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In the Tuesday Detroit Free Press article, Coach Flip Saunders sympathized with his starting point guard.

April 22, Detroit Free Press: "Chauncey (Billups) said he got about two hours of sleep last night," Saunders said Monday. "I said, 'Now you know what a coach feels like.' But you can always look back and say, 'These are things you could have done,' or 'What if I could have done this?' But the greatest thing about the game is that in two days we get to play again."

It would seem like Chauncey had a lot to think about Sunday night, after shooting 3-9, and missing three free throws and an easy lay-up in the last minutes of the first-round game.

Rip Hamilton had a worse shooting percent than Billups did, at 29%, and was taken out of the game in the first minute of the 4th quarter after making a turnover and replaced with Lindsey Hunter. Hunter promptly missed a 20 foot jump shot, fouled Louis Williams, and turned the ball over on a shot clock violation and then a bad pass.

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That said, the Free Press goes on to describe the solution.

MAKE EASY SHOTS: (The Pistons) were worse than usual Sunday. You don't expect to see the All-Star backcourt of Billups and Richard Hamilton go a combined 8-for-26. Add small forward Tayshaun Prince, and it swells to 13-for-39.

That would definitely help in winning a game. Maybe Chauncey Billups should get some sleep too. It was just one game, after all. Nobody expects Chauncey, Rip and Tayshaun to combine to shoot like that again in one game.