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The Philadelphia 76ers returned home to the Wachovia Center with a 1-1 series split with the heavily favored Detroit Pistons looking to take advantage of their newfound home-court advantage.
The young and athletic Sixers used the passion of the Philadelphia crowd in order to get out to a slim halftime lead and they then played with more urgency in the third quarter to really break it open. They outscored Detroit 26-15 in the third and then 25-20 in the fourth in order to win it 95-75.
The Sixers got a big-time game out of big man Samuel Dalembert who went toe-to-toe with Detroit’s Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess. He did not back down going off for 22 points and 16 rebounds while Wallace and McDyess combined for four points and eight rebounds.
The win gave Philadelphia the advantage they needed, but then Detroit kicked it into high gear and they won three in a row. The Sixers were eliminated in six games, but they gave the veteran and battle-tested Pistons all they could handle in an entertaining playoff series. [lawrence-related id=38744,38731,38732]