Billups leaves Pistons-Magic game early in 1st with injury

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 01:52 AM

ORLANDO, Fla.

Detroit Pistons' Chauncey Billups injures his right hamstring during the first quarter of Game 3 of an NBA basketball playoffs Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, May 7, 2008, in Orlando, Fla. Billups left the court. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Detroit guard Chauncey Billups left the court with a strained right hamstring early in the first quarter of Game 3 of the second-round series against Orlando on Wednesday night.

The Pistons said Billups´ return was questionable. He got tied up with Orlando´s Jameer Nelson on a drive to the basket. Nelson´s leg caught Billups´, and the Pistons´ All-Star fell to the court.

Billups is averaging 17.5 points in the postseason, second-best on the team.

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