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Pistons get back at Mavs in possible Finals preview
The Detroit Pistons enjoyed beating Dallas so much that they want a chance to do it again.
"I told Avery [Johnson] after the game that I'd like to see him seven more times, starting in about three months," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said.
If the Pistons (56-14) and Mavericks (54-17) do meet in June's NBA Finals, Detroit's 97-90 victory Tuesday might play a crucial role in determining who gets the home-court advantage.
"Obviously, this is a very disappointing loss," Johnson said. "We definitely gave ourselves a chance to win, we just didn't execute down the stretch."
"This is a very big win, but we won't know just how big for a while," said Chauncey Billups, who scored eight of his 31 points in the final three minutes. "It might be huge, or it might just end up as another victory."
With the win, the Pistons split the season series with the Mavericks, and moved 2 1/2 games ahead of them for the league's best record.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/03/28/mavericks.pistons.ap/index.html
The Detroit Pistons enjoyed beating Dallas so much that they want a chance to do it again.
"I told Avery [Johnson] after the game that I'd like to see him seven more times, starting in about three months," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said.
If the Pistons (56-14) and Mavericks (54-17) do meet in June's NBA Finals, Detroit's 97-90 victory Tuesday might play a crucial role in determining who gets the home-court advantage.
"Obviously, this is a very disappointing loss," Johnson said. "We definitely gave ourselves a chance to win, we just didn't execute down the stretch."
"This is a very big win, but we won't know just how big for a while," said Chauncey Billups, who scored eight of his 31 points in the final three minutes. "It might be huge, or it might just end up as another victory."
With the win, the Pistons split the season series with the Mavericks, and moved 2 1/2 games ahead of them for the league's best record.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/03/28/mavericks.pistons.ap/index.html
