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Basketball: The Detroit Piston are into the NBA's Eastern Conference play-off semi-finals for the sixth straight year. But Richard Hamilton, who played a large part in getting them there has warned his team-mates not to get carried away, because the play-offAa semi-finals should the least they expect. Hamilton scored 31 points as the Pistons beat Orlando Magic 91-86 to secure a 4-1 quarter-final series win. They will now play either the Boston Celtics or Cleveland Cavaliers for a berth in next month's NBA Finals. But Hamilton said: "It's an awesome feeling for us to get the opportunity to play in the Eastern Conference finals for six straight years, but it's one of those things that we feel as though we're supposed to."

RACING: Young Pretender and McCartney make their Godolphin and seasonal debuts in the Group Two totesport.com Dante Stakes, the main Derby trial, at York today. Young Pretender finished fifth behind Rio De La Plata when last seen out in the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Grand Criterium) over seven furlongs at Longchamp, France on October 7. Saeed bin Suroor has been pleased with the three-year-old's progress and is anticipating a prominent show at York. The Godolphin trainer said: "Young Pretender is in good form and I am happy with him. "It will be a tough race to win but we are looking forward to good performance from him on his first start for us. The ten-furlong trip should be no problem for him."

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