My Pistons/Cavs Preview on "Ball Don't Lie"

by Packey on Apr 17, 2009 12:16 AM EDT in Detroit Pistons Previews

Ball Don't Lie, the NBA blog on Yahoo!, asked Cavsblogger from Fear the Sword and I to write up our series previews. BDL posted them today, along with other NBA SB Nation playoff bloggers' previews.

I've put the first couple paragraphs below. You can check the rest of it out here.

As the cliché goes for underdogs like the Pistons, the playoffs represent a new season. A clean slate, if you will. The only problem is memories of a grueling 82 game season can’t be lost so soon and despite a valid effort to, there’s always the daunting little number next to the team’s name serving as a constant reminder of the season’s mediocrity that put them in their current state.

For the Pistons, that would be the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, a position even Nostradamus couldn’t possibly have predicted as the Pistons fate before this season started. However, with a blockbuster deal we wish we could rewind, some team turmoil, a sore back, and some laziness later, the Pistons find themselves gasping for air as they barely made it inside the playoffs' closing doors.

I will say, some of you may not like my series prediction. Actually, I hope all of you don't like my prediction because then that means you are all true Pistons fans and deserve to be here. I'm hoping my guess can send off some type of reverse jinx that causes the Pistons to win this series. The more I think about it, the more I think the Pistons can take this thing. Unfortunately, I can't get this miserable regular season and the half-assed playoff performances of the past few years out of my head.

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I want to believe we can win this series, but the more I think about it, the more I only see the Red Wings (and the Tigers) playing in Detroit after May 1st. We’ll hopefully make it exciting, but I think Cleveland is too excited about having us as a first round opponent to make it happen. We’ll definitely get their ‘A’ game in this series, no question there. Please Pistons, prove me wrong.

by Rob Rogacki on Apr 17, 2009 1:36 AM EDT reply actions

I agree totally with

BPackey on this prediction, and like handsomerob1 I want to believe we can win, but everything I’ve seen this season points to a Cav’s in seven series or maybe six. If, like you said in the article, the Pistons turn that swagger switch back on, then they’ll be in it, but it all hinges on if they are playing with a fire in them.

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-Jack Tatum

by DarksideJU08 on Apr 17, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

The only way I would have been mad at your prediction is if you would have picked the Cavs to sweep, or the Pistons to win. The latter case would have been unrealistic, while the former, wouldn’t have shown enough Piston pride. Anything in between, including my pick of Cavaliers in 5 games, is both realistic, and cognizant that this era of the Detroit Pistons isn’t going down without some semblance of a fight.

by ahtrap on Apr 17, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions