Detroit Pistons 100, Philadelphia 76′ers 77: Watching the Sixers win games one and three was fun; after the first one, you just figured Detroit would blow ‘em out every game after. But then after the second win, with the Sixers taking a 2-1 series lead, you started asking yourself: “Can this team really beat the Pistons?”

The Sixers are a young team with a lot of talent, but just fell short the final three games of the series, capped off by a rough home loss in which the Sixers managed only 33 points in the entire first half. Philadelphia shot 33 percent on the game and had only three players score in double figures. Richard Hamilton had 24 points, and Chauncey Billups had 20 for the Pistons, who also got a solid 29 point performance from their bench. They’ll play the Orlando Magic in the second round, who beat the Raptors in five games.