Staff picks: Cleveland Cavaliers will drop Detroit Pistons in 5 games – Detroit Free Press
Vince Ellis and Shawn Windsor catch up on the Pistons and preview their first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on April 15, 2016.
Our Free Press sports writers make their predictions for the first-round playoff series between the No. 8 seeded Detroit Pistons and the No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers.
Mitch Albom
Cavaliers in 5.
And the game the Pistons win will teach them almost as much as the ones they lose. Everything is step by step in the NBA. This is a good step forward by Detroit.
NBA Finals: Warriors over Cavaliers in 6.
Vince Ellis
Cavaliers in 5.
The Pistons are confident based on a 2-1 record against the Cavs when both teams cared about the result. But playoff LeBron James is a different world.
NBA Finals: Warriors over Cavaliers in 6.
Perry A. Farrell
Cavaliers in 5.
We watched Joe Johnson torch the Pistons in their home finale because Detroit doesn’t have a defender capable of slowing down players of that caliber. So the unstoppable LeBron James should have his way.
NBA Finals: Spurs over Cavaliers in 6.
Jeff Seidel
Cavaliers in 5.
Just getting to the playoffs is a win for the Pistons, a team that has enough talent to win a game, especially at home.
NBA Finals: Warriors over Cavaliers in 6.
Drew Sharp
Cavaliers in 5.
The Pistons are celebrating that they finally broke the franchise’s six-year playoff drought. They’re still too young to realize that once you make the playoffs, the next goal is to advance. Maybe next spring.
NBA Finals: Warriors over Raptors in 6.
Shawn Windsor
Cavaliers in 5.
Talent gap not quite what you think, but experience matters. Oh, and LeBron James, who is playing his best ball of the season. Pistons should push Cavs in several games.
NBA Finals: Warriors over Cavaliers in 7.
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