detnews.com - 4/29/2008
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Rob Parker Time is right for Pistons' Billups to excel A UBURN HILLS -- It's got to happen. It's seems inconceivable to think a playoff series will come and go and Chauncey Billups will not put a stamp on it. So, you get the sense tonight -- Game 5 at The Palace -- might just be the night. Billups just might be able to deliver the game fans, and his teammates -- for that matter -- have ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Rob Parker of The Detroit News: " 'We're just going to play,' Rasheed Wallace said. 'We've been in a situation like this before.' Who can forget, with a series hanging in the balance, Mr. Big Shot stepping up and delivering. In life, they say timing is everything. This would be the perfect time for Chauncey Billups to return to form." ...
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Need4Sheed.com —
... may still come off the bench. Big Shot no more? ESPN's John Hollinger thinks so. I said it earlier, I have lost a little respect for C-Webb. Prince had been "The Man" this series, he may get the chance to keep doing it. KG gives props to Sheed. Link Via Detroit Bad Boys What Sixers fans are thinking: Depressed Fan - Recliner GM and Sixers 4 Guidos. Game 5 - important for Billups. Philly.com seams confident in their Sixers going into tonight's game. ...
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons might have won Game 5 more than an hour before it started.
Music wasn't rattling the locker room. Eyes were locked on the...