Mitch Albom: Pistons' Game 7 vs Cavaliers already a high-water mark
Mitch Albom: Anything can happen for these Detroit Pistons in a Game 7, but if they stay within themselves, they can beat the Cleveland Cavaliers.
When Cade Cunningham finally took a seat in Game 6 of these Eastern Conference semifinals on Friday, May 15, the TV cameras caught him with the slightest hint of a smile. This is unusual for the all-business Cunningham, who is mature and serious beyond his 24 years. He might have been smiling at what he’d just helped accomplish: the complete demolition, in their own building, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team hoping to move on to the next round and instead were facing one more trip to Detroit.
But Cunningham could have been smiling about something else. Because in some ways, his team has already won. PACKING THE PAIN: Pistons prove anything is possible with The Big on menu The Detroit Pistons are now within one game of the Eastern Conference finals.
They have beaten back the dragons of elimination four times. They’ve already captured one Game 7. Should they win this last hurrah against the Cavs on Sunday (8 p.
m. , Prime Video) at Little Caesars Arena, they will have outleaped expectations the way Bob Beamon did in that sandpit in the 1968 Olympics. Remember, this is a franchise that won a shameful 14 games two years ago.
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