Basketball

Richard Hamilton scored 24 points as the Detroit Pistons handed the Miami Heat one of their worst playoff losses with a 91-66 thumping on Saturday, sending the Eastern Conference finals to a seventh and deciding game. With all-star guard Dwyane Wade...

Richard Hamilton scored 24 points as the Detroit Pistons handed the Miami Heat one of their worst playoff losses with a 91-66 thumping on Saturday, sending the Eastern Conference finals to a seventh and deciding game. With all-star guard Dwyane Wade sidelined with a rib injury and Shaquille O'Neal still hampered by a bruised thigh, the Heat were easy pickings for the defending NBA champions who held Miami to a playoff low points total. Their previous record was 68 points against the Chicago Bulls in 1997.

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