Terry Porter is expected to be interviewed by the Suns for a second time later next week, according to The Associated Press.

Porter worked as an assistant coach for the Pistons this season, and the team was eliminated in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals by the Celtics on Friday night.

He was the lead assistant for Flip Saunders during the past two seasons and coached the Bucks from 2003-2005.

General Manager Steve Kerr played with Porter during their active playing days and has been looking for a head coach ever since Mike D'Antoni bolted for New York.

Pistons' insiders told ESPN.com that there is a 50-50 chance that Flip Saunders will return to coach the team next season, according to Chris Sheridan.

Saunders has coached Detroit for the last three years and is entering the final year of his contract.

After the Pistons made consecutive trips to the Finals, Saunders has now failed in three-straight appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals.

He now holds the record for most Conference Finals games coached (24) without making a trip to the Finals.

Rasheed Wallace has a rather grim look about the state of the Pistons after their Game Six loss to the Celtics on Friday night, according to The Detroit News.

"That's the end, man," Wallace said.

The elimination could be the end of Flip Saunders' coaching tenure and the end of Lindsay Hunter's playing career.

Wallace also has just one year left on his deal.

"You could say it's a lot of things, but like I told the guys, at the end of the day, when we lose, we all look bad," Richard Hamilton said. "We all look bad. We know what it takes to win, and when we don't do it, it's on us."

Shortly after being eliminated by the Celtics in six games, Pistons guard Chauncey Billups has given credit where credit is due, according to The Detroit Free Press.

"I give credit where credit is due," Billups said. "That team is good. They?re locked in, they?re focused. From the coaches to the players to the bench, they?re together, man. That?s why you see them playing the way they played all season, and beating us in this series."

Billups is particularly happy for good friend Kevin Garnett, who will make his first Finals appearance next week.

"I told him, ?Man, (you?ve) been waiting a long time - waiting a long time for this,? " Billups said. "He deserved it, and I?m pulling for him."

The Boston Celtics reached the NBA Finals on Friday night with an 89-81 win over the Detroit Pistons.

The victory was just the second road win for the Celtics this postseason - with the first coming in Game Three in Detroit - and allowed them to avoid a third Game Seven back home in Boston.

Paul Pierce had 27 points and 8 rebounds, and Kevin Garnett added 16 points and 6 boards in the win for the Celtics, who shot 44% from the field and attempted six more free throws than Detroit.

Ray Allen added 17 for Boston on 6-for-12 shooting.

The Celtics trailed by six heading into the fourth quarter but outscored the Pistons 29-13 over the final twelve minutes to advance to their twentieth NBA Finals.

Chauncey Billups, 29 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, and Richard Hamilton, 21 points despite a bum elbow, were fantastic for the Pistons, but everyone else struggled.

Rasheed Wallace was just 2-for-12, finishing with 4 points and 5 fouls in the loss.

With Wallace in foul trouble, Theo Ratliff brought his defense to the floor but was unable to help the Pistons offensively.

Detroit Coach Flip Saunders replaced Ratliff with Jason Maxiell to bring some semblance of an offensive attack to the paint, but the Celtics withstood Maxiell's 7 points.

Antonio McDyess, a huge factor through the first five games of the series, was just 2-for-3 from the floor as defenders like Kendrick Perkins, Garnett, and Pierce combined to keep him out of the game.

The last time the Celtics made the Finals was in 1987, when they lost to the same team they will play next week - the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Finals will begin Thursday in Boston.

Richard Hamilton claims that he's "ready to go" in Detroit's Game Six battle with Boston on Friday night despite a strained right elbow, according to a report on ESPN.com.

"I have no choice. This is do or die," Hamilton said after the team's shootaround Friday.

He admitted that he felt discomfort in his elbow after shooting around.

"Once I get out there and the adrenaline is going, I'll be fine," Hamilton said. "I told my teammates, 'Don't look at me as handicap.' ... I'm fine. I'm ready to roll."

Having lost two Game Sixes already this postseason, the Celtics and Head Coach Doc Rivers are viewing Friday night's battle with the Pistons as a must-win, according to The Boston Herald.

The team would love to avoid a Game Seven showdown back in Boston, which would be the third game of its kind over the last month.

"Yeah, we have (been in this position before)," Rivers said. "We have a chance to end it. But, you know, we?re playing good teams - and good teams in their place - and they?re tough to play."

The Pistons could be without leading scorer Richard Hamilton, who strained his right elbow in Game Five.

"We just have to come in and have great focus and play. We can?t worry about if we win or if we lose. We have to just focus on the game and just stay there," Rivers added.

Rasheed Wallace of the Detroit Pistons has been fined $25,000 for his use of profanity and criticism of the officiating following last night?s game, announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

Wallace made his comments to the media following the Pistons? 106-102 loss to the Celtics in Game 5 of the 2008 NBA Eastern Conference Finals in Boston.

Detroit guard Richard Hamilton is questionable for Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics because of a strained right elbow, according to The Boston Globe.

Hamilton will undergo treatment prior to Friday night's game in Detroit and will be a game-time decision.

He injured the elbow in the final seconds of the team's Game Five loss to the Celtics in Boston on Wednesday night.

Pistons' forward Rasheed Wallace is one technical foul away from a suspension and is incredibly upset over the officiating in the Eastern Conference Finals, according to The Detroit Free Press.

"You saw them calls," Wallace said after the game. "The cats are flopping all over the floor, and they're calling that (bleep). That (bleep) ain't basketball out there. It's all (bleeping) entertainment."

Wallace picked up his sixth technical foul of the postseason with 5:18 left in the fourth quarter of Game Five on Wednesday night for arguing a call against teammate Lindsay Hunter.