What do the Pistons have to do to win a championship this year?

Possible yes, probable no.

That's putting it layman regarding your Detroit Pistons and their chances of winning a seven game playoff battle against a red hot Cleveland team that dose not lose at home. It's virtually impossible. HOWEVER, there is a slight hint of an outside chance. Unfortunately for us Pistons fans, there are multiple scenarios that absolutely must occur for them to shock the world with an upset.

First of all, and most importantly, Tayshaun Prince will need to bring his A+ game on both sides of the court every second of all six games. (Pistons can't & won't win in 4, 5 or 7) Even if Tay's useless the rest of the post season, he'll have to play 40-44 serious minutes of borderline perfect execution. You will hear so-called analysts spewing redundancy concerning LaBron and how “he's going to get his” and “you have to stop the rest of the Cavs.” This is an ignorant game plan. If Puppet Boy lets his defense off the hook as they start this series, we won't see a game five. It is imperative they lock down James. If they can hold him to a 22-8-7 average, they can win some games, but if he's going off for 35-45 points a game we're looking at a sweep. It begins and ends with not only Tayshaun's defense, but his offense, and yes, even his leadership.

Second, They must contain Mo Williams. If Stuckey and Rip can limit his open looks from the field and get some help from the bigs when Mo drives the paint, they have a semi-solid chance.

Third, in a word, Sheed! Rasheed Wallace needs to bring it. This is a contract year and the playoffs so he should be focused, but we all know Sheed's emotional before rational. If he can establish his game in the post before going to launch mode from the arch, it will open up the floor for the rest of the team and that could be huge. But it's vital Wallace rebounds and blocks, specially in game one. Ben Wallace most likely won't play in the opener, so without him giving Sheed fits, and the Cav's feasibly looking ahead, It's conceivable the Pistons steal the game.

This brings us to dribble penetration. Detroit must protect the rim. They can't allow James, Williams, West, Gibson and Szczerbiak to find open lanes. They have to switch on pick and roles and anticipate the play.

Finally, the basic fundamentals. Detroit must win the turn over battle and the board war, control the tempo, get to the line and MAKE their free throws.

There's no gray area or X factor going into this post season. The Detroit Pistons have to play determined and aggressive basketball with a serious sense of urgency.

We've always heard how the Pistons feed off being the under dog, Well, now they're at an all you can eat buffet and the Cleveland Cavaliers are ringing the dinner bell.

With all of the disappoinment this past season in Detroit I'm just glad nobody mentioned rebuilding....I remember the sad demise of the "Bad Boys".  I'm sure that everyone wondered how that season would turn out.  The year that I thought about lately was the year that started out with Isiah, Joe D., Laimbeer and Rodman.  Isiah ended his season and career early with a torn muscle in his foot, Rodman was traded for "softy" Sean Elliot and the guy nobody heard of in Pete Chilcutt, Laimbeer just had enough and quietly retired. All we had left of the glory days was Joe.  Those were some tough times!  Does anyone remember Cadillac Anderson? He played F/C that year...You don't hear that name in too many NBA conversations.  What ever became of some of the former players anyways? That year was the start of a new era for the Pistons with the rookies Linsey Hunter and Allan Houston playing alot of minutes and showing what they could do.  That team struggled so bad that it ended up with the second worst record in the league second only to Dallas if I remember correctly.  That's when Grant Hill was chosen as the 3rd pick in the draft.  What a story though if you think about it.  We traded Grant and ended up with Big Ben! It sure is crazy how a team can evolve and take shape over the years.  I just hope Mr. Dumars can keep making the right moves and let the team be respectable.  The Pistons were the laughing stock of the league in the not-so-distant past.  Hopefully we never have to experience that again!!