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Pistons' Mr. Big Shot delivers - Detroit Pistons Basketball: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats
AUBURN HILLS -- It was not one of Chauncey Billups' better shooting nights. But the guy known as Mr. Big Shot delivered arguably the biggest shot of the night Monday, which seemed to turn a nail-biter into something that resembled a blowout as Detroit pulled away for a 94-75 win in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals to tie the best-of-seven series at two games apiece. Game 5 will be in ...
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The Internets are alive: Celtics at Pistons, Game 4
Ball Don't Lie — ... A. Sherrod Blakely, mLive.com: "Theo Ratliff, like the rest of the Pistons, is aware Billups has struggled with his shot throughout this series. But in a close game, with little time to play, Ratliff remains confident Billups will make the right play for Detroit. "Down the stretch, he's always a threat to be able to hit big shots," Ratliff said. "He was able to hit a big shot at a key time for us." As for Billups' shooting woes — he is shooting 35.3 percent from the field in this series — Ratliff said, "we're not worried ...

Daily Links 5/27
CelticsBlog — ... Allen has got to sit for the Celtics to win Enterprise Pistons take fight to Celtics, teams head to Boston even Dime Pistons beat up Celtics to take game 4 in Detroit SI.com Pistons find sparkplug in McDyess Detroit Free Press Billups, teammates hate the comeback role they put themselves in In a tough spot, Pistons tie series with a passion McDyess is the hero, Ray Allen is the goat Pistons still working on to do list MLive Mr Big Shot delivers Maxiell's energy lifts Pistons again Detroit News Maxiell's big ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 5/27
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog — ... teams head to Boston even Dime Pistons beat up Celtics to take game 4 in Detroit SI.com Pistons find sparkplug in McDyess Detroit Free Press Billups, teammates hate the comeback role they put themselves in In a tough spot, Pistons tie series with a passion McDyess is the hero, Ray Allen is the goat Pistons still working on to do list MLive Mr Big Shot delivers Maxiell's energy lifts Pistons again Detroit ...

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