On to Det-3.5 :
Pride is what matters to good teams, and I'm pretty sure Piston's will not forget the beating they took from the heat in last years playoff, and now is their perfect chance to get even in 2 ways, and one motivational factor.
The most obvious reason would be to give them a good ass whopping on national TV.
We all know how tight the east's 7th and 8th spot will be in the next few weeks. Jersey's playing a pretty decent ball at the moment and throw in the fact that RJ is on his way back. That leaves the 8th spot open for Heat and Magic, and hopefully Bucks( HOPE) with the way their playing lately there's still a very very slim chance they'll make it. Thus, a heat loss tom will make them 1 game away from Making it to the post season. Take in the fact that Wade is seriously considering a return for the last few games.
And the Motivation? Being in Piston's shoe, I would take Orl anyday than a heat team even with a 50% Wade. Know what I'm saying?
Moving on to the game, I don't really know Sheed's status, I've a feeling he will dress, but not play unless he really needs to in crunch time. There's onely one man in this game that really matters, Shaq! but watching him the past few days, age is finally catching up.
I see Piston's employing either one of the 2 strategies tom. First, Let shaq have his way fouling him occasionally, and just guard the paint against oher players. Or they could do Hack a shaq, remember their big men have a total of 30 fouls to give this excluding Sheed. ( Dice, Webba, Maxiell, Mohammed, Davis).
Aside from Deisel, I can't see any advantage the heat have on any other positions.
