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Magic Face 3-1 Series Deficit

The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 11, 2008

ORLANDO - Richard Hamilton scored 32 points and Hedo Turkoglu missed a layup with time running out as the Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 90-89 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Tayshaun Prince scored 17 for Detroit, including an 11-foot runner for the go-ahead basket with 8.9 seconds left. Rasheed Wallace had 16 points and eight rebounds.

Orlando squandered a 15-point lead in the third quarter. After Prince's basket, Turkoglu's layup from the left side of the lane was no good and didn't draw a foul, and Dwight Howard's putback was also off the mark.

The Pistons won despite playing without All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups, held out because of a strained hamstring suffered in Thursday's game.

DETROIT (90) - Prince 7-14 2-2 17, McDyess 4-8 0-0 8, Wallace 7-15 2-2 16, Stuckey 2-7 2-2 6, Hamilton 12-24 8-9 32, Hunter 3-6 0-0 8, Hayes 1-3 0-0 3, Maxiell 0-1 0-0 0, Dixon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-79 14-15 90.

ORLANDO (89) - Turkoglu 7-14 4-5 20, Lewis 6-13 1-2 15, Howard 3-12 2-2 8, Nelson 6-14 2-6 15, Evans 6-11 0-0 15, Bogans 2-3 2-2 6, Dooling 2-4 0-0 6, Gortat 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 34-73 11-17 89.

Detroit	21	23	26	20	-	90
Orlando	27	28	15	19	-	89

3-Point Goals-Detroit 4-13 (Hunter 2-3, Hayes 1-2, Prince 1-3, Stuckey 0-1, Wallace 0-4), Orlando 10-18 (Evans 3-6, Dooling 2-2, Turkoglu 2-3, Lewis 2-4, Nelson 1-3). Fouled Out-Dooling. Rebounds-Detroit 46 (McDyess 14), Orlando 43 (Howard 12). Assists-Detroit 18 (Prince 5), Orlando 13 (Nelson 6). Total Fouls-Detroit 23, Orlando 19. Technicals-McDyess, Dooling, Howard. A-17,519 (17,519).

CAVALIERS 108, CELTICS 84: The shots didn't drop again for LeBron James, and it hardly mattered. His teammates made the most of theirs.

James scored 21 points on another off-shooting night, but Delonte West scored 21, Joe Smith had 17 and the Cavaliers raced to a large, early lead in Game 3 over road-challenged Boston.

BOSTON (84) - Pierce 3-8 6-6 14, Garnett 8-13 1-2 17, Perkins 4-8 4-6 12, Rondo 3-10 1-2 7, R.Allen 4-12 2-2 10, Cassell 0-6 1-2 1, Posey 4-6 0-0 11, Powe 3-6 0-0 6, T.Allen 0-0 0-0 0, P.Brown 1-1 2-2 4, House 0-3 0-0 0, Davis 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 30-74 19-24 84.

CLEVELAND (108) - James 5-16 8-12 21, Wallace 4-6 1-4 9, Ilgauskas 5-10 2-2 12, West 7-11 3-3 21, Szczerbiak 4-10 6-7 16, Varejao 2-3 1-1 5, Smith 7-8 3-4 17, Gibson 1-2 0-0 3, Dw.Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Pavlovic 2-2 0-0 4, D.Brown 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-69 24-33 108.

Boston	13	22	28	21	-	84
Cleveland	32	20	27	29	-	108

3-Point Goals-Boston 5-16 (Posey 3-5, Pierce 2-5, House 0-1, R.Allen 0-5), Cleveland 10-19 (West 4-6, James 3-5, Szczerbiak 2-6, Gibson 1-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Boston 41 (Garnett 9), Cleveland 49 (Wallace 9). Assists-Boston 18 (Pierce 5), Cleveland 29 (James 8). Total Fouls-Boston 27, Cleveland 21. Technicals-Posey, Boston Coach Rivers, Varejao. Flagrant Fouls-Posey. A-20,562 (20,562).

D'Antoni To Become Knicks Head Coach

NEW YORK - Mike D'Antoni has agreed to coach the Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history.

The Knicks released a statement Saturday night saying they had agreed in principle with D'Antoni and that a press conference would be held once the contract had been completed.

MAVERICKS: Dallas made it official, announcing it had hired Rick Carlisle to replace Avery Johnson as coach.

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