(#12) Magic - (#4) Pistons Series

I don't really know what to say about this series. I don't like either of these teams. I mean in this tournament, not in general. Except the Pistons. I loathe the Pistons, as does/should every other lover of puppies and goodness/hater of evil/person not from Detroit. The only good thing about the Pistons since the 1980's (and I'm talking "good" in the sense of "good vs. evil," not necessarily good in terms of basketball skill) was Grant Hill. And the all-around general malevolence of the organization corrupted and destroyed the better part of his ankle/groin/knee/career. I'm pretty indifferent towards the Magic. Is it weird that the main thing I associate with the Magic is still Nick Anderson bricking free throws? That was like 15 years ago, wasn't it? Eh, whatever. Winner earns the right to get slaughtered by the Celtics in the next round.


Game 1: Magic 105 - Pistons 102

Ultimate Magic
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Tracy McGrady*	48	13/27	6/12	4/8	2	13	6	1	0	3	0	36
1995-96  Anfernee Hardaway*	48	8/15	0/1	1/1	2	2	10	0	3	4	0	17
2007-08  Dwight Howard*	42	6/14	0/0	2/3	3	13	2	1	3	2	5	14
1992-93  Nick Anderson*	36	4/11	2/5	4/9	0	6	5	1	0	3	3	14
2006-07  Jameer Nelson*	22	2/6	0/0	2/2	1	3	2	0	1	1	3	6
2002-03  Pat Garrity	10	4/5	1/1	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	9
2007-08  Hedo Turkoglu	10	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
1997-98  Bo Outlaw	8	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1992-93  Scott Skiles	6	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	2
2009-10  J.J. Redick	5	1/2	0/1	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
2000-01  Darrell Armstrong	2	1/1	1/1	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
1995-96  Dennis Scott	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
TOTALS		41/83	10/21	13/23	8	44	32	4	8	17	16	105
Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	38	5/9	0/0	3/5	3	12	2	8	2	1	3	13
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	36	4/8	0/1	1/2	0	2	15	1	3	5	3	9
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	30	7/12	2/3	0/0	0	3	9	0	1	1	2	16
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	27	7/10	1/1	6/7	2	12	0	0	0	6	5	21
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	26	4/9	2/3	3/3	0	3	4	0	1	2	1	13
1996-97  Grant Hill	23	6/13	0/0	2/2	1	6	1	1	1	2	0	14
1973-74  Bob Lanier	17	3/6	0/0	0/0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	6
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	16	1/6	0/2	0/0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
1970-71  Dave Bing	12	3/7	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
1953-54  Larry Foust	9	1/2	0/0	0/0	2	4	2	0	1	1	2	2
1957-58  George Yardley	6	0/4	0/1	0/0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		41/86	5/11	15/19	12	48	34	11	10	19	19	102
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Tracy McGrady (Ultimate Magic)

