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Former Pistons great Chauncey Billups faces former team as 'enemy' Blazers coach

Special to The Detroit News

Chauncey Billups led the Detroit Pistons to their last NBA title in 2004, had his No. 1 retired by them five years ago, and Tuesday night will go up against his old team as a head coach for the first time with the Trail Blazers in Portland.

There are sure to be plenty of emotions for Billups that he will do his best to repress and downplay in order to focus on the task at hand. But one thing is certain:

“Ahhh, he’s the enemy now.