Ok, to get things straight, here are the rules going into the game-
Qtr. Length: 7 minutes
Difficulty: All-Star
Sliders: Adjusted for the challenge.
Seeing as how this game went, these are the rules that are gonna stay
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GAME 7
Billups hasn't had under 20 points in 6 games this season. Can he keep it going?
VERSUS
Scoring By Quarters:
1st- Detroit-27---Portland-20
Key Player Stats After 1st Quarter:
R. Wallace- 8 pts. 1 ast. 1 stl.
R. Hamilton- 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl.
J. McRoberts- 8 pts. 2 reb.
B. Roy- 8 pts. 1 reb. 2 stl.
2nd- Detroit-29 (56)---Portland-23 (43)
Jordan Players At The Half:
R. Hamilton- 13 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl.
J. McRoberts- 20 pts. 5 reb. 1 stl.
3rd- Detroit-18 (74)---Portland-25 (68)
Key Player Stats After 3rd Quarter:
R. Hamilton- 21 pts. 2 reb. 1 (off.) 4 ast. 2 stl.
C. Billups- 14 pts. 1 reb. 5 ast. 4 stl.
J. Johnson- 34 pts. 10 reb (2 off.) 1 stl. 2 blk.
4th- Detroit-22 (96)---Portland-22 (90)
Players of the Game:
C. Billups- 26 pts. 2 reb. 6 ast. 4 stl.
J. McRoberts- 46 pts. 11 reb. (2 off.) 1 stl. 2 blk.
Game Notes:
1st- The game was close all quarter. Detroit had the biggest lead by 9 in that quarter. The gap was 7.
2nd- With 4:36 to go, R. Stuckey was injured. He came back later in the 4th. The Pistons lead got up to 14 at one point. The Trail Blazers widdled it down to 7 at one time. The score going into break was 56-43
3rd- It looked like Detroit had it all wrapped up. But the Trail Blazers, led behind Josh McRoberts, brought the lead down to 1! The Pistons had a little run before the 3rd ended, giving them a 6 point lead, 74-68
4th- The Trail Blazers opened up with a 10-0 run including the end of the 3rd to finally tie it up. Somewhere in there Stuckey got hurt....again. As soon as it was tied, it was all back and forth. But with :25 to go, Billups nailed a shot in the corner to give Detroit a 2 point lead. A Trail Blazer took a wild 3-pointer after that and Detroit made their free throws. They win 96-90.
Did Billups get over 20? Of course he did! But he had help from.............
...Rip Hamilton!! He scored 23 points to add to Detroit's 96.
Atlanta Player Stats:
G. Oden- 21 min. 8 pts. 15 reb. 2 stl. 1 blk.
J. McRoberts- 28 min. 46 pts. 11 reb. (2 off.) 1 stl. 2 blk.
D. Miles- 26 min. 10 pts. 3 reb. (1 off.) 3 ast. 2 stl. 1 blk.
B. Roy- 28 min. 12 pts. 3 reb. (1 off.) 5 ast. 4 stl.
J. Jack- 19 min. 11 pts. 16 ast. 2 stl. 1 blk.
BENCH:
T. Outlaw- 3 min. 3 pts.
A. Pavolic- 2 min.
L. Aldridge- 7 min. 1 ast.
M. Webster- 9 min. 2 reb. 5 ast. 1 stl.
Detroit Player Stats:
R. Wallace- 21 min. 10 pts. 8 reb. (4 off.) 1 ast. 5 stl.
T. Prince- 22 min. 12 pts. 8 reb. (3 off.) 1 ast. 3 stl.
A. Tucker- 26 min. 16 pts. 6 reb. 2 ast. 3 stl.
R. Hamilton- 22 min. 23 pts. 3 reb. (1 off.) 5 ast. 2 stl.
C. Billups- 25 min. 26 pts. 2 reb. 6 ast. 9 stl.
BENCH:
A. Afflalo- 6 min. 5 pts. 1 ast.
L. Hunter- 3 min. 2 pts. 1 ast. 1 stl.
R. Murray- 3 min. 1 stl.
A. McDyess- 8 min. 2 pts. 3 reb. (2 off.) 1 stl.
J. Maxiell- 6 min.
R. Stuckey- 2 min. (INJURED)