Game 2: Magic 101 - Pistons 121

Ultimate Magic
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Tracy McGrady*	45	9/22	2/8	1/4	2	5	9	4	5	4	3	21
1995-96  Anfernee Hardaway*	45	7/13	2/4	1/2	4	6	8	2	0	1	4	17
2007-08  Dwight Howard*	45	7/11	0/0	5/10	0	12	0	2	0	5	4	19
1992-93  Nick Anderson*	29	4/12	1/2	1/1	0	3	1	1	2	1	2	10
2006-07  Jameer Nelson*	19	2/6	1/2	2/3	0	2	3	0	1	2	2	7
1997-98  Bo Outlaw	13	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	0
2002-03  Pat Garrity	11	1/3	1/3	1/1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
2009-10  J.J. Redick	10	2/4	2/4	1/1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
2007-08  Hedo Turkoglu	9	2/2	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	4
1992-93  Scott Skiles	9	1/3	1/1	1/2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4
2000-01  Darrell Armstrong	3	0/1	0/1	2/3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
1995-96  Dennis Scott	3	1/2	1/2	3/3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS		36/79	11/27	18/30	7	33	27	12	9	14	21	101
Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	33	4/12	0/2	1/2	1	8	10	0	1	3	4	9
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	27	7/11	0/0	2/3	0	5	0	1	1	1	4	16
1996-97  Grant Hill	25	7/11	0/0	6/6	3	8	5	0	2	0	1	20
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	24	4/8	2/4	2/2	1	1	6	0	0	1	0	12
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	23	4/6	1/1	0/0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	9
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	22	2/2	0/0	1/2	4	13	1	4	1	0	1	5
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	19	4/9	0/0	2/2	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	10
1973-74  Bob Lanier	19	3/6	0/0	3/3	3	8	1	0	0	1	4	9
1953-54  Larry Foust	17	1/4	0/0	2/2	0	4	3	0	2	1	1	4
1970-71  Dave Bing	15	5/7	0/0	3/3	0	3	2	0	0	3	1	13
1957-58  George Yardley	11	4/8	0/0	6/6	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	14
1959-60  Gene Shue	5	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		45/85	3/7	28/31	14	57	34	5	7	13	19	121
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Grant Hill (Ultimate Pistons)

Game 3: Pistons 112 - Magic 106

Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	37	3/11	0/1	2/2	3	17	3	1	2	0	3	8
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	36	9/15	1/1	3/3	0	3	10	0	2	2	4	22
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	27	4/8	2/3	6/6	0	0	6	0	0	4	2	16
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	26	6/9	1/1	7/7	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	20
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	25	2/5	0/0	0/0	2	10	2	2	0	1	3	4
1973-74  Bob Lanier	20	0/3	0/0	0/0	1	6	3	2	1	0	0	0
1996-97  Grant Hill	20	6/8	0/0	2/2	1	6	1	0	0	2	1	14
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	19	7/16	1/1	1/1	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	16
1970-71  Dave Bing	15	4/8	0/1	2/2	1	1	5	0	1	1	0	10
1953-54  Larry Foust	9	0/3	0/0	0/0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
1957-58  George Yardley	6	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS		42/88	5/8	23/23	12	52	36	6	9	15	17	112
Ultimate Magic
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Tracy McGrady*	48	9/24	2/7	3/7	1	8	13	3	0	4	3	23
2007-08  Dwight Howard*	48	7/14	0/0	1/2	4	15	2	2	0	3	2	15
1995-96  Anfernee Hardaway*	41	11/20	2/5	7/7	0	2	6	2	3	2	4	31
1992-93  Nick Anderson*	30	4/10	1/3	0/0	2	6	1	0	2	2	1	9
2006-07  Jameer Nelson*	22	3/9	0/2	4/4	1	4	6	0	1	0	3	10
2007-08  Hedo Turkoglu	13	2/4	1/2	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	5
1997-98  Bo Outlaw	11	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0
1992-93  Scott Skiles	10	2/3	1/2	3/3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8
2000-01  Darrell Armstrong	8	2/4	1/2	0/0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	5
2002-03  Pat Garrity	5	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-10  J.J. Redick	5	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS		40/88	8/23	18/23	9	43	32	8	8	13	15	106
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Isiah Thomas (Ultimate Pistons)

