NBA | Pistons dominate 76ers, advances in 6

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.