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| Pistons exercise option on Bynum |
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04/29/2009 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Pistons have exercised the option on the contract of guard Will Bynum for the 2009-10 season. Bynum appeared in 57 games this past season, starting once, and averaged 7.2 points with 2.8 assists and 1.3 rebounds. In four playoff games, he averaged 11.8 points and 2.5 assists as Detroit was swept by Cleveland. The Georgia Tech product scored a playoff career-high 22 points in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Cavaliers. |
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| Cavs hope to finish off Pistons in Auburn Hills |
NBA Basketball |
04/26/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Executions usually have a little more suspense than the Eastern Conference quarterfinals series between the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons. The Cavs aim to sweep the series this afternoon after grabbling a stranglehold on the set Friday when LeBron James narrowly missed a triple-double with 25 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, as the Cleveland surged to an ugly 79-68 win over Detroit. Joe Smith had 19 points and 10 rebounds in a reserve role, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas a |
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| Cavs shoot for commanding 3-0 series lead over Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
04/24/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Six straight trips to the Eastern Conference finals is slowly being lost in the rear-view mirror by this group of Detroit Pistons. The new bullies on the block in the East, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, hope to put the Pistons on the brink of elimination tonight when their conference quarterfinals series resumes in Auburn Hills. The Cavs took a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven set on Tuesday when James scored 29 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and added six assists to lead t |
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| Cavaliers rout Pistons to take 2-0 series lead |
NBA Basketball |
04/22/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - LeBron James scored 29 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and added six assists to lead the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to a 94-82 defeat of the Detroit Pistons and a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Mo Williams totaled postseason career highs of 21 points and seven assists for the Cavs, who beat the Pistons for the sixth straight time in the playoffs. Delonte West added 20 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 12 in the win. "You look at the first seven quart |
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| National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules |
NBA Basketball |
04/22/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (Sportsbooks) - LeBron James scored 29 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and added six assists to lead the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to a 94-82 defeat of the Detroit Pistons and a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Mo Williams totaled postseason career highs of 21 points and seven assists for the Cavs, who beat the Pistons for the sixth straight time in the playoffs. Delonte West added 20 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 12 in the win. Richard Hamilton recorded 17 point |
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| James, Cavs shoot for 2-0 series lead vs. Pistons |
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04/21/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Cleveland Cavaliers hope to build on an impressive Game 1 performance tonight in their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series against the overmatched Detroit Pistons at Quicken Loans Arena. LeBron James was dominant on Saturday, scoring 38 points, grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out seven assists, as the Cavs easily won the opener of the set, 102-84. James shot 13-of-20 from the field and 11-of-14 from the free throw line for the Cavaliers, who have beaten the Pistons in five strai |
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| Nuggets, Hornets cap first weekend of NBA playoffs |
NBA Basketball |
04/19/2009 |
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| oting last year, had a superlative season, averaging 22.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and an NBA-best 11 assists but the Hornets let the sixth seed slip through their fingers, losing four of their last five games in the regular season. Billups, who led the Detroit Pistons to six straight Eastern Conference Finals and the 2004 NBA championship before coming to Denver in the Iverson trade, was Paul's backup on the U.S. Olympic team that won a Gold Medal last summer These two teams split the four-game season series with |
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| Cavs and King James kick off quest for NBA title by hosting Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
04/18/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Pistons face an uphill battle Saturday when they kick off their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the top- seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. The eighth-seeded Pistons, who are the only team in the playoffs that didn't record a .500 or better record, will have to devise a way to stop or even slow down MVP candidate LeBron James and the cruising Cavs, especially since Cleveland captured homecourt advantage throughout the entire postseason with an NBA-best 66-16 record. The Cav |
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| Garnett-less Celtics begin defense of NBA tile vs. Bulls |
NBA Basketball |
04/18/2009 |
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| goal percentage (47.5), while scoring 16.8 points per outing. Gordon led the way in points (20.7), free-throw percentage (86.4) and three-pointers (41.0). Chicago has reached the postseason for the fourth time in five years and was eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in six games in the conference semifinals in the 2006-07 playoffs. The Celtics went 2-1 against the Bulls in the regular season and have won six of the past seven matchups in the series. Boston was also very good at home, compiling a stellar 35-6 ma |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - Cleveland vs. Detroit |
NBA Basketball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Pistons could use Maximus Meridius right about now because they are about to get thrown to the lions in a first-round playoff matchup with the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. The eighth-seeded Pistons will have to play like gladiators in order to stop or even slow down MVP candidate LeBron James and the cruising Cavs, especially since Cleveland captured homecourt advantage throughout the entire postseason with an NBA-best 66-16 record. The Cavaliers were also a remarkable 39-2 a |
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