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Pistons' Balance Beats Out Lakers' Kobe - Dateline Alabama

By LARRY LAGEAP Sports Writer January 29, 2006 ARTICLE FEATURES • e-mail this article • print this article • discuss this article The Detroit Pistons were undaunted by the Los Angeles Lakers when they had two stars. So, they're certainly confident their team concept will be successful against them Now with only Kobe Bryant in purple and gold.Rasheed Wallace paced five Pistons in double figures with 24 points and Detroit pulled away in the third quarter on its way to a 102-93 Victory over the Lakers on Sunday night.Bryant had 39 points on 12-of-28 shooting, a week after scoring 81 - the second-highest point total in NBA history."We feel as though we have five superstars," Detroit's Richard Hamilton said. "If we want one guy to go out there and average 30, we can do that. But we know what we want at the end, a championship, and we know one guy can't guard five guys."In the 2004 NBA Finals, the Pistons dominated Los Angeles - with Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal - in five games for the title with the same starters they have this season. New coach Flip Saunders has Made a good defensive team equally effective on offense."They just - More available

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