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Orlando beats Detroit, Chauncey Billups hurt
Published 5/8/2008 by james at NBA Obsessed - NBA Basketball News
... 7 game series. So you could make the argument that Wednesday night was just the Pistons fighting off a collective yawn. Or you could argue that the Pistons’ oil light is starting to flash and the air bags are about to deploy. I don’t see a complete crash in their immediate future, but this suddenly looks like a six or seven-game series. A lot will depend on Billups, who limped to the locker room with a towel over his head in the first quarter. source Jameer Nelson and Rashard Lewis came up big. ...

The Internets are alive: Pistons at Magic, Game 3
Published 5/8/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... David Whitley, Orlando Sentinel: "Yeah, I'm an offensive genius," Van Gundy said. He's looking like a rumpled, mustachioed Einstein at the moment. ...

First Cup: Thursday
Published 5/8/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... "No matter what happens in the remainder of these playoffs, at least the Orlando Magic can say they contributed to the betterment of the NBA. They can say they sacrificed themselves for the sake of those who came after them. One small controversy for Magic fans, one giant leap for fankind. Even heading into Game 3 Wednesday night, all the talk across the nation was about how the Magic got clocked by the NBA's asinine and archaic replay rule -- or lack thereof." ...