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**remy23** · 05-17-2006, 07:35 PM

Game 6

Detroit Pistons (2-3) @ Cleveland Cavaliers (3-2)

Friday, May 19, 2006
Time: 4:00pm PT, 7:00pm ET
TV: ESPN
Radio: WTAM 1100
Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

HEAD COACHES

PROBABLE STARTERS

DETROIT PISTONS’ BENCH

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS’ BENCH

DETROIT PISTONS’ NOTES

• Do not get rattled and come out overeager. Detroit needs to make a stand, come out confident and seek to steal the opening quarter. The Pistons need to silence the crowd (if that is humanly possible).

• Detroit needs to speed the game up. Take risks and occasionally pressure Cleveland in the backcourt as they bring the ball up. Do not feel content to play Cleveland’s style of basketball. The Pistons need to make some changes in their strategy, which is up to the coaching staff.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS’ NOTES

• Cleveland needs to bait Detroit once more into another game of slow, ugly, offensively inconsistent basketball. Cleveland’s defense has stepped up in a major way during this series. The guys need to keep blocking shots, taking charges and slapping at balls. The Cavs need to know that offense won’t close the Pistons out. Stick with the defense, keep playing hard and outhustle Detroit.

• LeBron James needs to come out like an assassin. The Cavs need to send Detroit home. Play basketball as you’ve never played basketball before.

OVERVIEW

Cleveland cannot afford to let up after winning Game 5. If the Cavs let up, they’ll disappoint their fans at The Q and run the risk of getting blown out in Game 7.

CLEVELAND!!!

Go where nobody thought you could. Do what nobody believed you would.

CLEVELAND!!!

**Benedict_Boozer** · 05-17-2006, 07:43 PM

Shock the world mother ****er

We HAVE to close it out here. Hard to fathom beating the Pistons 4 straight times (has that even happened all year??) but it HAS to happen. I don't like our chances in a game 7 @ Detroit.

Q will be insane, damn I wish I had tickets.

futuristxen · 05-17-2006, 08:17 PM

Put the foot to the throat. Destiny is within reach.

**IbizaXL** · 05-17-2006, 08:43 PM

Cavs have momentum on their side, are confident, and playing at home. They also recognize that they have to put this Pistons team away for good and this is the best chance to do it. They have to capitalize.

Morongk22 · 05-17-2006, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Benedict_Boozer

Shock the world mother ****er

Hard to fathom beating the Pistons 4 straight times (has that even happened all year??) but it HAS to happen. I don't like our chances in a game 7 @ Detroit.

Im pretty sure detroit wasnt beat 3 times in a row before tonight, so anythings possible, I know im gonna be going nuts if it happens

Morongk22 · 05-17-2006, 11:19 PM

The biggest thing that worries me about fridays game is that detroit has been playing down to our level since the 4th quarter of game 2. If they find their niche, we could be in lots of trouble. Hamilton and Billups seem to be running around out there lost until the 4th quarter comes around. We need to do a much better job of jumping on detriot if they come out flat again in game 6.

**cima** · 05-17-2006, 11:27 PM

no one is still giving us any credit. detroit is supposedly playing down to the cavs' level...what the heck does that mean? the cavs defense the past three games has been an astonishing improvement. the cavs have just taken their game to a whole new level.

cavs close it out at home on friday. i am pumped.

Morongk22 · 05-17-2006, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CiMa

no one is still giving us any credit. detroit is supposedly playing down to the cavs' level...what the heck does that mean? the cavs defense the past three games has been an astonishing improvement. the cavs have just taken their game to a whole new level.

cavs close it out at home on friday. i am pumped.

dont come out here and question my 'respect' for cleveland, i have seen you type that you a lebron fan first then a cavs fan second. I'm the other way around, i was a fan of cleveland before lebron and will still be after lebron.

What i was saying with my statement was true. We are playing great D, better than i've seen from us all season, but detroit is shooting horribly from the field partially because of good D and partially for some other unknown reason. Also, if you didnt watch the last 3 games, they have made some really dumb passes and more mistakes than i have ever seen then make over a stretch. We are talking about a team that didnt lose more than 2 games in a row over the course of 82+games. Just look at the box scores if you still think im wrong.

**cima** · 05-18-2006, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Morongk22

dont come out here and question my 'respect' for cleveland, i have seen you type that you a lebron fan first then a cavs fan second. I'm the other way around, i was a fan of cleveland before lebron and will still be after lebron.

ummm i wasn't calling you out or questioning your respect buddy. we're all cavs fans here right now, no need to get cranky!

Babir · 05-18-2006, 12:12 AM

I hope Cavs will finish the series and Rasheed forgets that damned retarded smile! GO CAVS!!!!

**B_&_B** · 05-18-2006, 08:27 AM

This is one of those cases where I sure am glad I was wrong. I predicted that the Pistons would sweep the Cavs.

ONE MORE WIN! GO CAVS!

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