Скачать или смотреть 2004 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 Detroit Pistons at Indiana Pacers, May 30, 2004

DET 83, IND 65

The masked man dubbed "Mini-Me" by Reggie Miller put the Detroit Pistons within one victory of the NBA Finals.

Richard Hamilton scored a career playoff high 33 points, 12 of them coming in succession when the Pistons took the lead for good in a 83-65 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night for a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

In another game dominated by defense, Hamilton did almost all his damage before the third quarter was over. From there, Rasheed Wallace carried Detroit's offense until Hamilton's 3-pointer ended all doubt with 1:45 remaining.

The series now returns to Detroit for Game 6 on Tuesday night, the Pistons having a chance to make it to the championship round for the first time since 1990.

"We're excited," Hamilton said. "There's no greater place to win it than at home."

Wallace scored 22 points and was the only Pistons player besides Hamilton to reach double figures.

Detroit held the injury-riddled Pacers to 33 percent shooting and won on Indiana's homecourt for the second time in the series, much to the delight of a vocal contingent of Pistons fans who made the five-hour drive to Conseco Fieldhouse.

Several of them surrounded the tunnel as the Pistons walked out and chanted "Beat LA!"