Any other time, George David, the Pistons' director of scouting, would be busy tending to any number of tasks and errands.

But at 8 tonight, he will have just one.

"I have to make sure we find a nice, big working television," he said.

Tonight, while the Pistons fight for their lives against New Jersey in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, the team's executive branch will be gathered around a television somewhere inside Continental Airlines Arena, watching intently as part of their future unfolds.