<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">AUBURN HILLS, MICH. - The Detroit Pistons lose at home about as often as Tiger Woods squanders a 2-shot lead on Sundays at Augusta. Pistons' setbacks at the Palace of Auburn Hills are as infrequent as Drew Gooden game-winning baskets; as rare as dominating Zydrunas Ilgauskas postseason performances; as unusual as Ira Newble sightings in tie games. You see where we're going with this? Back to Cleveland with the Cavaliers holding an improbable 3-2 series lead after an 86-84 victory on Wednesday night. The Pistons, who entered this pivotal game with a 42-4 home record, have no idea from where this Cavs' insurgency is coming. Neither do the Cavs. And that's exactly the point. It's no longer just LeBron James having to do everything for the Cavs to win. Coach Mike Brown's team is getting contributions from all precincts at the most opportune time. It's why the Cavs, who trailed the series 2-0, have a chance to return home and close out the Pistons. So many heroes, so little space. ``This is such an interesting team,'' said the much-maligned Ilgauskas, who scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked six shots in easily his best playoff outing. ``We've been knocked on our behinds. People have doubted us, but these guys believed in each other and themselves.'' James obviously led the charge with 32 points and the critical assist on Gooden's basket with 27.8 seconds remaining. The Cavs' face of the franchise, however, scored five points in the fourth quarter. He tallied seven points in the fourth quarter on Monday night. And the Cavs won both games. It's a sign of a team jelling, a group effort that neither the Pistons, nor many others, saw coming. The James solo has become an all-skate. It's Donyell Marshall chipping in 14 points, 13 rebounds and a critical blocked shot with 11.9 seconds left. It's Damon Jones hitting two massive 3-point baskets. It's Gooden prying himself off the bench, having played all of 40 seconds in the fourth quarter, and showing the poise not to rush his layup opportunity on the beautiful feed from James. ``I took a picture of the basket,'' Gooden said. ``That's what my high school coach always used to say... I took my time.'' The Pistons, meanwhile, are running out of it. Only a fool would start preparing their epitaph, but having lost three consecutive games they are a dazed champion. Rasheed Wallace's Game 4 prediction backfired. In explaining away the Cavs win on Monday he opined: ``Even the sun shines on a dog's (butt) sometimes.'' It's a funny line, but the reality is that it's the Pistons hides that are being tanned at crunch time. The Cavs have won 17 of their last 19 games decided by four points or less. With the Pistons seemingly invincible a week ago, the Cavs have been the better team since halftime of Game 2. ``It's not that they are the Big Bad Wolf and we're the Three Little Pigs,'' James said.</div> Source
