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Hamstring Injury Leaves Billups Uncertain for Game 4
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Chauncey Billups said yesterday that he was still sore, a night after he was forced to leave the Detroit Pistons' loss to the Orlando Magic in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals because of a strained right hamstring.
The all-star guard said he isn't sure if he will be ready to play in Game 4 tomorrow in Orlando. The Magic's 111-86 victory Wednesday cut the Pistons' lead to 2-1.
"Just going to take it one day at a time and see what happens," Billups said. "But it's feeling sore, kind of similar to last night."
Billups was in the trainer's room long after the game, and expected to be there all day yesterday.
"He's going to have stuff he's never seen before," said Arnie Kander, Detroit's strength and conditioning coach. "We're going to hit him with a barrage of different things -- we're going to do seven, eight treatments a day, pretty much around the clock.
"The goal is Saturday, and that's what we'll do. Get him ready for Saturday." . . .
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