Originally Posted by themicrowave

Wrap your head around this.

If HCA is not important in the Finals (Game 6 AND 7, which IMHO is HUGE), then the Pistons must be very confident they can beat whoever they would face in 5 games. Isn't that just a little arrogant?

Sometimes I wonder if Flip believes the things he says. Because he really doesn't have the playoff experience to speak authoritatively on a 7 game championship series.

If you go back to the interview in the John Thompson thread

http://www.pistonsforum.com/detroit-...w-pistons.html

The starters make it very clear that they are playing for HCA. That they feel that HCA was the difference between winning and losing last season.