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[Tanya]

Probably not, They feasted in the regular season by playing playoff basketball all year, can they up their level in the playoffs?? Sure, but by how much?

I don't think the pistons have been playing playoff basketball all year. They don't play defense for 48 mins a game. You can see how they played like crap in the first half and came back to play defense in the second half to try to win that game. If you say that's the playoff basketball you don't watch them carefully. Indeed, there were only few games they played like playoff games: SA, MIA, IND, maybe PHX and DAL.

[Obstructed_View]

They went on a similar streak in 2003-04, 14-straight wins to begin Lawrence Frank's tenure in New Jersey, the best ever for an NBA coach.

And they were the only team to take the Pistons to seven games. Thank you, I'll be here all week.

Wait, was your post supposed to support my argument or refute it?

[Darrin]

And they were the only team to take the Pistons to seven games. Thank you, I'll be here all week.

Wait, was your post supposed to support my argument or refute it?

Let's review that series:

Pistons 78, Nets 56 - 2nd lowest point total in the history of NBA playoff basketball.
Pistons 95, Nets 80 - 61-34 advantage for the Pistons in the second half.
Pistons 81, Nets 75 - First win for Pistons in the Meadowlands in the playoffs of the past two years.
Pistons 90, Nets 69 - Jason Kidd's only scoreless playoff game of his career.

The Pistons played all season to beat the Nets. They made moves that affected the Nets, and they circled every game on their calander against them. Hard as it is to believe, the Nets had the mental edge in that series because of the previous year's Conference Finals. The Pistons were the better team.

The Nets blew out the Pistons in the first two games at the Meadowlands, that is certain. But this team really hadn't put away a team like the Nets before - a team with as much playoff experience as they had.

Then there's the 127-120 game when Brian Scalabrine beat the Pistons with only Chauncey Billups, Lindsey Hunter, Corliss Williamson, Darvin Ham, and Elden Campbell on the floor. LARRY BROWN DIDN'T PLAY MEHMET OKUR!

If the Nets can design a gamplan that gets Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, Ben Wallace, and Rip Hamilton all off the floor in a tight game, I'll give them the Conference Championship right now.

They went home to close out the series, got off to a 13-2 start, and still the Pistons won game six.

Don't fool yourself; a lot went New Jersey's way in that series, and they had a decided mental edge they will not have if they meet again. I think they are the only team in the east, however, that are not afraid to play the Detroit Pistons. They want them the way the Sixers wanted the Celtics in the 80s.