Shaq attacked by Detroit

Defending champions Detroit will are going back to the NBA finals due to Shaquille O’Neal and the Miami Heat could not hold onto a lead in the final minutes.

Richard Hamilton scored 22 points and Rasheed Wallace added 20 to spark the Pistons past Miami 88-82 on Monday, giving the Pistons a seventh-game victory over the Heat in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.

The Pistons open the NBA Finals tomorrow night at San Antonio, where they have not won a game since 1997.