Pistons 98-73 Pacers (9 Apr, 2006) Play-by-Play

Indiana Pacers

36-40, 13-26 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	20	15	17	21	73
DET	19	26	27	26	98

Detroit Pistons

62-15, 35-3 home

Tayshaun Prince misses jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 7-foot hook shot
Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Jermaine O'Neal blocks Tayshaun Prince's layup
Jermaine O'Neal blocks Chauncey Billups's layup
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 12-foot two point shot
Richard Hamilton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 22-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 17-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes three point jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 14-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper
Ben Wallace makes tip shot
Ben Wallace misses 15-foot jumper
Richard Hamilton makes driving layup
Maurice Evans misses three point jumper
Antonio McDyess misses 18-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess misses jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes jumper
Richard Hamilton makes layup (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Lindsey Hunter makes driving layup
Tony Delk misses 7-foot running jumper
Antonio McDyess makes layup (Ben Wallace assists)
Tony Delk makes 10-foot running jumper
Maurice Evans misses jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antonio McDyess assists)
Lindsey Hunter makes 25-foot three point jumper
Antonio McDyess misses 11-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter makes 21-foot jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 20-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess misses 14-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 15-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess makes two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 16-foot jumper (Tony Delk assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 17-foot two point shot
Tayshaun Prince misses 9-foot hook shot
Antonio McDyess makes 14-foot two point shot (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Tony Delk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tony Delk makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 21-foot jumper
Tony Delk misses 8-foot running jumper
Ben Wallace misses tip shot
Ben Wallace makes tip shot
Tayshaun Prince misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
Richard Hamilton misses 18-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 16-foot jumper (Richard Hamilton assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes driving layup
Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses two point shot
Tayshaun Prince makes two point shot (Richard Hamilton assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 18-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ben Wallace assists)
Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Richard Hamilton misses 17-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tayshaun Prince misses 17-foot jumper
Antonio McDyess makes layup (Tayshaun Prince assists)
Maurice Evans makes 16-foot jumper (Antonio McDyess assists)
Maurice Evans misses layup
Richard Hamilton makes 11-foot two point shot
Antonio McDyess makes 19-foot jumper (Richard Hamilton assists)
Richard Hamilton makes 15-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Ben Wallace misses 17-foot two point shot
Lindsey Hunter makes driving layup
Maurice Evans makes driving layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Tony Delk misses 22-foot jumper
Tayshaun Prince makes 9-foot two point shot (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Tony Delk misses layup
Tayshaun Prince makes 26-foot three point jumper (Antonio McDyess assists)
Tayshaun Prince makes layup (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Tayshaun Prince misses layup
Tony Delk makes two point shot (Ben Wallace assists)
Tony Delk makes 18-foot jumper (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Carlos Delfino makes layup (Lindsey Hunter assists)
Tony Delk makes driving layup
Kelvin Cato misses jumper
Lindsey Hunter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dale Davis misses 15-foot two point shot
Carlos Delfino makes 19-foot jumper (Tony Delk assists)
Kelvin Cato makes layup (Dale Davis assists)
Danny Granger blocks Carlos Delfino's 13-foot jumper
Kelvin Cato misses jumper
Tony Delk misses 27-foot three point jumper
Dale Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tony Delk misses 11-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal makes two point shot
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Anthony Johnson makes 20-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson misses 12-foot running jumper
Chauncey Billups blocks Anthony Johnson's 6-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 13-foot two point shot
Stephen Jackson makes 15-foot two point shot
Stephen Jackson misses 19-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Jermaine O'Neal makes 16-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 17-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot jumper
Austin Croshere misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal makes 10-foot two point shot (Austin Croshere assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 5-foot hook shot
Austin Croshere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Austin Croshere misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 16-foot running jumper
Danny Granger misses 16-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 17-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Antonio McDyess blocks Danny Granger's 17-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 17-foot jumper (Jeff Foster assists)
Fred Jones misses layup
Jermaine O'Neal makes 9-foot two point shot (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Rasheed Wallace blocks Jermaine O'Neal's layup
Jeff Foster misses tip shot
Jeff Foster misses tip shot
Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Jermaine O'Neal makes driving dunk (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses layup
Stephen Jackson makes 14-foot two point shot
Anthony Johnson misses 16-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes jumper (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Jermaine O'Neal's layup
Anthony Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 13-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 17-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups blocks Jeff Foster's layup
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Jeff Foster assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Anthony Johnson assists)
Ben Wallace blocks Stephen Jackson's layup
Anthony Johnson misses 17-foot two point shot
Jermaine O'Neal makes dunk (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Jermaine O'Neal misses 13-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 12-foot running jumper
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 13-foot running jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Austin Croshere makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Stephen Jackson makes dunk (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Austin Croshere makes 19-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 23-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper
Fred Jones misses 18-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eddie Gill misses 19-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Austin Croshere makes jumper (Fred Jones assists)
Fred Jones makes driving layup
Danny Granger misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eddie Gill makes 24-foot three point jumper

