Detroit leveled the the Eastern Conference Semifinals 2-2 with a miracle 98-82 upset of Brooklyn, coming depsite being dominated the whole game. A frustrated Brooklyn coach Bob was interviewed after the game. "I kept thinking that we'd be able to come back and pull out the win. I mean we did everything right and controlled the flow of the game, but ended up just short countless times. Even as things wound down I was confident because we were so dominant out there. But eventually I saw that the better team wasn't going to get the win today."

Detroit coach David Smith agreed. "I've been on the other end of this plenty of times, too. It's frustrating to watch when you've clearly got the better team out there but can't get the win. As for today, we'll consider ourselves lucky and be more than happy to get the win."

Detroit was led by Martin (22 points, 6 boards, 0 assists, 3 blocks), Tatum (15 points, 2 blocks), Degraff (18 points, 0 assists, a block). Brooklyn was led by Hargrove (10 points, 10 boards, 3 assists, a steal, 5 blocks), Owens (12 points, 2 assists, a steal, 2 blocks), Cooper (12 points, 5 boards, 0 assists, a block).

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