Detroit lead the Eastern Conference First Round 3-0 with a championship-form 98-83 win over Toronto. "That's the best we've seen them for a while," said an overwhelmed Toronto coach Bob. "None of the tapes we had of them showed the fluid execution that we saw out there today, and frankly we just weren't prepared as well as they were. I take full responsibility for that; with better preparation we could have won. Instead they just took over the game and never let us back in."

Detroit was led by Gilliam (22 points, 0 assists, a steal, a block), Chapman (6 points, 16 boards, 4 assists, a steal), Graham (18 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, a block). Toronto was led by Perkins (11 points, 2 assists, a steal, 2 blocks), Atwood (21 points), Daniels (20 points).

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