Detroit is now 3-1 in Guaran-Sheed Games

Did the Detroit Pistons underestimated the Cleveland Cavaliers in Games 3 and 4?

While reporters crowded Flip Saunders for an interview, Maurice Evans chased Rasheed Wallace around the huddle like two grade-schoolers, looking for an open shot at payback.

That was after 'Sheed engaged in an impromptu game of dodge ball, wrapping his mitts around a basketball and delivering some Joel Zumaya-like smoke square in Evans' back.

That demanded retaliation.

''They were doing this during the regular season,'' said Pistons head coach Flip Saunders, sounding like a father tired of telling his kids to cut out the roughhouse.

Did anybody think Rasheed Wallace would back down one inch Sunday from his post-Game 3 declaration that the Pistons would win the next two games from Cleveland and finish this Eastern Conference semifinal in five games? He reiterated that the Pistons ''would bust (the Cavs') ass'' in Game 4 at ''the Q.''

You would think such comments would tighten a team, but it has the opposite effect on the Pistons.

The result? Pistons found themselves suffering their first loss in four ''Guaran-Sheed games'' and tied with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, 2-2.

If Detroit is not careful, they can very well find themselves on the brink of elimination in Game 6, in Cleveland, where LeBron James might just make his OWN guarantee.

The Detroit Pistons better get their act together soon. They are STILL the heavy favorites in this series but if they are not careful, the Cleveland Cavaliers might just sneak up from behind in Game 5 and go back home with a chance to end the Pistons' season.

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