They did, but like I said, the level of dominance exceeded what any team has done in the regular season.
They could have handled the Celtics, as they did last year, even with Tatum.
And how good was Detroit, they almost lost to the 8 seed before bowing to Cleveland, who NY destroyed.
Detroit beat the Knicks on a regular basis in the regular season. I was definitely nervous about Detroit.
That said, The Orlando Magic were a bad matchup for the Pistons. Orlando kicked their ass. Orlando should have won that series. I think it was rigged. The Magic were about to eliminate the Pistons in Detroit in game 6, I believe. Detroit was down by 24 points or so in the middle of the 3rd quarter.
Somehow, the Orlando Magic proceeded to miss 23 consecutive shot attempts. I believe that it was said that the Magic went about 45 minutes (real time) without making a single basket.