?They did some really neat things as a team and got the win,? Pistons head coach Larry Brown said about the Lakers. ?So, give them their due. Are you allowed to give people their due in this thing? Are you allowed to tell a team they won a game??

Brown was referring to the Lakers? unwillingness to credit the Pistons for the Game 1 win.

But the Lakers are still not interested in talking too much about what the Pistons have done right to take the Lakers out of their game.

?They shot a lot of free throws,? Kobe Bryant said.  ?That kept them in the game.?

But it?s more than that.  Chauncey Billups is filling it up, and the Pistons? defense is making Gary Payton and Karl Malone look their age.

Brown also criticized the officiating in Game 2.