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No panic in these Pistons

By Joe Lago
ESPN.com

Sunday, May 16, 2004

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The statement sounded so preposterous, it may as well have been dead air for the digital recorders and video cameras that caught it on tape. "This," Rip Hamilton said, "is the situation we love being in." There was no smirk to indicate sarcasm and confirm that he indeed was only kidding. Hamilton was dead serious that the Pistons were at peace with the task they faced: to avoid elimination by defeating the two-time defending Eastern Conference champions in their house ...

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