Back from Detroit...on one hand, encouraged the Cavs played the Pistons dead even to the very end in their gym....but in April, moral victories don't cut it...and at some point, the Cavs will have to be able to know they are going to win these kinds of games against great teams on the road....Some of the sting has been taken away by the Bulls loss in Toronto tonight...

Bottom line is this...it's a 4 game regular season in the dual for the 2 seed...the Cavs need to go 4-0 and hope the Bulls drop one...Chicago has two gimmes at home with the NY and Charlotte...their two roadies are at Washington and NJ...The Wizards are struggling for any win, and trying to hold off the Nets for the 6th seed...NJ owns their tie-breaker and is 3 games behind...If the Nets need that final game, the final day of the regular season, they could knock off the Bulls...If not, it looks like the 5th seed for the Wine and Gold..

Don't figure it is automatically going to be Miami at 4...they own the tie-breaker with Toronto, and would love to move up to, in their mind, stay out of the Pistons half of the bracket...The Heat with, D-Wade back, with be favored to win their final 5 games...The Raptors still have two games left with the Pistons...so, let's see how it all plays out...Miami losing tonight at home to Charlotte does put a dent in their plans...

Anderson Varejao was really peeved at himself for not being able to stop Rasheed Wallace in the final quarter, not hiding it when he came to the bench during a timeout....Wallace did repeated damage against Andy on the left block...but I like when Andy shows that disgust...it means he has passion...we all know he plays with it, and has a burning desire to become an impact player, and more importantly win....