Any combination of Pistons wins and Tones losses adding up to six gives the Pistons the home court advantage throughout the playoffs as long as they are playing, which hopefully will be until the Finals.

As I see it the Pistons have 5 tough games left.

1. Thursday at Miami
2. Friday the 2nd of a back to back at the Magic. The Magic are now playing very very well at home, since the obtained DMC and Carlos from the Pistons.
3. The Cavs at home next Wednesday
4. At the Bucks the 17th. For some reason the Bucks have given the Pistons fits for years, especially in Milwaukee.
5. Home to the Wizards on the 19th. I seem to recall that the Wizard have beaten the Pistons this year.

As far as the Tones go they got one possibly difficult game and that is at home to the Mavs on the 7th. The rest of their schedule should be no problem for them.

The Pistons still have their work cut out for them to hang on to the #1 spot in the playoffs. Not a lot of margin for error on their part. It sure would be helpful if the Mavs could pull an upset and beat the Tones this week.