Location: Auburn Hills, MI | Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills (22,076) | Managing Partner: William Davidson Basketball Operations President: Joe Dumars | Head Coach: Michael Curry | Titles: 3 (1989-90, 2004)
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ROTATION Starters -- Point guard Chauncey Billups, Shooting guard Richard Hamilton, Small forward Tayshaun Prince, Power forward Jason Maxiell, Center Rasheed Wallace. Bench -- Center Theo Ratliff, Forward/Center Antonio McDyess, Guard Lindsey Hunter, Guard Rodney Stuckey.
PLAYER NOTES
--G Richard Hamilton can break Isiah Thomas' franchise record for postseason scoring in Game 5. Hamilton has 2,251 playoff points, just 10 shy of Thomas' record of 2,261.
--G Juan Dixon was activated for the first time in the playoffs. He played three scoreless minutes in the fourth quarter.
--G Lindsey Hunter had eight points, three assists and held Magic point guard Jameer Nelson to 2-of-7 shooting in the second half. His 26 minutes played was his longest stint of the season. He played 18 minutes against Washington late in the regular season.
--F Jason Maxiell has gone scoreless in the last two games. Maxiell had back-to-back double-digit outings in the first two games of the series.
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If they can play like a team again. Everything was clicking when this current starting five won it so you know its possible. The big shots were going in from rip, billups,tay, and sheed....but they played tenacious TEAM defense. when they came out looking awful their D allowed us to stick around in games until we wore other teams down and made a run. Larry Brown may have tought t
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Curry is having an open competition for the starting spot that McDyess filled last season. He wants Dyess to be the first big man off the bench to team with Stuckey and give them more consistent bench scoring. I put McDyess's name up in case you hate all the other options. The Pistons have big men in numbers so I doubt any of them w
