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Pistons' Richard Hamilton injures ankle
With less than 5 minutes to play in Wednesday's season opener at Memphis, Hamilton injured his right ankle when he was fouled by O.J. Mayo.
Point/Counterpoint: The Detroit Pistons will make the playoffs
Point/Counterpoint: The Detroit Pistons will make the playoffs
blog.mlive.com — Patrick Hayes and Pardeep Toor debate whether the Pistons are a playoff team. Hayes with the argument... they will be. (more) Point/Counterpoint: The Detroit Pistons will make the ...
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X-Rays on Richard Hamilton's Ankle are Negative
Motown String Music — As I just mentioned in the game recap, Richard Hamilton came down awkwardly on his right ankle late in the fourth quarter when he was fouled by O.J. Mayo during a jump shot attempt.   Hamilton split his free throws, limped down the court, and after Memphis made an easy bucket, Detroit called timeout to get Rip off the floor.  Hamilton immediately left for the locker room with head trainer, Arnie Kander, to have it x-rayed:  X-rays were negative, but that doesn't mean Hamilton is out of the woods yet. ...

Game Review: Ben Gordon doesn’t deserve Vinnie Johnson comparison
PistonPowered — ... Hamilton also had an excellent game (who said he couldn’t play with Gordon?). But he left in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury. X-rays were negative, according to A. Sherrod Blakely of MLive. ...

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