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Elias Says ...

By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Sunday, May 7, 2006

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: NBA • The Pistons won their series opener against the Cavaliers, 113-86. Over the last 21 playoff years (1986 to 2006), 13 other teams won the first game of a best-of-seven series by at least 25 points, and all of them went on to win the series (three by sweeps). No team has lost a series under those circumstances since the 1985 Finals, when the Celtics were defeated by the Lakers in six games after winning the opener by 34 ...

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