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.