Detroit’s Saunders Unable to Flip the Switch
emptythebench.com 4/29/2008 — Reports of the Detroit Pistons demise may have been greatly exaggerated after Friday, but even with Sunday’s win Pistons backers need to be deeply concerned. This should have been a cakewalk, and it’s turning into an evenly-matched series.

Piston Balance Beats Sixers 98-81
mvn.com 4/30/2008 — Detroit moves a game closer to advancing to the second round.

Philadelphia vs. Detroit - Recap - April 29, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 4/30/2008 — Pistons' Big 3 handle Sixers to give Detroit 3-2 series lead 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 big-screen TV showing the ...

DUMB AND DUMBER: WHEN DOC MET FLIP
epiccarnival.com 4/30/2008 — by Isaac , The World of Isaac Both the Celtics and the Pistons have struggled in their first round series. And while many thought this was extremely unexpected, a part of me still thinks these coaches just cant hang with the big boys. Granted, a ...

Pistons looking much better, but Cheeks plans on return trip - NBA
sports.espn.go.com 4/30/2008 — D. Lippitt/Einstein/NBAE via Getty Images The Pistons' starting five was a formidable crew in Detroit's 98-81 Game 5 win over the 76ers. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- "See you back here," Mo Cheeks said mischievously as he walked off the interview podium.  ...

Will Robinson, 1st black coach in Division I, dies at 96 — Wash Post NBA 4/28/2008
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Will Robinson, the first black basketball coach at a Division I school and a Detroit Pistons scout who discovered Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman, died Monday. He was 96.

Trio of Pistons pester Sixers to take 3-2 series lead — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 4/30/2008
The Motor City's Big Three outscored Philadelphia's entire team when it mattered. Chauncey Billups scored 21 points, Richard ...

Motown magic — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 4/30/2008
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...

76ers look to force Game 7 in Detroit (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 4/30/2008
Maurice Cheeks expects to hear the heckles one last time. Cheeks wants to be the one who gets the last laugh with a Game 7 victory and silence those Pistons fans who needled him the last three games in Detroit. The 76ers coach told the hecklers, "I'll ...

Pistons' Billups, Hamilton, Wallace Nearly Beat 76ers Alone — Wash Post NBA 4/30/2008
Chauncey Billups scored 21 points, Richard Hamilton had 20 and Rasheed Wallace added 19 to lift the Pistons to a 98-81 victory over the 76ers on Tuesday night and a 3-2 lead in the first-round series.