NBA Playoff Preview: Pistons vs Sixers

	Detroit	Philadelphia		Advantage
PG	Chauncey Billups	Andre Miller	Both players averaged about 17 PPG and 7 APG, but Billups is a much better shooter and defender	Pistons
SG	Richard Hamilton	Willie Green	Green will spend most of his energy chasing Hamilton around screens, but might provide a little scoring	Pistons
SF	Tayshaun Prince	Andre Iguodala	Iguodala carried the Sixers' offense on most nights. He is strong enough to muscle his way past Prince	Sixers
PF	Rasheed Wallace	Reggie Evans	Wallace can score from anywhere and play great interior defense. Evans rebounds and that's it	Pistons
C	Antonio McDyess	Samuel Dalembert	McDyess' talent is waning, while Dalembert is enjoying a career year. Expect to see a lot of Jason Maxiell	Sixers
Bench	Rodney Stuckey	Thaddeus Young	Young had a great rookie season once he got consistent playing time, but Detroit has excellent depth	Pistons
Coach	Flip Saunders	Maurice Cheeks	Saunders has had regular season success, but has yet to reach the Finals. Cheeks is a COY candidate	Sixers

Overview: The Pistons and Sixers split their regular season meetings 2-2, with the Sixers winning the last two match-ups. Rasheed Wallace is the key to this series. If he stays in the low post, the Sixers have no one who can handle him, but if he strays to the perimeter, Cheeks can play Thaddeus Young at power forward and try to outrun the Pistons. The Sixers match up reasonably well with the Pistons, but Detroit's massive edge in experience and their homecourt advantage makes a Philadelphia upset unlikely. The Sixers still have enough to give Detroit trouble and make them work to advance to the second round.

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