Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots in Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers, 100-77, last night at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia to win this first-round Eastern Conference series, 4-2.

The Pistons will play host to the Orlando Magic, which eliminated Toronto in five games, tomorrow in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Hamilton finished with 24 points, 13 in the first quarter when he outscored the 76ers by himself. Chauncey Billups had 20 points for the Pistons, who reached the second round for the seventh straight season.

Detroit held Philadelphia without a field goal for nearly the first six minutes of the game.

Andre Iguodala scored 16 points and Andre Miller had another quiet game with 11 for the 76ers, who outplayed the heavily favored Pistons for the first 3 1/2 games of the series but never really had a chance after that.

The second-seeded Pistons won 59 games in the regular season, second-best in the NBA behind Boston. But they quickly found themselves trailing the upstart 76ers, who were 40-42, 2-1 then fell behind by 10 points at halftime of Game 4.

Detroit rallied to win that game, then trailed for only 23 seconds over the final two mismatches.

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