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0 Comments | USA TODAY, May, 2008

No. 3 Orlando Magic

vs. No. 2 Detroit Pistons

Series: Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Detroit. The Pistons lead 3-1.

TV: TNT, 7 p.m. ET

The skinny: To say the Magic are in trouble is an understatement. While Orlando was one of the NBA's best road teams during the regular season, The Palace at Auburn Hills is as tough a place to play as there is in the NBA. On top of that, the Magic couldn't even beat the Pistons at home Saturday without Pistons All-Star guard Chauncey Billups, who remains questionable for Game 5. Detroit hopes to become the first franchise to play in six consecutive conference finals since the Los Angeles Lakers of "Showtime" fame did it from 1984 to 1989, winning three titles in that stretch. Since 2003,...

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