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Welcome back to Open Floor, from Detroit this week, where I took in a potential (likely?) Eastern Conference finals preview between the Pistons and Celtics on Monday. Phrases like “playoff intensity” can be overused but there was a little extra juice between these two teams. Detroit won the game, clinching the season series with Boston. Something tells me we’ll be seeing this matchup again.
