For the third straight year, Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups will represent the Pistons on the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

Both were selected as reserves by a vote of the coaches.

“I am excited. I’m geeked,” Hamilton said. “It just tells you what kind of success we’ve had as a team. And it’s a great opportunity going with Billups again. I feel like we kind of came in together and we’ve accomplished a lot together. I just feel blessed.”

• Pistons’ Billups, Hamilton named to All-Star team