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| Series Recap |
| Game 1: May 3 |
 | Detroit 91, Orlando 72
Hedo Turkoglu's uncontested dunk early in the second half gave the Orlando Magic their first lead. Less than a minute later, the Detroit Pistons took over. Chauncey Billups had 19 points ... --AP
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| Game 2: May 5 |
 | Detroit 100, Orlando 93
Chauncey Billups scored 28 points, three coming on a disputed shot at the end of the third quarter, and the Detroit Pistons got past the Orlando Magic for a 100-93 win and a 2-0 lead in the second-round series. --AP
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| Game 3: May 7 |
 | Orlando 111, Detroit 86
Rashard Lewis scored a career playoff-high 33 points and Orlando beat the Detroit Pistons 111-86, the Magic's first win in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Dwight Howard added 20 points and 12 rebounds for Orlando. --AP
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| Game 4: May 10 |
 | Detroit 90, Orlando 89
Tayshaun Prince made the go-ahead basket with 8.9 seconds left, Richard Hamilton scored 32 points, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 90-89 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. --AP
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| Game 5: May 13 |
 | Detroit 91, Orlando 86
The Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight year. Richard Hamilton scored 19 of his 31 points in the first half, made victory-sealing free throws late in the game. --AP
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| Season Series |
| Series tied, 2-2 |
| Date |
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| Nov. 2 |
Detroit 116, Orlando 92 |
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| Jan. 21 |
Orlando 102, Detroit 100 |
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| Jan. 25 |
Detroit 101, Orlando 93 |
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| Feb. 19 |
Orlando 103, Detroit 85 |
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Game 5: Rasheed Wallace of the Detroit Pistons reacts to a call made against the Pistons while on defense against the Orlando Magic in Game 5. (Getty Images)
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May 11, 2008 6:09 pm
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Kobe is whinning and crying again wanting to be traded to a contending team. He's also wanting a re-count on the MVP votes, since he didn't get every vote. Let's go Jazz.
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May 17, 2008 3:08 pm
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why NO and SA's game 7 is all the way on monday?
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May 21, 2008 12:19 am
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This is an excellent match-up for San Antonio, although it may not appear that way on paper! Most of the fans are thinking that Los Angeles is an immediate throw-back to their Magic/ Karem years. Well the disappointment is obvious and LA isn't close to their old form. The Spurs can out score LA or they can play defense with them anytime. Being from San Antonio I can tell you that the Spurs wi
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May 20, 2008 12:39 pm
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I'm already hearing Boston playing the underdog card. No way, it's to late to play that card, that is Detroit's card and you can't have it. Just because you guys started playing to your sucky potential and came back down to reality (playoffs) doesn't give you the right to call yourselves underdog. That being said I have never felt more confident going into
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