Danger, Detroit! Pistons Down 10 at Halftime - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Video via The 700 Level, nastiness via Andre Iguodala. The Pistons were good enough to come back from 1-0 Philadelphia, and they are good enough to come back from 2-1 Philadelphia. What about a 3-1 series deficit? A little more worrisome, yes? Well, that's what Detroit faces, trailing the Sixers by 10 at the half.

Philly's defense has suffocated the Pistons -- Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton are a combined 3-of-18 from the floor, and Detroit's only 1-for-6 from three and has registered only 6 FTAs. The 76er offense hasn't been gorgeous (with 8 turnovers in roughly 45 possession and only a single offensive rebound in 16 opportunities), but 'Dala's finally hitting shots (see above) and every Sixer who has taken at least two shots is hitting at least 50%. And if you ignore Andre Miller's four turnovers, most of the team is playing well within control -- this young team isn't crapping the proverbial (I hope) bed.

Detroit's got to find a way to start scoring to pull this one off, lest they count on the whole slate of Sixers to start missing shots. Being forced to win three straight elimination games isn't just an annoyance on the way to the conference finals ... losing here could be the death of the Pistons.

UPDATE: Sorry Philadelphia. The world's back on its axis, as Detroit wakes up, wins by 9.