Game 4: Pistons 110 - Magic 107

Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	37	7/14	1/2	2/3	0	1	10	0	2	1	1	17
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	36	8/14	0/0	3/5	7	17	5	2	0	1	2	19
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	27	2/4	0/0	0/0	4	16	0	1	0	1	2	4
1996-97  Grant Hill	26	5/14	0/1	0/0	1	5	1	0	1	1	3	10
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	25	8/12	2/4	1/2	0	0	5	0	2	0	3	19
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	25	2/8	2/7	6/6	0	2	7	0	1	1	4	12
1973-74  Bob Lanier	20	5/10	0/0	0/0	1	5	3	2	1	0	0	10
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	14	4/8	0/1	0/0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	8
1953-54  Larry Foust	13	3/4	0/0	0/0	2	4	1	0	0	4	3	6
1970-71  Dave Bing	11	1/4	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
1957-58  George Yardley	4	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1959-60  Gene Shue	1	1/2	0/0	1/1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS		46/96	5/15	13/17	16	52	33	6	7	10	21	110
Ultimate Magic
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
2002-03  Tracy McGrady*	48	10/23	1/4	12/15	2	11	3	3	0	1	1	33
2007-08  Dwight Howard*	48	10/20	0/0	1/1	4	19	0	3	2	4	2	21
1995-96  Anfernee Hardaway*	40	9/15	1/2	3/3	1	6	10	0	0	1	3	22
1992-93  Nick Anderson*	35	5/12	0/2	3/4	2	4	5	0	0	2	4	13
2006-07  Jameer Nelson*	20	0/5	0/2	0/0	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	0
2007-08  Hedo Turkoglu	14	2/4	0/1	0/0	0	1	6	0	1	0	0	4
1997-98  Bo Outlaw	10	1/3	0/0	0/0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
2009-10  J.J. Redick	9	2/3	0/0	0/0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
1992-93  Scott Skiles	7	1/1	1/1	0/0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
2002-03  Pat Garrity	5	1/2	0/0	1/1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
2000-01  Darrell Armstrong	5	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		42/89	3/12	20/24	11	47	34	6	4	9	12	107
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Bill Laimbeer (Ultimate Pistons)

Game 5: Magic 112 - Pistons 123

Ultimate Magic
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1995-96  Anfernee Hardaway*	48	8/18	2/6	3/6	1	6	9	0	4	4	2	21
2002-03  Tracy McGrady*	47	11/19	3/5	5/6	2	6	7	3	1	3	0	30
2007-08  Dwight Howard*	39	9/14	0/1	7/8	3	15	1	1	0	3	4	25
1992-93  Nick Anderson*	29	2/8	0/0	2/2	0	7	1	2	0	4	3	6
2006-07  Jameer Nelson*	22	4/10	0/1	0/0	0	3	5	0	2	0	2	8
2007-08  Hedo Turkoglu	17	3/9	0/1	2/2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	8
2002-03  Pat Garrity	11	1/2	1/2	0/0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
1997-98  Bo Outlaw	9	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	2
1992-93  Scott Skiles	8	2/3	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4
2000-01  Darrell Armstrong	5	1/2	1/2	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
2009-10  J.J. Redick	4	1/2	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		43/88	7/18	19/24	9	43	29	6	7	15	16	112
Ultimate Pistons
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Isiah Thomas*	36	6/16	0/2	1/1	1	3	12	0	3	2	3	13
1983-84  Bill Laimbeer*	32	7/11	0/0	0/0	2	15	2	1	0	3	3	14
2005-06  Chauncey Billups*	30	4/11	3/6	7/8	0	4	8	0	0	3	1	18
2001-02  Ben Wallace*	29	2/5	0/0	0/2	6	11	0	3	0	0	2	4
1992-93  Joe Dumars*	26	7/14	2/5	5/6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	21
1996-97  Grant Hill	21	4/7	0/0	3/4	0	3	1	1	3	1	2	11
1973-74  Bob Lanier	17	4/5	0/0	2/2	1	4	6	0	0	0	1	10
1953-54  Larry Foust	15	3/5	1/1	0/0	2	8	2	3	1	2	1	7
2005-06  Richard Hamilton	14	5/7	3/3	0/0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	13
1970-71  Dave Bing	12	2/6	1/1	0/0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5
1957-58  George Yardley	7	2/3	0/0	3/3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
TOTALS		46/90	10/18	21/26	12	49	37	9	9	13	18	123
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Tracy McGrady (Ultimate Magic)

Pistons-Celtics next round. Meh. I hate them both. Let's move on.