Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin na biyu a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, Detroit ta ci Philadelphia kafin wani sakewa tare da Indiana. A cikin wasan da aka yi a cikin rikici tsakanin kungiyoyin biyu
a farkon kakar wasa ta bana, zakarun sun shawo kan ragin da suka yi na 2 da 1 tare da Hamilton da ya ci maki 28 a wasan da suka yi nasara. A wasan karshe na taron da aka yi da Miami Heat karkashin jagorancin Shaquille O'Neal, wanda ya isa ta hanyar cinikayya daga Los Angeles, da Dwyane Wade, Pistons sun mayar da martani ga raunin 3<unk>2 tare da nasarori biyu a jere kuma sun ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe na NBA a shekara ta biyu a jere. Hamilton ya ci 24 a wasa na 7.