CHICAGO, May 10 (UPI) -- Tayshaun Prince and Chauncey Billups led a second-half surge Thursday, rallying Detroit past Chicago 81-74 and closing in on the conference finals.
The Pistons took a 3-0 lead in the second-round series and will have a chance to finish off the Bulls in Chicago Sunday. No NBA team has ever overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series.
Chicago owned a 44-28 halftime lead after having limited Detroit to 10 second-quarter points and the Bulls led by as many as 19 in the third period.
But the Pistons held the Bulls to only 30 points during all of the second half, closing within one at the end of three quarters and then dominating the fourth. Chicago shot just 33 percent from the field for the game, going two for 13 from three-point range.
Billups gave Detroit the lead for good with a three-pointer five minutes deep in the fourth period.
Prince led the way with 23 points and 11 rebounds, while Billups scored 21 points. Rasheed Wallace and Richard Hamilton both had 16.
Chicago was paced by Luol Deng with 21.
