Pistons PG Stuckey may spell Billups

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy sees a little bit of Chauncey Billups in Pistons rookie Rodney Stuckey.

Both have good size and strength for point guards and are tough to keep out of the paint. But Billups has more than 100 playoff games under his belt, and Stuckey is appearing in just his second series.

The Pistons are aggressively treating Billups' strained hamstring and hope he can return for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series in Orlando on Saturday. But he'll be a game-time decision, and it's not hard to guess who Van Gundy and the Magic would prefer to face.

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