Pistons to win Game 3 and beat the Celtics in Detroit

HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE. Remember when I told ya'll that this was the very thing the Celtics hold so dearly? Well, it belongs to the Pistons now.

After the Celtics went 9-0 in the 2008 NBA playoffs, a little dose of reality was slapped on their faces when the Pistons won where no team has in the postseason, the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.

Yep, the Detroit Pistons, after winning Game 2 to tie the 2008 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at one game apiece, have now snatched homecourt advantage from the Boston Celtics. What was once a best-of-seven affair has been reduced to a best-of-five and the Pistons now have home cooking on their side.

And being a fan of the Detroit Pistons, you just know I'm loving every minute of this. After all that talk about how the Boston Celtics this season are destined to win the NBA title, and how their BIG THREE is the most talented trio ever assembled in basketball, the Pistons winning Game 2 sure was one way to shut all that talk up.

With homecourt advantage now with the Pistons, the Boston Celtics now have to do something they've never done before in the playoffs, that's win away from Boston.

Can the Celtics do it? If they're playing in Miami, maybe. But this is the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan we're talking about baby, and winning there, ESPECIALLY in the playoffs, is almost an impossible task.

For what it's worth, the Celtics remain confident.

''It's definitely going to be a challenge for us being that we haven't won a road game,'' Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce, who scored 26 points in Game 2, said. ''But I don't think that is bothering us, like, psychologically. We have no choice now but to get it done on the road.''

The Boston Celtics are a miserable 0-6 on the road in the playoffs. I don't know about you but as far as I'm concerned, betting on the Pistons in Game 3 is like withdrawing money from your ATM machine.

Who will win the 2008 NBA Eastern Conference Finals? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Detroit Pistons 6.50

Boston Celtics 2.75

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