star guard said he isn't sure if he will ...
