If the masterful defensive display shown by Detroit was any indication of the remaining games of the series, the New Jersey Nets have a painful ride ahead.

The Pistons were suffocating.  They were precise.  They were masterfully reckless.  There was not a thing the New Jersey Nets could do to get going, yet alone get into a rhythm.  That dominant were the Pistons on the defensive end that already Jason Kidd was making comparisons to the defense shown by the 2003 Championship San Antonio Spurs.

"They're a very good defensive team," Kidd said. "You get by one big guy, there's another big guy waiting for you. They remind me of San Antonio with Tim Duncan and David Robinson."

And wait they did.

Detroit held the Nets to 25 first half points and then never let them hit 40 until the last quarter.  New Jersey did finish with 56 - the second-lowest total in playoff history. The Nets were outrebounded 48-29.

"We were trying for the lowest score," cracked Kidd. "We thought it was a different game."

"That's a huge accomplishment: holding the best transition [team] in the league to that," Chauncey Billups said. "We don't expect to do it again. But it feels good this time. I don't think we can play much better than that defensively."