PACERS

PISTONS

TIME		IND	DET
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jermaine O'Neal vs. Ben Wallace (Anthony Johnson gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Jermaine O'Neal makes two point shot	2	0
11:17	Tayshaun Prince misses jumper	2	0
11:15	Jermaine O'Neal defensive rebound	2	0
11:04	Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Jermaine O'Neal assists)	4	0
11:04	Tayshaun Prince illegal defense	4	0
10:45	Tayshaun Prince misses 7-foot hook shot	4	0
10:41	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	4	0
10:37	Richard Hamilton bad pass (Jeff Foster steals)	4	0
10:32	Anthony Johnson makes 20-foot jumper	6	0
10:04	Tayshaun Prince bad pass (Anthony Johnson steals)	6	0
9:48	Anthony Johnson misses 12-foot running jumper	6	0
9:45	Anthony Johnson offensive rebound	6	0
9:44	Chauncey Billups blocks Anthony Johnson's 6-foot jumper	6	0
9:41	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	6	0
9:36	Richard Hamilton makes 16-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	6	2
9:26	Jermaine O'Neal traveling	6	2
9:12	Jermaine O'Neal blocks Tayshaun Prince's layup	6	2
9:10	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	6	2
9:03	Jermaine O'Neal bad pass	6	2
8:44	Jermaine O'Neal blocks Chauncey Billups's layup	6	2
8:41	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	6	2
8:29	Peja Stojakovic misses 13-foot two point shot	6	2
8:26	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	6	2
8:19	Jeff Foster personal foul (Rasheed Wallace draws the foul)	6	2
8:08	Jeff Foster personal foul (Ben Wallace draws the foul)	6	2
8:08	Austin Croshere enters the game for Jeff Foster	6	2
8:00	Ben Wallace bad pass (Stephen Jackson steals)	6	2
7:43	Stephen Jackson makes 15-foot two point shot	8	2
7:26	Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	8	5
7:07	Stephen Jackson misses 19-foot jumper	8	5
7:05	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	8	5
6:54	Richard Hamilton misses 12-foot two point shot	8	5
6:52	Jermaine O'Neal defensive rebound	8	5
6:47	Stephen Jackson misses layup	8	5
6:46	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	8	5
6:35	Austin Croshere personal foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	8	5
6:22	Richard Hamilton misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	5
6:20	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	8	5
6:07	Jermaine O'Neal makes 16-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)	10	5
5:48	Chauncey Billups makes 22-foot jumper	10	7
5:37	Chauncey Billups personal foul (Peja Stojakovic draws the foul)	10	7
5:37	Detroit full timeout	10	7
5:26	Stephen Jackson misses 17-foot jumper	10	7
5:24	Rasheed Wallace defensive rebound	10	7
5:07	Richard Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	7
5:05	Austin Croshere defensive rebound	10	7
4:47	Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot jumper	10	7
4:46	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	10	7
4:33	Rasheed Wallace misses 17-foot jumper	10	7
4:31	Anthony Johnson defensive rebound	10	7
4:26	Austin Croshere misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	7
4:26	Tayshaun Prince defensive rebound	10	7
4:16	Chauncey Billups makes three point jumper (Ben Wallace assists)	10	10
3:54	Jermaine O'Neal makes 10-foot two point shot (Austin Croshere assists)	12	10
3:33	Rasheed Wallace makes 14-foot two point shot	12	12
3:23	Rasheed Wallace shooting foul (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)	12	12
3:23	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2	13	12
3:23	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2	14	12
3:02	Tayshaun Prince misses layup	14	12
3:00	Anthony Johnson defensive rebound	14	12
2:53	Stephen Jackson bad pass (Tayshaun Prince steals)	14	12
2:47	Richard Hamilton misses 15-foot jumper	14	12
2:45	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	14	12
2:43	Ben Wallace makes tip shot	14	14
2:36	Indiana full timeout	14	14
2:36	Antonio McDyess enters the game for Rasheed Wallace	14	14
2:36	Maurice Evans enters the game for Tayshaun Prince	14	14
2:36	Danny Granger enters the game for Anthony Johnson	14	14
2:36	Sarunas Jasikevicius enters the game for Peja Stojakovic	14	14
2:24	Stephen Jackson misses 5-foot hook shot	14	14
2:20	Ben Wallace defensive rebound	14	14
2:04	Ben Wallace misses 15-foot jumper	14	14
2:02	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	14	14
1:55	Richard Hamilton makes driving layup	14	16
1:55	Sarunas Jasikevicius shooting foul (Richard Hamilton draws the foul)	14	16
1:55	Lindsey Hunter enters the game for Chauncey Billups	14	16
1:55	Richard Hamilton makes free throw 1 of 1	14	17
1:43	Austin Croshere makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)	17	17
1:20	Maurice Evans misses three point jumper	17	17
1:17	Austin Croshere defensive rebound	17	17
1:05	Lindsey Hunter shooting foul (Sarunas Jasikevicius draws the foul)	17	17
1:05	Sarunas Jasikevicius makes free throw 1 of 3	18	17
1:05	Fred Jones enters the game for Stephen Jackson	18	17
1:05	Sarunas Jasikevicius makes free throw 2 of 3	19	17
1:05	Sarunas Jasikevicius makes free throw 3 of 3	20	17
53.9	Antonio McDyess misses 18-foot jumper	20	17
51.6	Ben Wallace offensive rebound	20	17
41.9	Antonio McDyess misses jumper	20	17
40.5	Austin Croshere defensive rebound	20	17
32.9	Austin Croshere misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	17
30.9	Antonio McDyess defensive rebound	20	17
26.2	Maurice Evans offensive foul (Austin Croshere draws the foul)	20	17
26.2	Maurice Evans turnover	20	17
3.9	Jermaine O'Neal lost ball (Ben Wallace steals)	20	17
0.1	Lindsey Hunter makes jumper	20	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	19

Regular Season Series

DET wins 3-1

Pistons
85
Pacers
93

Game 1

5/2

Pacers
83
Pistons
88

Game 2

24/2

Pistons
75
Pacers
72

Game 3

25/3

Pacers
73
Pistons
98

Game 4

9/4

The Palace of Auburn Hills

6:00 PM, 9 April 2006

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Phil Robinson
Dick Bavetta
Sean Corbin

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	.000	-	-
Cleveland	.000	-	-
Detroit	.000	-	-
Indiana	.000	-	-
Milwaukee	.000	-	-

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