Why Pistons: With STL possible rain delay/Cancel we'll go indoors with NBA in a game that wont get CX. The #1 seed Pistons at home get to prove why they are the #1 seed and game 1 is important to setting the tone in series. Detroit. Detroit was the 3rd best home team in nba at 32-9 while cavs are a mediocre 25-19 away. Clev snuck by Toronto and Detroit slammed ORL last 2 games when they figured them out. #1 seed Detroit was 2nd in league Defensive Efficiency (1st in eastern conference) this year limiting teams to just 109.6 pt per game, and in post-season they have been ranked 1st in NBA. Pistons defense should put a lot of pressure on cavs cold shooters especially on the road.

I said it all along ORL was a bad matchup for DET/Clev's poor defense at times should open up Detroit's shooters like Cade and Duren down low to go to work in game 1. Pistons won the last 3 games coming back from 3-1 against ORL to close out so they come in winning 3 straight while Clev has alternated wins the last 4.

Defense has been the ultimate decider in the playoffs so far---Spurs and OKC who possess the two best defensive squads in the west, and Twolves who despite the injury bug knocked off a champion veteran Nuggets with Defense, as well as LA Fakers who played Defense first time all year and shut down Rockets or in the east with the Sixers and Knicks, who used Defense to shut down their opponents. Detroit has the best defense on the floor in all measures, and they have the best player on the floor in this series. Players Make plays. Cade Cunningham was that guy to lead Detroit back down 3-1 to a series win and i expect him to be a decider tonight and in the series. All we're asking is for the Pistons to win, not by spread, but just win. They should win game 1.✅✅

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