This is still a toss up IMO who we would fare better against. Boston beat the Hawks today because the Hawks took to long to determine who was going to shoot and when they decided to attack the rim, the Celtics converged on the driver and caused a TO or bad shot. if we play that way, we may have the same issue. We cannot get in a trading hoop sequence with either team, because both La Bron and Pierce will try to win the game at the line in the end by continual penetration and the only two players that may think about penetration in the end is Billups and Stuckey, and the latter won't be in there down the stretch.

If you go with the Stern marketing scheme, we may have better chance beating the Cavs than Celtics if we get to the ECF. Why, well referee wise, Stern would love to see a Celtics-Pistons ECF, and an eventual Celtics-Lakers finals, but if the Celtics lose to the Cavs, I think he would rather see a Pistons-Lakers Finals rematch than see LaBron show up again.....then again Lebron vs Kobe will trump a Labron -Duncan finals any year, so who knows..... OK enough conspiracy rhetoric, this series is over, may as well close this thread.