DET 98, PHI 81
The Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 98-81, in a pivotal Game Five battle on Tuesday night at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Chauncey Billups had 21 points and 12 assists and Richard Hamilton added 20 points and 5 rebounds for the Pistons, who hit an astounding 58% of their shots while attempting twelve fewer free throws than Philadelphia.

Andre Iguodala finally had a relatively productive game for the Sixers, with 21 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, but a majority of Philadelphia's rotation struggled.

Louis Williams was the only other bright spot for the 76ers, scoring 16 points off the bench.

Philadelphia went just 2-for-7 from behind the three-point line in the loss and turned the ball over eighteen times.

Game Six will be Thursday night in Philly as the 76ers look to force a Game Seven back in Detroit.

Game FIC Scores
Rasheed Wallace, DET - 19.8
Chauncey Billups, DET - 17.8
Andre Iguodala, PHI - 17.0
Jason Maxiell, DET - 15.4

Chris Webber took a shot at Pistons coach Flip Saunders on a TNT broadcast on Sunday night, according to the Detroit Free Press.

The Pistons were heading into the second half down ten points to the 76ers, and Webber claimed that it didn't matter what the coach said to his team during the break.

"No disrespect to Flip (Saunders), but it doesn?t matter what Flip says," Webber said.

The Pistons "take on the personality of Joe Dumars. Rip (Hamilton), Chauncey (Billups), Tayshaun Prince, Rasheed (Wallace) and (Antonio) McDyess are very mad right now, they probably aren?t even talking and they are probably just saying, 'OK we?re going to go win this game.'"

The Pistons "are really nonchalant and that?s why I felt we lost last year (in the Eastern Conference Finals)," Webber added.

- DET 93, PHI 84
The Detroit Pistons used a huge third quarter to come-from-behind and even their best-of-seven series with the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night.

Trailing by ten at the half, the Pistons outscored the Sixers 34-16 in the third quarter to take control the game.

Tayshaun Prince had 23 points and 6 rebounds and Rasheed Wallace tallied 20 points and 10 boards for the Pistons, who forced nineteen Philadelphia turnovers.

Samuel Dalembert posted 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers, while rookie Thaddeus Young contributed 15 points and 8 boards in the loss.

Philadelphia shot 48% from the field, against just 42% for Detroit.

The Pistons scored the first eleven points of the third quarter, turning their double-digit deficit into a one-point lead before the Sixers even scored in the second half.

Game Five will be in Detroit on Tuesday night.

Game FIC Scores
Tayshaun Prince, DET - 23.0
Thaddeus Young, PHI - 16.0
Samuel Dalembert, PHI - 13.3
Rasheed Wallace, DET - 13.0

Antonio McDyess returned to Detroit on Saturday and had surgery to repair the broken nose he suffered in Game 3 of their series with the 76ers, as reported by the Associated Press.

Coach Flip Saunders said McDyess? availability for Sunday?s Game 4 would depend on how he felt after surgery.

Sixers' Coach Mo Cheeks was fined $25,000 by the league for verbally abusing the referees during game 2 of the team's playoff series against Detroit, the Associated Press are reporting.

The abuse came after the game had ended.

"It's just an error in judgment by me," Cheeks said before Game 3. "They have the upper hand. I just need to abide by the rules."

The Philadelphia 76ers rolled to a 95-75 win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night to take a 2-1 series lead.

Samuel Dalembert had 22 points and 16 rebounds and Andre Miller tallied 21 points and 6 boards for the Sixers, who shot 46% from the floor and outrebounded Detroit by eight.

Richard Hamilton notched 23 points and 6 rebounds and Tayshaun Prince added 18 points for the Pistons, who made just 40% of their shots and turned the ball over twenty-two times.

Philadelphia led by just four at halftime, but used an eleven-point edge in the third quarter to put the game away.

Game Four will be Sunday night in Philadelphia.

Rasheed Wallace claims that he isn't the center of attention despite receiving a lot of attention for poking his head in the huddle of the 76ers during Sunday night's Game One, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.

"Some [stuff] y'all blew up," Wallace said Wednesday. "When I say 'Y'all,'...not necessarily you as individuals here today, but...these are things I've been doing my whole career. If I do something friendly like that, it's a big deal. If I rave, rant, and cuss and all that, oh, then that's normal. I'm not worried about it."

He would prefer that the entire Pistons' team receives publicity rather than him individually.

"I think you can get more done with five individuals than you can [with] one individual," he said. "If you've got one guy you know is going to get that ball in crunch time, it's easier to defend him. But if you have five guys who can get that ball in crunch time, it's harder."

- DET 105, PHI 88
Richard Hamilton helped the Detroit Pistons pull even with the Philadelphia 76ers with a win on Wednesday night.

Antonio McDyess posted 16 points and 13 rebounds and Hamilton added 20 points, 8 assists and 6 boards in the win for the Pistons, who shot 55% from the field and outrebounded Philadelphia by eight.

Reggie Evans had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Louis Williams tallied 17 points in the loss for the Sixers, who hit just 40% of their shots and made just one three-pointer in Game Two.

With the series tied at one game apiece, the action shifts to Philadelphia for Game Three on Friday night.

Game FIC Scores
Richard Hamilton, DET - 16.9
Rasheed Wallace, DET - 16.8
Reggie Evans, PHI - 9.8
Andre Iguodala, PHI - (1.3)

Pistons' guard Chauncey Billups doesn't think Game Two against the 76ers is a must-win in their seven games series, according to the Detroit Free Press.

"I hope that this doesn't happen, but if we were down 0-2, I still feel like we'd win the series," Billups said. "But I don't want to get there and have to prove you all of that."

The series will move to Philadelphia on Friday night for Game Three.

Charles Barkley of TNT criticized the Pistons for "not showing up to play" every night following their Game One loss on Sunday night.

Charles Barkley doesn't think that the Detroit Pistons always show up to play, according to the Boston Globe.

"We never know which Detroit team is going to show up. In the first half [Sunday] you saw good Detroit, and in the second half you saw bad Detroit," said Barkley.

"The Celtics play the same music all the time. The Pistons play hip-hop, then jazz, then hip-hop, then jazz. They are up and down all the time," Barkley added.