The Pistons and 76ers resume their best of seven first round playoff series tonight at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center with the 76ers up 2 game to 1 on the Pistons. The game tips at 7:00 and can be viewed locally on TV20 Detroit, and nationally on TNT.

It’d be pretty aimless to try to break down what went wrong in game three and what the Pistons need to do to insure that doesn’t happen again. That game would have been an embarrassment if it were played in the preseason, let alone the playoffs.

The game plan for today should be to WAKE UP! Stop trying to wait for game #7 of Finals and start playing every game like it’s for rings. That’s what the rest of the teams still playing are doing! Get the split in Philly and make this a best of three with home court advantage. For that to happen we need our two most dynamic players. Chauncey Billups and Sheed Wallace have to step up.

Antonio McDyess update: Chris McCosky says in his Detroit News Blog that Dice is probable tonight. Miggidy-Dice is by his own admission not in any pain one day removed from having surgery to reset his broken nose. If Dice is out there he’ll be wearing a protective mask. In the same blog entry Chris says expect to see more of the Pistons youth in attempt by Flip Saunders to counteract the 76ers energy.