Rasheed Wallace is limping and Chauncey Billups is uncertain.  Who should play and how much is starting to become a major question mark.

The Pistons are teetering on the verge of elimination and the Nets are confident, poised to knock them out of the playoffs.

All of this falls on the desk of Pistons coach Larry Brown, and weighs on his clipboard.  Renouned as a great basketball mind and probably the most well-respected coach in the NBA, Brown has his work cut out for him.  Pistons fans are looking to him to solve the puzzle, get his players to survive the challenge, and move on.

But does Brown have anything left and does he have the leadership and smarts to pull his team through?

With his squad banged up and the current game substitutions not providing the winning formula, the writer suggests that Mehmet Okur and his fresh legs could provide a boost.  Perhaps Okur should get the call from Brown.

?I?ve got to see what we can get from Rasheed before I know,? Brown said. ?With Rasheed?s situation, Memo might have to play 40 minutes. I?ve done a lot of dumb things in my life, but I?m always going to play the guys I think can win the game.?