ECF Finals game 5 8PM Thursday May 31st.

tv: TNT

Series swings back to the Palace. Can Gibson continue this on the road? Can the Pistons play better at home? Billups said after game 2 that he did not mind going to Cleveland because they play better on the road. Problem was the Cavs played better also.

Are we going to see a repeat of last year when Clev won game 5 in front of a stunned Palace crowd? No disrespect to the Hughes family but there are no emotional lifts this year. Just a team improving with each win, will it be enough? Can the Pistons stave off this latest threat to their path to the Finals?

We will see. Not going to call it a must win but its going to be a lot harder comming back from 2-3 down this season. Ist real "gotta have" game for the Pistons without their former leader Ben Wallace.

Ultimately if you want to win championships and stuff then you gotta win some games. These kind of games.

First must-win game of the season for the Pistons IMO. We cannot go into Cleveland for a 2nd year in a row, down 2-3. We squeaked one out last year in that situation, but this isn't last year. The Cavs have another year of experience under their belts, and they aren't going to fold like last year.

Win this one convincingly. A message needs to be sent. We can't be outplayed 5 games in a row.

A 7-10 point halftime lead and another great 3rd quarter by the Pistons should squash any 4th qtr La Bron heroics. Let's get the Pistons marketing department to hand those rally t shirts out at the gate and get this party started.

Now that's more like it guys!

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They are the archetype for dominance. They are the gatekeepers of the conference. They are the Detroit Pistons.

We need the Guaran-sheed.
We need to win this game. I still believe Pistons in 6
and definitely we need more of dice - max combination on the floor

i think i might be selling this game. if i do, then i might not get back to the palace this year ... but the way the series is going i'm guessing it goes 7. hrmm.

Thursday we get to see what the Pistons are made of. This will be before all of your off-season moves. Judge them after Thursday's game. I guarantee you'll like what you see.............

With what?

This game is one that will make or break Flip for the future in my opinion. Do you think Joe Dumars is happy about the latest developments of the Pistons playing 4 games in a row that weren't their best. The Pistons are due for a breakout game where they can get back their swagger. Today's Freep was even calling for CWebb to be nailed to the bench, how fast the worm turns. I'm all for that since Chauncey seems to have lost his confidence in Webber and you can only have one big dog on the court at the same time. Let Maxiell start and Dice come off the bench where he feels the most comfortable. Tay should not be playing over 36-38 minutes and let Fino get his minutes guarding Lebron. Whenever Daniel Gibson gets in the game I would substitute Lindsey Hunter and let Rip or Chauncey get a rest. One thing about Lindsey he's not going to let Daniel Gibson rain down those 3s on his head. Dale Davis needs a few minutes to come in and knock heads and the Pistons will be just fine winning Game 3 with a beat down.

Game 5????

Good call, the game did swing when Rip came in for Lindsey in the mid 4th around 5 mins to go.