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Pistons defuse Pacers' long bombs, too

By Joe Lago
ESPN.com

Friday, May 28, 2004

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- It sounds as easy as one, two, three. Dump the ball inside and if the defense sends a second defender, pass it back out to the perimeter for the open 3-pointer. But the Detroit Pistons mess with your Xs and Os inside as well as outside. In addition to clamping down on low-post scorers Jermaine O'Neal and Ron Artest, the Pistons have defused the other half of the Indiana Pacers' offensive arsenal -- the 3-point shot -- limiting the league's ninth-best 3-point shooting tea ...

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