mlive.com - 1/24/2008
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PHILADELPHIA -- The book on Amir Johnson has been all about potential. Potential to be a great scorer; potential to run the floor; potential to play above the rim akin to Phoenix's high-flying Amare Stoudemire. Well, Johnson showed on Wednesday that he's about more than just potential in helping Detroit defeat Philadelphia, 86-78, snapping the Pistons' three-game losing streak. The third-year ...
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The Pistons finally get a win courtesy of The Sixers
Need4Sheed.com —
... "What he brings, we really need it, we need somebody that'll keep that ball alive on the glass, put-backs...that's what he does. He's just blessed enough athlete that he can do that." Chauncey on Amir Via MLive ...
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Empty the Bench —
... where he received the ball in a position to score, he did flash a potentially solid suite of silky go-to moves in the post to use later down the road. A lack of offensive polish is okay though–Johnson will not be asked to score much during the 8 - 15 minutes we hope he’ll regularly see moving forward. It’s all about the hustle, rebounding, and legitimate shot-blocking abilities that he can bring to the table right now, and his teammates agree. “What he brings, we really need it,” Pistons guard Chauncey Billups said after the Philly game. “We need somebody that’ll keep that ...
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pistonsnationblog.com 1/24/2008 — Rip Hamilton and Chauncey Billups aren’t too accustomed to losing games in consecutive fashion here with the Pistons, so tonight against Philly they made sure streak made an abrupt halt at 3 games beating the 76ers at the Wachovia Center 86-78.
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i76sports.com 1/24/2008 — The Philadelphia 76ers sunk even lower yesterday losing to the Detroit Pistons 86-78. Managing to hold to Pistons to 86 points is a nice feat, but when you only muster 78 yourself, its not really something to be proud of.
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NYT > Pro Basketball 1/24/2008
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Richard Hamilton scored 21 points and Chauncey Billups had 19 to help the Detroit Pistons snap a rare three-game losing streak and beat the Philadelphia 76ers 86-78 on Wednesday night.
