Under the table : Pistons for Game 4

Game 4 of the Boston-Detroit show will be tonight 8:30pm ET(8:30am in Manila).
This Eastern Conference Finals has lived up to its hype so far.
The series is in favor of the Boston Celtics, 2-1.
Biased Ball tells us Detroit is, well, as long as Billups gets healthy.
I won't go into the details yet (gimme a break, I'm just starting this new thing off), so here are the keys for the Detroit Pistons for Game 4.

1) Stay with the shooters.
Boston is 12-for-42 (28.6%) in the 3-pt line and has been averaging 14 shots a game in this series. Detroit is doing a good job defending the perimeter. But Game 3 was different, they were 5-for-14 (36%)from the 3-pt line, which is a great sign for Boston because in Games 1&2, they shot 25%. Don't let Boston stay comfortable from shooting the threes, because they are really good at making them.

2) Get Garnett Out.
Garnett is the best player in this series. And he is probably showing why. He is shooting well over 50% in this series (55.8%) and is attempting just a little over 17 shots a game.
He is averaging 1.19 points per shot (62 points on 52 shots) , and that's great efficiency. He is also grabbing 11.7rpg and 1.3bpg. He is the core of the Celtics' defense and is now showing that he can be the core of their offense as well. Double-teaming Garnett is not a good idea, because it will open up the shooters. What they need to do is just put different faces on him everytime he touches the ball in order to distract his rhythm.

3) Bench Booster.
Where's the pride of the Detroit Pistons? Anyone on the bench not named Rodney Stuckey are nowhere to be found. Take away Stuckey , their bench is averaging 5.33 points a game. We are missing Maxiell and Amir Johnson. Get those guys in the 2nd quarter and try to make them play, take the risk, because chances are, they will lose anyway if the bench won't score.


That's it. Let's just hope that the Biased Ball will favor the Detroit Pistons.