Indiana Dec 28th 8PM

tv: WDIV

1st of one of those back-back/home-home deals with the Pistons hosting game 1.

Pacers are dangerous again. Not a serious contender but they are good enough to beat any time on a given night. All 5 Pacer starters avg in double figures.

Injuries:
Pacers - reserve David Harrison.
Pistons - none

With Blaha covering the MSU game, the Pistons have turned to Gus Johnson for the play-by-play on channel 4. Johnson is a really interesting broadcaster and I'm going to tape the game to hear him call it.

OOps, didn`t know the first one was in Detroit. Still, look for a split here. The Pacers always get up for the Pistons!

Lots of teams get up for the Pistons. I think the outcome of this series mainly depends on Pistons keeping up their interest and Flip's use of the bench that keeps infusing the team with the energy.

There is a big Tigers/Pacers fan on MotownSports.com.

He also happens to be a big Colts fan. LOL

True.

However, this is a division rival, makes somewhat of a difference.

The starters have to make sure that they play smart tonight to allow Flip to utilize the bench and save some minutes for tomorrows game. Agree Indy is tougher this year thay they have been recently as all appear healthy and Tinsley and Dunleavy appear to be having their best seasons to date.

We are overwhelming favorites according to those who make a living knowing these things.

As we should be. Will it translate into two wins? We'll have to wait and see.

Chat's open!