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Originally published Friday, May 2, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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NBA | Pistons dominate 76ers, advances in 6

The Philadelphia 76ers got the Detroit Pistons' attention. Then they got steamrolled. The Pistons powered into the second round of the playoffs...

By Brian Mahoney

The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers got the Detroit Pistons' attention. Then they got steamrolled.

The Pistons powered into the second round of the playoffs by crushing Philadelphia 100-77 on Thursday, winning the series 4-2 and again demonstrating how good they are when they feel they need to be.

Detroit convincingly won the last two games of a series that wasn't expected to last this long. The Pistons will host the Orlando Magic, which eliminated Toronto in five games, on Saturday in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The teams split four meetings this season.

"Philadelphia probably woke us up," Detroit coach Flip Saunders said. "Over the last 10 quarters we've executed as well as we can."

Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start and finished with 24 points, 13 in the decisive first quarter when he outscored the 76ers by himself. Chauncey Billups added 20 points and Tayshaun Prince had 12 for the Pistons, who reached the second round for the seventh consecutive season.

They were all on the bench for nearly the entire fourth quarter, when the lead ballooned over 30 points. Detroit held Philadelphia without a field goal for nearly the first six minutes of the game, ending any real hopes the Sixers had of forcing a Game 7 back in Michigan.

"It's difficult because it's our home court and we wanted to play well," said Philadelphia's Andre Miller, who had another quiet game with 11 points. "We were maybe a half away from going up 3-1. We kind of fell apart after that."

DETROIT fg ft
min m-a m-a or-t a pf pts
Prince 32:18 5-6 2-2 1-7 4 0 12
Maxiell 30:28 3-3 3-4 0-4 3 3 9
Wallace 25:13 2-8 0-0 0-2 1 4 6
Billups 31:29 8-11 1-1 1-3 7 3 20
Hamilton 32:34 9-14 5-5 0-2 5 2 24
McDyess 14:44 2-3 0-0 0-4 1 5 4
Stuckey 21:44 2-8 2-2 2-5 4 3 7
Hunter 0:03 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Afflalo 15:11 1-4 0-0 0-1 2 2 2
Ratliff 14:10 0-2 0-2 0-2 0 1 0
Johnson 11:25 5-5 0-0 2-6 0 1 10
Hayes 10:41 2-3 0-0 1-3 1 2 6
Totals 39-67 13-16 7-39 28 26 100
Percentages: FG .582, FT .813. Three-point goals: 9-16, .563 (Billups 3-5, Hayes 2-3, Wallace 2-5, Stuckey 1-1, Hamilton 1-2). Team rebounds: 5. Team turnovers: 18 (21 PTS). Blocked shots: 2 (Maxiell, Ratliff). Turnovers: 16 (Hamilton 5, McDyess 2, Stuckey 2, Afflalo, Billups, Hayes, Johnson, Maxiell, Prince, Ratliff). Steals: 4 (Billups 2, Hamilton, Stuckey). Technical fouls: None.
PHILADELPHIA fg ft
min m-a m-a or-t a pf pts
Iguodala 31:21 4-7 7-12 0-4 1 1 16
Young 18:05 2-8 3-4 3-4 0 1 7
Dalembert 25:24 3-6 2-4 3-6 0 1 8
Miller 34:07 4-16 3-4 0-1 2 2 11
Green 17:41 2-5 2-2 0-0 0 3 6
Smith 20:50 2-5 0-0 1-5 1 2 4
Evans 24:54 1-2 1-2 4-7 3 2 3
Williams 26:37 3-11 4-6 0-1 1 1 11
Ollie 14:08 1-4 2-2 0-0 3 1 4
Carney 20:07 2-7 0-0 1-1 1 1 5
Amundson 6:47 1-3 0-0 3-5 0 1 2
Totals 25-74 24-36 15-34 12 16 77
Percentages: FG .338, FT .667. Three-point goals: 3-13, .231 (Carney 1-1, Iguodala 1-3, Williams 1-4, Miller 0-1, Smith 0-1, Young 0-1, Green 0-2). Team rebounds: 14. Team turnovers: 11 (22 PTS). Blocked shots: 2 (Carney, Smith). Turnovers: 11 (Iguodala 3, Dalembert 2, Evans 2, Williams 2, Green, Young). Steals: 11 (Iguodala 4, Evans 2, Williams 2, Carney, Ollie, Young). Technical fouls: Iguodala, 12:00 fourth.
Detroit 30 21 28 21 — 100
Philadelphia 12 21 18 26 — 77

Attendance: 14,130 (20,444). Time: 2:24. Officials: Jim Clark, Scott Foster, Bennett Salvatore.

Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company

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