I would much rather see the 76ers in the second round because Detroit is still Detroit. We also match up very well with Phili, it would be a sweep.

With that said I think that we can still beat the Detroit Pistons. In this series they have only been succesful when they set the halfcourt tempo. We can run just as much as the 76ers but we can also play halfcourt basketball much better then Philli. Rashard Lewis is going to be clutch because Maxiell will have a lot of problems guarding him. Dwight would also have to bring it to Wallace for 48 minutes. I noticed that Sheed tends to burn out late in the game when defending Dwight.

It’ll be a rough matchup that will, without a doubt, go 6 or 7 games. I do believe the Magic have what it takes to beat them though.

Is this even in doubt? It’s Philly all the way. First off we’d get home court advantage. Then there is the talent disparity between the two teams. Philly ain’t no where near as good as Detroit, victory or no. Yes we have a grudge against Detroit but truthfully I’d much rather face a weaker opponent and have a better chance to move on than get even with Detroit. That bing said, bring on Detroit!

I’m hesitant to count Philly out just because I don’t want to do to them what the rest of the NBA and ‘experts’ have been doing to us—basically, discounting our hard work, defense, offense, maturity, etc. The east coast teams wanted to face the Magic going into the first round because we were the “easy team”, and it stung and kind of pissed us off. I don’t want to do that to the 76ers. Plus, it could really come back to bite us in the butt if we say we want to face them in the second round, then get eliminated early.

The experts all thought Toronto would be a much bigger obstacle than they ended up being. We might have a sordid history with the Pistons, but I think we’ve got something to prove to those guys. I say let’s BRING IT ONNNN!

I want Detroit to win. Denton says if Detroit wins tomorrow we play in Detroit on Saturday at 7:30pm. The sooner the better!

I want Detroit. Screw Philly … I want to Eastern Conference and the NBA as a whole to treat us with more respect. We’re not going to do that beating Philly … screw them … I want Detroit. Give me Detroit so we can beat the best.