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Why do you think it is that when the NBA Gods decided to deliver us two unexpectedly nail-bitey Eastern Conference games they also decreed that the style of play would be ultra-dull, over up college scores with NBA game times? Statistically, the new Flip Saunders Pistons are an elite offensive team whose defense has slipped from its previous heights. This, though, looks a bit like the ghost of Larry Brown is running things.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/close/42363/