Guys, these guys are not the Dallas Mavericks. They are not from Chicago. Jeez… It’s just Cleveland for crying out loud.

For a city whose ONLY other star aside from LeBron James is Drew Carry, and for a place that is home to such pathetic losers like the Browns, the Indians and yes, the Cavaliers, the Pistons should’ve ended this thing a couple of days ago.

Instead, the irritating Cleveland Cavaliers took advantage of Detroit’s mistakes in the final seconds of the last two games to even this seven-game NBA Eastern Conference Finals series, 2-2, and send it back to square one.

After the Dallas Mavericks got booted out by an eight-seeded team in the first round, Cleveland surviving Detroit after four games is the other thing that surprised me in the 2007 NBA Playoffs. (Yep, I always knew Miami will be swept by the Chicago Bulls the moment I saw the 2007 NBA playoff match-ups this year…)

In Games 3 and 4 of this Pistons - Cavaliers series, Cleveland took advantage of Detroit’s mental mistakes and probably the biggest one the Pistons made was that crucial turnover from their leader in Game 4, Chauncey Billups, of all people.

Chauncey Billups made one of his five turnovers in the final 90 seconds of Game 4. Chauncey did score 23 for Detroit but that turnover to Drew Gooden simply was too big and too costly to forget… AND FORGIVE.

‘’They did what we do,'’ Tayshaun Prince said of the Cavaliers. ‘’They pretty much kept the game close, kept the game close. Then in the fourth quarter, when we make our punch, it was vice versa today. They made theirs, and they made it at the right time.'’

The Detroit Pistons have been in the same exact situation last year, when they dropped two games in Cleveland after winning the first two at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Of course, they can’t afford to continue this on and let what is turning out to be a blueprint of the 2006 playoffs dictate how they will reach the 2007 NBA Finals.

In 2006, the Pistons lost Game 5 before winning Games 6 and 7 to meet the San Antonio Spurs. Yeah sure, it’s still a Pistons’ NBA Finals berth in the end but if Detroit was to do the exact same thing again this year, my heart just won’t be able to take it anymore.

Please guys, just beat the Cavaliers.

Can the Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 and take the 3-2 lead in this seven-game Eastern Conference Finals? Here are some odds from Bodog:

Detroit Pistons -5 ½

Cleveland Cavaliers +5 ½ (boo!)

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