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 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Richard Hamilton has played a lot of basketball in his life, and almost all of it has gone better than Sunday. In a nationally televised game between the top teams from the Eastern and Western conferences, Hamilton missed five fourth-quarter free throws before ending the game on the Detroit Pistons bench, bleeding heavily from a cut inflicted by one of his teammates. Adding insult to injury, the Pistons lost 92-88 to the Dallas Mavericks to end their five-game winning streak.
"It was crazy," said Hamilton, who came into the game shooting 87.1 percent from the line. "I never expect to miss back-to-back free throws twice in a row. That's crazy to me."
Hamilton talked after getting three stitches over his left eye thanks to a collision with teammate Chris Webber's elbow. His trademark mask protected his nose, but dug into his eyelid.
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